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     Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 94.197.103.168 |
What it says on the tin: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/10-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-tw o | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.211.5 |
Some good thoughts. And I'd recommend Dorothea Brande's Becoming a Writer, because it's not at all about how to handle yourself professionally or write books that will sell. It's about building the personal, imaginative and linguistic habits that will enable you to become a writer. People for whom it starts with getting an iPhone and a website are not writers, any more than people 'doing' Greece on a Thomas Cook package tour are travellers. | ||
| Colin Leslie (Blackabyss) Username: Blackabyss Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.164.67.73 |
Thanks for the link Mark. I would also recommend Stephen King's On Writing not just for the writing tips but for the sheer passion for books it displays. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.102.160 |
...any more than people 'doing' Greece on a Thomas Cook package tour are travellers. Exactly. After all, how many pegs do they sell? | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.167.138 |
Also worth checking out is Natalie Goldberg's 'Writing Down The Bones'. One of those books it's always useful to dip into, just because it reminds you why you wanted to write in the first place. |