Nayad Monroe (nayad) wrote,
Nayad Monroe
nayad
  • Music: www.thesixtyone.com

2007 Books #39: This Year You Write Your Novel, by Walter Mosley

This very short book--103 pages--would be a perfect thing for a brand-new writer to read about the process of writing a novel. It's encouraging, and it covers the basics of fiction clearly, so it would make an excellent starting point. I wouldn't recommend it for people who have read a lot of writing books, because it contains very brief descriptions of the same ideas that appear in pretty much all of them. It's good, coherent coverage of those concepts, but I didn't learn anything new from the book.

If I can finish reading The Terror by the end of the year, that'll be an even 40 books for 2007! Which, given the constant and unyielding assaults upon my ability to concentrate, would be more than decent.
Tags: 2007 books
Subscribe

  • Progress report

    70 Days of Sweat, Day Whatever: 1,100 words. Total: 64,900 words. In other news: Facebook is satisfying in ways that I can neither explain nor…

  • Progress report

    70 Days of Sweat: May 9: 800 words. May 10: 0 words. May 11: 0 words. May 12: 1,300 words. May 13: 3,000 words. Total: 63,800 words. In…

  • Progress report

    70 Days of Sweat, Day Sixty-Eight: 1,100 words. Total: 58,700 words. Current story (untitled): 3,100 words. In other news: Today somebody…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    switch
    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
    Help
  • 0 comments