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Originally Posted by Himeo Does anyone know of quality tomes for learning this witchcraft?
I have a wonderful concept that, someday, I would love to express. I just fear I'm not up to the task. |
You're not going to learn much by reading a book. There isn't a good way to learn to write that doesn't involve lots of reading or lots of practice. If you sit down and write something, anything everyday and never worry about wether it's good or not you're already a cut above most people.
Find two or three short stories by your favortie author(s) and deconstruct everything. Look at every line to see how they build character and plot and setting. Look for the significance in every line. After you've done that write a story that follow their sentence structure line for line. Do this, and you'll learn more about writing than any class or book could hope to teach you. The goal isn't to turn you into a clone of somebody else, it's to help you understand the mechanics of a succesfull writer.