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by Stephen King
Who uses, recommends or left On Writing, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Moving more towards populist writing, Stephen King's On Writing is also quite excellent, and more in touch with many of the sorts of stories that games tend to tell.
A mailbag reply to a reader asking for book recommendations on creative writing craft.
2016-03-05·raphkoster.com ↗
But Stephen King has good war stories, and his book really is bullshit-free.
His list of the four books about writing he calls his favourites, on his Small Potatoes newsletter.
2024-05-13·smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net ↗
Product managers need to be good writers, and this is how you learn from one of the masters of the craft.
From “Best Books for Product Managers [2026]”, his standing list, introduced as “the 44 books I’d consider essential to any PM’s bookshelf”. Every book links through amzn.to and a Bookshop.org affiliate id (/a/83161/).
2026-01-07·bringthedonuts.com ↗
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