![]() I'd pretty much suggest that if you are a beginning writer, you do the same. After finding one of these in our local library I purchased both for my personal library. The Art of Fiction and On Becoming a Novelist are considered classics. John Gardner was another author whose books were also recommended. Years later I read it again, and though now a century old it still offers rewards for wannabe writers. In the advanced article writing class, the instructor recommended reading Jack London's Martin Eden, advice which I dutifully followed up on. It was a life changing week for me and I have been a publishing writer ever since. In my first first writer's conference in 1983 I took both the fiction and non-fiction (article writing) tracks, in part because I wanted to be a publishing freelancer and I also wanted to learn the craft of fiction. ![]()
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