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I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing", Ray Bradbury "Zen and the Art of Writing", and "Ernest Hemingway on Writing". All have great insights into the joy and struggles of writing. I really appreciate how their musings focus on the struggles of writing well since everyone tries to romanticize writers. It's hard no matter what.

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I've been asked the "how do I write better" question often enough to write a post with pointers to useful books: http://jseliger.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-beginning-write... . It's oriented toward people who want to write fiction, but I think anyone who wants to write better would find its comments helpful.

another wonderful book about writing is maugham's "the summing up". i found it in a used book store on a thai island a few years ago and still have it on my bedside table :)

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