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Good books on writing
terroja:
Jeb's Big Book A-writin' Real Good-Like By Jeb.
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On Writing by Stephen King was the only one I could ever plod through. I'm the kind of person that is incapable of taking other people's advice on anything. I always automatically assume that I know better than everyone, no matter how impressive their resume.
Mickey Finn:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587154811/sr=8-1/qid=1149260459/ref=sr_1_1/103-0655165-8758205?%5Fencoding=UTF8
I Have This Nifty Idea, editied by Mike Resnick.
Pat Elrod's Writer's Kit & FAQ...FAQ's free, kit is a whopping 3 bucks:
http://www.vampwriter.com/FAQ%20WRITING.htm
Todd Edwards:
Good stuff! I like the essays about writing. I've enjoyed Terry Brooks's, Stephen King's, and right now I'm reading I. Asimov by the man himself. Great, inspirational stuff.
The Pat Elrod site seems to have some good real-world tips. Thanks for the link.
--Todd
FredG:
I'll recommend Screenplay, by Syd Field, as one of my favorite resources. It doesn't help me with plots, characters, or word choice, but it helps with timing and pacing.
I know that I should have about twice as much middle as end and beginning.
To misquote Checkov, if I want to have a gun go off in act three, I need to write it into the room in act one. I know that I need to sometimes think of the chapters as a series of sequences strung together.
By knowing what's important to the Imginary Film Version of my story, I know what to put (and not put) in my written version.
-FredG
Kimber L Rose:
Stephen King's 'On Writing' was pretty good. I also have 'The First Five Pages' by Noah Lukeman which was a pretty good book. The one I would recommend would be 'Writing the Breakout Novel' by Donald Maass, that one actually had a lot of good information in it.
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