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Title: Telling Lies-Fun & P by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0-688-13228-6 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 25 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great book even if you don't aspire to be a writer
Comment: This book is a collection of monthly columns that Block had written for a writing magazine. They fit perfectly together to make a book that is easy to recommend to anyone who treasures books, especially fiction.
I loved this book, even though I am more of a reader than a writer. You will learn techniques that an actual writer uses when devising plots, character names, and even titles. Don't expect a cookie-cutter approach to producing a story. Block instead gives you many chapters that are filled with actual examples of work written not only by himself but by other writers. The discussions that accompany these examples are both educational, easily read, and highly entertaining.
I believe the book has made me a much better reader. I can now often sit back and understand just why I didn't like a particular book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great confidence builder
Comment: Larry Block's treatises on writing are every bit the page turners that his mysteries are. He demystifies the writing process and walks you through the basics.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very inspiring collection of essays
Comment: There are two books on writing that I always keep on hand: this one and Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury. I can always depend on them to inspire me to write more when my momentum has flagged for whatever reason, usually insecurity.
I really like Block's conversational style. I know this is cliche, but I often feel as if he could be speaking directly to me and addressing my own problems. I find this, among other things, to be very comforting, thus allowing me to let go and just write.
He presents simple solutions to common problems, also inspiring me to go try them out, having never approached the problem in that way before.
I find this book to be very useful in my quest to be a writer, as he seems to have had the same problems I do. This sends the positive message that these problems are universal, and all you have to do is work your way through them, because ALL writers have the same issues to deal with. Also very comforting.
I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with the need to write but not finding the nerve to just settle down and do it; and also for anyone else just needing a little boost.
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Title: Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0898792088 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0688146902 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 17 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity: Expanded by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1877741094 Publisher: Joshua Odell Editions Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne, Dave King ISBN: 0062720465 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 16 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Nancy Kress ISBN: 0898799058 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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