Paper Bullets: Point-Blank Notions on Writing

by Bret Carter

If you want to take a real shot at writing, here’s some ammo. This book knows why you sit paralyzed in front of a blank page. This book laughs in the face of writer’s block and smirks a little at the Grammar Police. This book stalks successful writers, visits the moldering bones of Shakespeare, and takes a casual stroll through Uncanny Valley. Before you get to the last page, you will have spent time with Charles Dickens, Hermann Hesse, Mary Shelley, Neil Finn, Duke Ellington, and Rod Serling. You will have sneered at Hollywood, scoffed at Kerouac, and mocked Coleridge. Along the way, you will randomly mix chemicals, learn how to write poetry in sixty-seconds, and possibly destroy the last obstacle that has kept you from truly becoming a writer. If you’ve ever thought about writing a novel. If you miss the creativity you had back when you built pillow forts. If you are one of the few people on earth who still loves books—this one might be for you.

100 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2016

Reviews

[Marty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on how to write! This is primarily a fiction book but I found the teaching in this book helpful for many genres of writing! I am a preacher that has to write two sermons a week and prepare classes and this book helped me learn more about how to do even better! I have been writing sermons for twenty-seven years now. I highly recommend this book. Bret Carter teaching much material on writing with very few yet powerful words! Amazing!!!