I’m thinking for our September series, we’ll do something collaborative: a book club. But since we’re all writers, I though we could read a writing craft book together and discuss it—possibly chapter by chapter.
Why? Because although we can get a lot out of reading these kinds of books and pondering them ourselves, I think we can get even more out of discussing the concepts and applying them to our work, and to one another’s. And even if you can’t get ahold of the book, you can still participate in the discussion.
So what book should we choose? (Feel free to check your local library for availability—no need to pay to participate!)
Click through to the post to take the poll and choose our writing craft book club choice!
What do you think? What book should we read—or is this not the sort of thing you’re interested in?
I’m voting for A Writer’s Journey because I’m learning what a *story* is, as opposed to grammar or POV or voice which are all nice but not as critical as having a good story.
By Vogler? I almost put that one on there (but I was a little worried about not being able to get it from the library).
yep. They have a 3rd edition now.
The problem with the book is that it references movies that are 20+ years old, which the younger gen may not have even heard of. Some of them I’m having trouble remembering. There are some appendices where he outlines the plot points for more recent movies.
I like to be the book to be read and discuss “How to Write a Damn Good Novel “(I and/or II), James N. Frey
Seems like interesting to me.