LOL. I've been doing artist pages for about 17 years. That was a transformative book for me at the time. Right up there with The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton (for different reasons, obviously)
And I show the pages to no one, never reread them, and throw them away within the week. But I still think all artists should wear black. Yeah, I am taking your advice, and will read those two this weekend, and then seeing where I stand. Thanks as always. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:330398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
