Archive for September, 2007
Here it is, my number one ‘must have-must read’ book for writers
Know what I would recommend if I could only recommend one book for beginning writers? Or, only one book for ALL writers, for that matter? (Caveat: I write only in English and I assume the majority of you do, too, but I’ll make it clear that I’m only speaking about a must-have book for those […]
Tell us about your writing — the who, what, when, where, why, and how of it all
Tell us all how you do your writing. What physical setting do you prefer? Do you write best when you’re alone or around other people? Do you prefer working straight into a computer by keyboarding, or do you like to write longhand then keyboard (or have someone else keyboard) your stuff into a computer? Are […]
The real value of those notebooks, notecards, and random scraps of paper
Writers keep notebooks, “sketchbooks,” and other collections of ideas and scraps of writing, don’t they? Isn’t that what we’re told to do? Won’t those become fertile resources throughout the years?
No, probably not. If your experiences have been anything like mine, you find such materials hang around somewhere on your desk (or desktop?). Then they sort […]
The word for today is ‘verisimilitude’ — really, it is
In a post last week (I think it was last week), I made the point that writing fiction gives you sort of a license to lie. Not that we need such a license. We have the Internet.
And, as I tried to point out, the best sort of lies you tell are those which are convincing, […]
Two important tips for new writers
I’ve written here before about “tips” or suggestions for new writers. I thought of two very important tips you need to be aware of if you want to succeed as a new writer.
You’re free to take notes if you like, but I doubt you’ll pick up much that’s really new to you, perhaps just something […]
