I receive a newsletter with free books. On Friday I got one entitled Books For Writers. It has a list of books you can download (50+) that range in topics from Writers Block to How to Structure a Story to How to Self Publish.
I haven't read any of them yet ... but I figured the price was right - FREE!
Check it out.
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I just took a look. There are 51 different free books available and I'm sure that most will find something of interest.
I know I did.
Frankly I'm afraid if I read something on how to write, it'll mess me up. I just do my own thing and hope for the best.
Frankly I'm afraid if I read something on how to write, it'll mess me up. I just do my own thing and hope for the best.
I'd be careful of imitating someone else's style, which is one reason why I don't read the same genre as I'm currently writing, but generally, it shouldn't screw up your basic writing. Though I have sometimes implemented a small style change (basically only one at a time) midway through a book, which may cause it to stand out somewhat. But in that case, you just need to go back and enforce it as a new standard, so the entire book is consistent.
The biggest danger is imitating other's writing, rather than improving your basic writing skill. If you begin showing more than your telling later on in your book, it'll be seen as a sign of your personal growth, rather than an aberration. For longer, ongoing stories, that's a basic assumption, that you grow as you progress.
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Thanks for sharing. I have passed on the link to my Writers' Group. I imagine the course junkies will be very pleased.
AJ
You may also want to suggest this freebie book to your writing group to consider looking at:
https://bookapy.com/s/8/fiction-writing-and-style-guide
it's also available via Lulu Apple, Amazon, B&N, plus many more - it should be showing as free with them as well.
Not a writing guide like some of the others, but something that might be useful. There's been a fair bit of recent work in neurology, and how the brain processes ideas. It was long known that Broca's Area of the brain is where ideas get generated. Originally, they were thought to be words.
It turns out, however, that there are at least three major pathways out of that area: speech, writing, and song. One striking example was Gabby Giffords' rehabilitation after her brain injury. Her speech was badly damaged, but therapists substituted singing political speech, which eventually reinforced her speech.
For quite a while, I've further subdivided the writing path when I have writer's block. While I usually type, I find that if I go to other modes of writing, such as different kinds of pens or pencils, and changing paper, I may be able to break loose.