I met a fellow last week name Will Clarke (his blog here) who gave me some wonderful advice on how to write and get published. One book he encouraged me to read was Putting Your Passion into Print by Sterry and Eckstut.
I thought about that this morning as I read this article (here). The reason I liked the article, I remember telling Will how much I disliked On Writing by Stephen King (my review here) and how much I did like Donald Maass' Writing the Breakout Novel.
Sadly Will did not share my dislike for On Writing and had not read Maass' book. Apparently Will and WSJ are of like minds. Among the many books on writing that Miss Crossen cites as worthies for writers, Maass' book is not found. Guess whose is.
Despite that there is a nice list of future books I can read and this quote from W. Somerset Maugham, which she shares enticed a smile.
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
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