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24 titles for readers of How to Be a Writer by David Quantick, selected for shared themes: AUTHORSHIP, Writing, Study & Teaching, and Language Arts & Disciplines.

AUTHORSHIP Writing Study & Teaching Language Arts & Disciplines

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The Sound on the Page Style and Voice in Writing — Ben Yagoda

The Sound on the Page Style and Voice in Writing

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

There’s Something Strange about My Brain Writing Horror for Kids — R. L. Stine Stine

There’s Something Strange about My Brain Writing Horror for Kids

R. L. Stine Stine

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

The Economist Style Guide — [Anonymus AC01788741]

The Economist Style Guide

[Anonymus AC01788741]

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Everyone Can Write A guide to get you started — Howard Gelman

Everyone Can Write A guide to get you started

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Writing Architecture A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment — Carter Wiseman

Writing Architecture A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Dreaming in Hindi Coming Awake in Another Language — Katherine Russell Rich

Dreaming in Hindi Coming Awake in Another Language

Katherine Russell Rich

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

The Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook — Paul Mills

The Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Teaching EAL Evidence-based Strategies for the Classroom and School — Robert Sharples

Teaching EAL Evidence-based Strategies for the Classroom and School

Robert Sharples

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

A Writer’s Reference — Diana Hacker

A Writer’s Reference

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2026 The Best Advice on how to Write and Get Published — unknown author

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2026 The Best Advice on how to Write and Get Published

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Writing in the Dark — Tim Waggoner

Writing in the Dark

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

The Writer’s Options Combining to Composing — Donald A. Daiker

The Writer’s Options Combining to Composing

Donald A. Daiker

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

A Short Guide to Writing about History — Richard Marius

A Short Guide to Writing about History

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Get Your Articles Published — Lesley Bown

Get Your Articles Published

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Writing Local History Today A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book — Thomas A. Mason

Writing Local History Today A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book

Thomas A. Mason

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Intuitive Editing A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing — Tiffany Yates Martin

Intuitive Editing A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing

Tiffany Yates Martin

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

How a Writer Works — Roger H. Garrison

How a Writer Works

Roger H. Garrison

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Law and Authors A Legal Handbook for Writers — Jacqueline D. Lipton

Law and Authors A Legal Handbook for Writers

Jacqueline D. Lipton

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Writing Alone and with Others — Pat Schneider

Writing Alone and with Others

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

One Year to a Writing Life Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft — Susan M. Tiberghien

One Year to a Writing Life Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft

Susan M. Tiberghien

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Study & Teaching

Son of “It was a Dark and Stormy Night” More of the Best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Contest — Scott Rice

Son of “It was a Dark and Stormy Night” More of the Best (?) from the Bulwer-Lytton Contest

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Language Arts & Disciplines

Bestseller Must-read Author’s Guide to Successfully Selling Your Book — George Arnold

Bestseller Must-read Author’s Guide to Successfully Selling Your Book

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Language Arts & Disciplines

Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats — Jane K. Cleland

Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats

Jane K. Cleland

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Language Arts & Disciplines

Moral Rights, Creativity, and Copyright Law The Death of the Transformative Author — Sarah Hook

Moral Rights, Creativity, and Copyright Law The Death of the Transformative Author

Themes: AUTHORSHIP • Writing • Language Arts & Disciplines

If How to Be a Writer by David Quantick is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by AUTHORSHIP, Writing, Study & Teaching and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Ben Yagoda, R. L. Stine Stine, [Anonymus AC01788741], Howard Gelman, and others.

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