Writing Advice from an Avid Reader
February 27th 2010 13:13
In response to the Guardian's Ten Rules for Writing Fiction from last Saturday (a must read), Salon.com ran an excellent piece on Tuesday: A Reader's Advice to Writers.
Laura Miller writes she never wrote a novel and doesn't have plans to ever do so, but she's read thousands of them and started many more which she didn't finish because they weren't great. She's also talked to other readers and their explanations why they liked or didn't like a book. In her own words: "I can tell you why I keep reading, and why I don't, why I recommend one book to my fellow readers, but not another." She goes on to list her five recommendations to budding novelists.
Excellent advice, and just in time for NaNoEdMo. Bookmark the post or print it out and stick it somewhere you can read it from your desk. NaNoWriMo is all about you getting your story out, NaNoEdMo is about making it appealing to readers.
Laura Miller writes she never wrote a novel and doesn't have plans to ever do so, but she's read thousands of them and started many more which she didn't finish because they weren't great. She's also talked to other readers and their explanations why they liked or didn't like a book. In her own words: "I can tell you why I keep reading, and why I don't, why I recommend one book to my fellow readers, but not another." She goes on to list her five recommendations to budding novelists.
Excellent advice, and just in time for NaNoEdMo. Bookmark the post or print it out and stick it somewhere you can read it from your desk. NaNoWriMo is all about you getting your story out, NaNoEdMo is about making it appealing to readers.
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