Goodreads asked E.E. Borton:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

E.E. Borton Stop writing and read the following two books before you pen another word: ON WRITING by Stephen King and ELEMENTS OF STYLE by Strunk and White.

Then go buy an online subscription of THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org. You don’t have to read it cover to cover, but It will answer just about every question you have about properly formatting a novel.

Those three resources will change the way you write for the better. I promise you it will.

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