Gary Smailes of BubbleCow was very helpful to me in editing some of my first writing in 2011. I still receive copies of his blog and think his post this week is worth passing on.
Books
about writing are common place. No matter what you feel about the age-old
debate of 'teaching creative writing', one thing is true - a good grounding in
the technical side of writing will make you a better writer. 'Show, don't
tell', has almost become a cliché, but if you are unable to 'tell' a story in
the best way possible, your writing will suffer. And let's face it, writers
love to write books about writing!
After years of editing at
BubbleCow, we have read and absorbed hundreds of books about writing. This
article highlights those books about writing that actually work. The aim is to
give you a collection of books which, when read as a whole, will make you a
better writer. The criteria for inclusion on the list is that they support the
three principles on which we teach and edit.
- A
modern simplicity and clean writing style.
- The
importance of using dialogue and action to tell the story (show, don't
tell).
- The essential nature of structure (3/5 act).
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Douglas
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