Writing Advice from the Bookshelf: James Scott Bell on Reading to Improve Our Writing (i.e., Critical Reading)

Excerpt from Revision and Self-Editing for Publication by James Scott Bell: You can’t be a great fiction writer without reading. A lot. All kinds of novels. And poetry and nonfiction. Each time you read a book, the flow and rhythm of the writing implants itself in your brain. When it’s good writing, when you respond […]