{"id":7407,"date":"2021-08-03T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=7407"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:05:23","slug":"writing-craft-book-iwsg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=7407","title":{"rendered":"Writing Craft Book #IWSG"},"content":{"rendered":"

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August 4 question – What is your favorite writing craft book? Think of a book that every time you read it you learn something or you are inspired to write or try the new technique. And why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The awesome co-hosts for the August 4 posting of the IWSG are PK Hrezo,<\/a> Cathrina Constantine,<\/a> PJ Colando,<\/a> Kim Lajevardi,<\/a><\/strong> and Sandra Cox!. <\/a><\/strong>Thanks to all of you<\/p>\n

I’m on the road, but before I took off I pulled a few books from my shelves to note in this post.<\/em><\/p>\n

I cut my writing teeth on poetry, and my bookshelf reflects it. A lot of what I learned from poetry is useful in my fiction writing, even if I don’t refer to those books on a daily basis. Here are a couple I grabbed from my bookshelf:<\/p>\n

Writing Down the Bones: Natalie Goldberg<\/p>\n

In Pursuit of Poetry: Robert Hillyer<\/p>\n

But the best reference for poetry are the poems from other poets; the famous and the unknown. Here are a few from my collection: Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Gary Snyder, Alice Walker, American Indian Poetry<\/p>\n

Now that I’m writing fiction, my research takes a different avenue. A lot of it can be done on the internet, but here are two recent purchases that I’ve used for planning future projects: <\/p>\n

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Private Investigating<\/p>\n

Boots in the Ashes (a memoir of Cynthia Beebe, one of the early female ATF agents)<\/p>\n

Quite the difference! But I’m happy to expand my writing (and knowledge) horizons.<\/p>\n

To find out which books other authors use to refine their craft, check out some of the links below.<\/p>\n

As always, until next time, please stay safe.<\/p>\n

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