Great list. But I suggest you read King and Goldberg first. Goldberg's technique is almost exactly what you are contemplating...write it all..then turn on your editor and fix it if needs fixing. I re-read both books before I start a new novel, so I can remember to turn off the editor in my head, cause I'm harsh on myself.
Another thing I do is from The Artist's Way called Morning Pages. I do them first thing each day to get my creativity flowing. I've found this also helps with my programming. http://www.theartistsway.com/tools/the-basic-tools On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:330396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
