What are the best books on writing, Veeky Forums?
What are the best books on writing, Veeky Forums?
Julian Moore
Connor Scott
Certainly not Strunk and White.
Daniel Peterson
At Swim-Two-Birds
Jeremiah Stewart
Just read books written by masters of the craft and write everyday. Guides are as useful as fucking horoscopes.
Ryder Barnes
Strunk and White
Daily reminder that On Writing is just tumblr level writer inspo w/ no actual technical advice
Isaac Roberts
>fell for the meme
Jordan Reyes
strunk and white are literally gospel in journalism school
my mom keeps it on her bedside table
Henry Phillips
In my desk at work.
Gavin Turner
Well journalists suck so that's not surprising.
Connor Murphy
every first draft of anything I finish I reread Story by Robert McKee and adjust my work accordingly
It's a screenwriting book but it's BOSS
Literally anyone could read it and so long as they followed what he says to do they would write something decent
Christopher Gray
I don't know, but I just bought Poetry for Dummies (Written by The Poetry Center in San Fran, John Timpane, and Maureen Watts. And I have to say so far it's actually really good.
It has sections on understanding poetry, the history of poetry, and writing poetry. Oh, and there are a lot of good poems in it.
Kevin Taylor
bump
Sebastian Scott
How Not To Write A Novel was surprisingly good
Alexander Nelson
Journalistic writing is some of the worst writing there is, afester with elegant variation and barbarisms.
Adrian Edwards
Tvtropes tier.
Camden Fisher
What about this?
Blake Reed
"Story" by Robert McKee
"The Art of Dramatic Writing" by Lajos Egri
"Screenwriting 101" by FilmCritHulk
Jose Mitchell
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Ian Martinez
>le first draft of le anything is le shit xDDD i said shit!
James Ortiz
>>how to write
>literally every other book on the chart
>none of the famous books about screenwriting e.g. , even though the screenwriting ones are the best
>stephen king on """"writing""""
>>"""/Lit""" on writing
I can see how tumblr raids of Veeky Forums might actually be a real thing
Nicholas Johnson
Are any of these by significant writers?
Lincoln Thompson
>"Story" by Robert McKee
trash
>"Screenwriting 101" by FilmCritHulk
feel-good platitudinal trash
>Strunk and White
trash
no
Kevin Bennett
>Merriam-Webster instead of the OED
>needing a mediocre writer to teach you to be a mediocre writer also
>afester
Hunter Carter
What's wrong with "afester"?
Dylan Miller
Great arguments. You really convinced me of your opinion
Isaiah Johnson
it's shit. you want "festering"
Isaiah Adams
Read real lit theory if you want technical knowledge, while considering how flawed lit theory is.
Why would you ever want one of these retarded cooking recipes for success?