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Number Two:
"Don't Sabotage Your Submission: Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A." by Chris Roerden
Mainly editing tips, but also a good deal of general writing help that applies to the traditional and also self-published author. My favorite.
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- Carla Hurst-Chandler
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- ALRyder
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It's good to see I'm not the only one who felt this way. So many people talked about him sounding pompous in this book. I didn't feel this way at all(he talks about being so doped out while writing Cujo he can't even remember it for goodness sake), but even if he did he has a right to be a little arrogant.Carla Hurst-Chandler wrote:Stephen King's "On Writing". Definitely the best I've ever read.
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Frankly, I am a bit tired of the pompus attitude that Strunk and White wrote the definitive book on writing. Having read it...it was dry and dull and uninspiring. King's was inspirational, funny and a no nonsense approach to writing and finding your own voice. Loved it!ALRyder wrote:It's good to see I'm not the only one who felt this way. So many people talked about him sounding pompous in this book. I didn't feel this way at all(he talks about being so doped out while writing Cujo he can't even remember it for goodness sake), but even if he did he has a right to be a little arrogant.Carla Hurst-Chandler wrote:Stephen King's "On Writing". Definitely the best I've ever read.
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- ALRyder
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I keep my copy of Strunk and White handy for editing and rewriting; it's not a motivational tool, but it is very useful for making sure that I've written something correctly, for reminding me that I'm not being overly paranoid/persnickety for double-checking detail after detail, and for providing prompts of what I need to check in a MS before showing it to anyone.
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Indeed, and that is exactly what it is intended to be, a quick, technical resource. It isn't designed to be anything more than that, but it is handy for any writer's bookshelf.KLyons1 wrote: I keep my copy of Strunk and White handy for editing and rewriting; it's not a motivational tool, but it is very useful for making sure that I've written something correctly, for reminding me that I'm not being overly paranoid/persnickety for double-checking detail after detail, and for providing prompts of what I need to check in a MS before showing it to anyone.
Personally, I like Fire in the Fiction by Donald Maass.
That's right, I have a muse. It is spelled MusE. My writing is influenced by the interactions of people I meet - us and ME.
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Had never heard of it and am doing much the same.KLyons1 wrote:And I was not familiar with Fire in the Fiction. I'm off to check that one out; thanks!
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I am reading Holly Lisle's ebooks about plotting at the moment, and find her entertaining. But gosh, it seems as though there are quite a few approaches writers take with plotting. I find it interesting to read about their unique methods. Holly is somewhere between a plotter (or pre-plotter or planner) and a pantser, leaning towards plotter.
Do any of you have books on plot structure and novel planning to suggest? I'd like to understand it all better, especially the extremely detailed outlining some writers do.
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http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/a ... ke-method/
There's also an interesting article to be found on the website: Writing the Perfect Scene. I haven't tried the way that he suggests formatting a scene yet, because I think for me it'd be best to wait until I'm polishing things up.
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