If you haven’t noticed, I like to read a lot of books on craft. Thanks to a comment by Shannon Brochu, today I’m going to list some of the ones I’ve found particularly helpful, especially in relation to writing for children and teens. 1. What’s Your Story? by Marion Dane Bauer – This book is [...]
There’s been a lot of talk on the internets about giving books as gifts this year. Of course I think this is a fabulous idea since a) books are awesome, b) they’re relatively inexpensive compared to many other possible gifts, and c) if you buy them from an independent bookstore (or from Indiebound), you’ll be [...]
As I’ve been reading through Donald Maass’s Writing the Breakout Novel, I’ve been rushing to jot down all of its nuggets of brilliance. One thing that especially stood out to me as I was reading yesterday was Maass’s discussion of setting. I’ve previously talked about the use of landscape as part of the story, and [...]
