Want To Win a Copy of Story Structure Demystified?
Posted on | November 24, 2009 | 9 Comments
Want to win a copy of Larry Brooks’ book Story Structure – Demystified? All you have o do is leave a comment and tell me what the best bit of writing advice you’ve ever received was. It can be anything, a website, a blog a book or just good advice given face to face.
I’ll pick a winner at random (possible with the aid of some dice) and they will recieve a PDF copy of Story Structure – Demystified.
If you’d like to read the review of Story Structure – Demystified, it’s right here.
I’ll pick the winner this weekend.
UPDATE: Congratulations to Beth Barany, your copy of Story Structure – Dymystified will wing its way to your inbox in the next few minutes. Thanks to everyone who entered, this is definitely not the last competition I’ll run.
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November 25th, 2009 @ 9:52 am
For me it was to avoid the excesses of stream of consciousness type scrawling. An accurate reflection of what was in my head – yes. Easy to read or possible to comprehend – no.
November 25th, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
Hmm … Don’t forget the sensory detail. I have a real problem with that.
November 25th, 2009 @ 5:38 pm
Reading is the enemy of writers. Put down the book and write. Whether you feel like it or not. Write. From Ramsey Yelverton many moons ago.
November 25th, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
The best advice I ever received was from a total stranger in Paris. She was a psychic. She said, “Discipline.” That’s it?, I asked. Oui, she said. Now I’ve completed 5 books, hundreds of articles, and surround myself with all things writing and books. It worked…
November 25th, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
Love what you write, be persistent and write from the heart.
November 25th, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
Don’t give up. Never give up.
- Plex the Robot (Yo Gabba Gabba)
November 26th, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Rather than littering writing with adjectives, throw in some powerful verbs. Adjectives have a bloating, flabby quality. Strong verbs annihilate the thorax of the reader.
November 28th, 2009 @ 11:22 am
Write.
November 29th, 2009 @ 7:13 am
My creative writing teacher at University of Tennessee, Robert Drake, used to say “Everybody’s from somewhere.” Kind of indirect writing advice, but it help give me as a writer better roots and helps me ground characters with roots.