I usually lurk but found this book in the library and - well, it's brilliant, isn't it? I've got a BA in English, and an MA in Creative and Life Writing, have piddled around teaching and having babies since then with no time/head space for writing, feeling totally blocked and a bit mournful - and have just read this and thought "By God, I can write!"
Have you read it? Did it change your approach to writing? The 'finding story fossils' thing, and the writing with the door closed before you do anything else, did that work?
I feel inspired. I know I have the hard bit to come, the actual knuckling down and writing, but I feel like it is not impossible any more.
Did anyone else really like this book or find it inspired them to write differently? I'd love to hear how.
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Stephen King's 'On Writing'
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MacaroonMama · 21/05/2017 11:33
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