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| the_sly_wink | Saturday Aug 8 2009, 08:43 PM Post #1 |
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There's nothing like a good old-fashioned book: its weight in your hands, the smell, the dry slide of turning pages. This is my preferred format, but it's hard to resist the nearly 30,000 instantly accessible books at Project Gutenberg. They're free, right at your fingertips, and can be downloaded to a hand-held device for your convenience. Did I mention free? (FREE) Spark Notes is also useful. It's not a substitution for reading a book, but it's great for brushing up if you finished early or came in late, and provides a lot of ideas for discussion. |
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| zevie | Saturday Aug 8 2009, 09:26 PM Post #2 |
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Nathan Bransford is an author agent with a blog and is an incredible source for anyone looking into publication, or just keeping up on the general news in the publication field: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/ Edited by zevie, Saturday Aug 8 2009, 09:27 PM.
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| the_sly_wink | Sunday Aug 23 2009, 07:07 PM Post #3 |
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Not a website, but if you like writing resources I recommend The Writer's Workshop by Stephen Koch. Koch taught in Columbia University's graduate creative writing program for over twenty years, and served as the chair for eight. He's got a lot of experience regarding what does or doesn't work -- not only techniques, but also potentially detrimental states of mind or bad habits -- and in a relatively slim book he covers everything from beginnings, character shaping, drafting, the writing life, and more. I've checked out several guides to writing fiction over the years, and some focus only on the highbrow or literary style, others are aimed entirely at genre, mass-market authors, but I like Koch's because he plainly states that he aims to be useful to anyone who picks up the book. After flipping through this again recently, I found myself enjoying his encouraging but frank approach; best of all, it got me excited, which may be more useful than any technical tip. |
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