Best Writing Books
What are your favourite writing books?
Most writers I know went through a time in their professional development when they were reading more about writing than actually doing any writing.
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The Editor in 419
Will Ferguson’s Giller-Prize winning novel, 419, features Laura, an editor, as the main character.
It was fun to peek inside the life of a freelance copy editor, even at a horrible moment in her life. She is a hero, of course, as all editors are at some level.
A Writer’s Armour
National Post writer Ben Kaplan’s article “A Runner Hits the Wall” grabbed me for its honesty about the writing life. Kaplan shares the harsh criticism, “awful on all levels,” he received years ago from a failed screenplay, and then his more recent disappointment at the cancellation of his book when his publisher went out of business.
Never alone with Alice Munro
Yesterday I picked up Alice Munro’s latest novel Dear Life.
This summer I reread Lives of Girls and Women and remembered why I love Munro’s writing so very much. She is one of the very few authors I will re-read.
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Telling stories through a dog’s legs
It was a picture of the log that I really wanted, stretching away from me toward the water. Then, Dewey my dog leaped up on it and his legs filled my viewfinder, like a muppet on the run. That was the picture. A shot of a log is hum-drum compared to those big, furry legs standing in front of me, waiting.
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