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I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing", Ray Bradbury "Zen and the Art of Writing", and "Ernest Hemingway on Writing". All have great insights into the joy an
by topherjaynes 16y ago
I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing", Ray Bradbury "Zen and the Art of Writing", and "Ernest Hemingway on Writing". All have great insights into the joy and struggles of writing. I really appreciate how their musings focus on the struggles of writing well since everyone tries to romanticize writers. It's hard no matter what.
- dot 16y agoanother wonderful book about writing is maugham's "the summing up". i found it in a used book store on a thai island a few years ago and still have it on my bedside table :)
- jseliger 16y agoI've been asked the "how do I write better" question often enough to write a post with pointers to useful books: http://jseliger.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-beginning-writer http://jseliger.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-beginning-write... . It's oriented toward people who want to write fiction, but I think anyone who wants to write better would find its comments helpful.