Open Question Wednesday #6

[julieandrews]

I haven't completely forgotten about open question Wednesdays! Just, mostly forgot. And kept remembering on non-Wednesdays. Note that you don't have to answer this on Wednesday, obviously. :)

What's one of your favorite books about writing?

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[dwesley.livejournal.com]

"Techniques of the Selling Writer" by Dwight V. Swain. He breaks down the elements of a story into concrete bits almost the same way I learned to break down sentences into its concrete bits in the seventh grade. When you know something isn't working in the story, you can use these techniques to figure out how to fix it.