- Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg.
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.
- Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury.
- Writing the Natural Way by Gabriel Rico (my very first writing book, given to me by my mother).
- Starting From Scratch by Rita Mae Brown.
- The Artists Way by Julia Cameron.
- "Why I Write", essay by George Orwell, author of 1984.
- Jean Craighead George, author of Julie of the Wolves, a young adult book.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Writers on Writing
I'm interested in why and how other people write. Check out these resources for ideas on writer's block, allowing yourself to write badly and other struggles in writing and living.
Writing Resources & Advice
To pick out a book to read that's appropriate to your current mood, try: Forager. Book Browse. All Readers. Bibloiomania. Read the dictionary, or, at least, look up new words: Oxford English Dictionary. Webster's Online Dictionary & Thesaurus.
Research
Use your local library. Use the internet (with salt and pepper); try Wikipedia. Avoid literary scams.
Find Community
Poets and Writer's Magazine. PEN. Poets.org. (See the sidebar for some of my local communities.)
Play with Language
World Wide Words. Translating Dictionaries.
Question Authority
Q & A.
Please Yourself
The Bulwer-Lytton Contest. Exquisite Corpse, the writing game. Poetry for Pleasure. Write erotica.
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