Nice! I have the Stephen King book, will look for the Goldberg book on Friday/Saturday, when I get back downtown.
I have a couple of others I plan to read in the next few weeks, to get a running start at this thing, but I don't actually want to know much before I start. I would love to just take a flier at it, and fail gloriously, then if I like it at all, spend some time learning how. Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury Characters and Viewpoints by Orson Scott Card How to Write Sci-Fi by Orson Scott Card Writing Class by Orson Scott Card The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova How to Tell a Story by Mark Twain Techniques of Novel Writing Writing Fiction by the Gotham Writers Workshop The Fiction Writers Brainstormer by James Smith Jr Writer's Block and How to Use It by Victoria Nelson Immediate Fiction by Jerry Cleaver Mugging the Muse by Holly Lisle Structuring Your Novel by Meredith and Fitzgerald Beginnings, Middles and Ends by Nancy Kress How to Write a Novel in 10 Weeks by Joanne Reid Turning Life into Fiction by Robin Hemley Stein on Writing by Sol Stein On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've written several novels. Currently working on one called Bright > City Gone Mad about a deep cover covert operative who accidentally > stumbles on evidence about the events behind 9/11. It's set in 2011, > and hopefully will also be complete and published by then as well. > > I've done NANOWRIMO a couple of times. The key is to write everyday. > If you get behind, you can rarely catch up. > > For inspiration and moral support, join some of the groups of others > that are writing. Some groups even have meetups to read their WIPs. > > Nanowrimo is a real challenge, but the one that kicks my butt every > year is the 50 songs in 90 days challenge. I've never finished it. > > The best writing advice I can give anyone is to read Writing Down the > Bones by Natalie Goldberg and On Writing by Stephen King. If those > doesn't kick start your writing, you're never gonna be an author. > > Good luck, and please share your experience with us. > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Every winter, I try to do something I have never done before. > > This winter, it is writing a fiction novel. > > To start off this unlikely hobby, I just joined an event called the > "National Novel Writing Month" > > The idea is to write 50,000 words in the month of November. > > http://www.nanowrimo.org > > Sounds like fun. > > But chances are, I will be a very busy boy next month. > > Anyone here write long-form? Any advice for a novice? > > > > Jerry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
