Status Updates From Elements of Fiction

Short chapters with powerful images. Great examples and pointers. Straight talk for writers of all levels.

Love it.
About the blank page he suggests:
“approach it as a child would—that is, full of wonder and a sense of play. You have a keyboard and a blank screen, a pencil and a pristine sheet of paper. These are the toys. Get used to them. Start putting down words”

“Fiction is one of the few constructive human activities in which we have the potential to make something from almost nothing. Something from nothing. That kind of alchemy is a recipe for failure and also the hope for the miraculous.” P vi