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July 31, 2007
Reading about writing
Two books on writing: Francine Prose's Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them and Stephen King's On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Read Prose for practical advice (her main argument is that the writer should be concerned with writing good language, beginning with a good sentence, and ignore trends and fashion) and sheer enjoyment of good writing (with many examples). Read King for inspiration (the book is partially a memoir of his career, partially an exhortation to just write, with fairly simple advice, most notably "Second draft = First draft - 10%".)
Actually, both are good for inspiration, countering the dread of entering an airport bookstore and realising you have read it all....
Posted by Espen at July 31, 2007 1:39 PM
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