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hissingpotatoes
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Bailedbailed

.5/5⭐ Super pretentious. The author talks about himself in the highest terms and name/location drops all over the place. He says he has “merrily disregarded every distinction between highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow taste“ as if he's some benevolent writing god and then proceeds to name specific authors he clearly thinks fall into one of those brows (but he doesn't distinguish, so it's not elitist!). ⬇

hissingpotatoes The first sentence of chapter one is “The only way to begin is to begin, and begin right now,“ and the word “begin“ is repeated even after that in a long-winded paragraph that says very little and sets the stage for how the rest of the book's advice will be presented. Not for me. #roll100 3w
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
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hissingpotatoes
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Pickpick

4.5/5⭐ Contains many short entries on granular writing topics divided into comprehensive categories. I can see the exercises and topics for consideration being incredibly helpful for my own creative writing. A small number of authors seem elitist in their advice, but the vast majority are down to earth. The list of prompts at the end is lackluster, but the exercises within the entries are complex and thought provoking. #roll100

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lyradora
The art of the poetic line | James Longenbach
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Pickpick

There are a lot of how-to poetry books out there. A lot. I‘m sure that some are excellent, some are average, and some are terrible, and individual experiences with these books will vary. My experience of The Art of the Poetic Line by James Longenbach? Excellent. Highly recommended to poets of every skill and experience level, as well as fans of Writing Metrical Poetry by Baer and Writing Poetry in the Dark edited by Wytovich. #howto #poetrymatters

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Therewillbebooks
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Just released our latest Elmore Leonard episode. We review 52 Pickup and talk a little bit about Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing. This episode was fun and breezy to record and I hope you all like it as well!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TMI9lscdphDfYQWaNNCUZ

Bookwormjillk I used to have the same mug! 8mo
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fredthemoose
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Enjoying some beautiful weather, the garden, and a used bookstore pickup! 📚 🌞 🪴

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Reflections. Diana Wynne Jones | Diana Wynne Jones
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BookmarkTavern LOLOL That‘s one of my favorite stories. 😂 10mo
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steph_phanie
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Pickpick

A very short and approachable primer for writing a novel. It covers all the basics: establishing a routine, choosing your POV, crafting plot and dialogue, using language appropriately, reading your drafts, and making edits. He also ends with a bit of advice for getting published.

My one gripe with this was his excessive use of examples that involved sex and/or violence. Is that all he could come up with??

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AsYouWish
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Can‘t wait to see the titles you all come up with!

#Books #Titles #BookTitles #Bookish #Game #BookishGame #Words

*Borrowed from a post on Facebook*

BookNAround Catcher in the Rye Bread 10mo
BookNAround I wanted to do Watership Down Spout but I‘m pretty sure that downspout is one word. 😂 10mo
AsYouWish @BookNAround Love both of those!!! 💙💙💙💙 10mo
Meshell1313 🤣🤣🤣 10mo
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K.Wielechowski
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Definitely one of the better “author on writing” books I‘ve read. Brooks is generous with his tips and methods on how to be successful but doesn‘t shy away from the mistakes he‘s made either.
I don‘t think I‘ve actually read anything he‘s written but I think I‘ll have to now.