Tag: books

  • Friday’s Findings: Never stop learning

    Friday’s Findings: Never stop learning

    Never stop learning your craft. I’m a little surprised that some people I know who like to write aren’t interested in further training. I guess I understand. but I like taking online classes about writing fiction. I have to be careful, because I don’t want learning to replace actual writing. Writers can spend a little…

  • Friday’s Findings: Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

    Friday’s Findings: Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

    I just finished Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, 10th edition, and here are some takeaways: “Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page.” “Keep the journal regularly, at least at first. It doesn’t matter what you write and it doesn’t matter very…

  • Friday’s Findings: An Experiment in Screenplay Writing

    Friday’s Findings: An Experiment in Screenplay Writing

    Warning: possible spoilers for the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay follow. Let me start off by saying I do not intend to become a screenplay writer. What I did yesterday was for fun. It started when I began re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I had forgotten…