Writing Resource Links

A good writer is always a student. We study how people walk and wonder how to describe the particular luminous shade of green of new grass. We read and re-read our favorite authors trying to dissect exactly how did they manage to make me feel/see/hear/smell the action in a spice-filled marketplace or ice-glazed forest.
A host of books and posts support the writer in their quest for perfection.
A recent post by Kate Flora gave some terrific behind the scenes insights on how sharpening descriptions sharpen our stories. Four of Kate's go-to resources are:
John Gardner's Art of Fiction David Grambs' The Describer’s Dictionary Rebecca McClanahan's Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively Rodale’s Synonym Finder
If an author has over 200 books to his name with millions sold, I admit to pressing my nose against the glass to see if I can catch a glimpse of what goes in to their secret sauce. Jerry Jenkins posted eleven of his writing bibles, while the Center for Fiction provided this list of essential books, and Poets & Writers kept me busy with their list.
I surveyed a number resources for this post and wasn't surprised that three of my go-to books were frequently cited.
Stephen King's On Writing-A Memoir of Craft Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White's The Elements of Style
Okay. Enough procrastinating. Get back to work!
Published on June 29, 2016 21:00
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