- Linda Cassidy Lewis I love to read books about writing. These are the ones I use most. Constance Hale’s book Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose is the first book I read on writing. This is more than just a style manual. After teaching you the basic rules, Hale teaches you … Continue reading »
“As for myself,” says Stephen King in his wonderful book On Writing, “I’m doubtful about writing classes, but not entirely against them.” What I want to insist on in this article is that writing classes – or seminars, or workshops, or writing circles, call ‘em what you will – can be inspirational, motivational, and
a spur to action and that Mr King would do well to approach the subject a tad less sceptically. Continue reading »
