Failing again. Failing better.
I read Patricia Highsmith’s PLOTTING AND WRITING SUSPENSE FICTION after Damon Knight included it among his “Suggested Reading” at the end of CREATING SHORT FICTION. He wrote, “Sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what she says about novels can be applied to short stories.” I agree that there are…
In my experience, when I get stuck and find it difficult to get my daily writing done, I start to beat myself up, and that only leads to increased pressure and decreased creativity. So what do I do? I change things up, and I have fun while doing it. In his book THE NERDIST WAY,…
Today Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography was released. Although many sites have been focusing on the juicier elements of the book, this article caught my eye. The article highlights the books that influenced Steve Jobs the most. Included on the list are books like Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, King Lear, Moby Dick, the poetry…
Some of the most frequent advice given to writers is to edit their writing strictly and severely, removing any extraneous text. In his book ON WRITING, Stephen King recalls a newspaper editor telling him that so long as he took out all the bad parts, King would “never have to work for a living.” Elmore…