tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post3654568243182354603..comments2024-03-09T04:35:47.541-05:00Comments on How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book: Good Books for Learning Different Writing SkillsYour Book Starts Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568469874356348872noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-50921502468639145172011-03-18T18:14:47.510-04:002011-03-18T18:14:47.510-04:00Thanks, Gail, enjoy Shadow Baby--a super book.Thanks, Gail, enjoy Shadow Baby--a super book.Your Book Starts Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568469874356348872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-83319953991470571892011-03-18T18:14:09.620-04:002011-03-18T18:14:09.620-04:00Thanks for contributing your list, Gail! It's...Thanks for contributing your list, Gail! It's fun to study these and try to figure out how they were constructed.Your Book Starts Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568469874356348872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-60021917589784122702011-03-17T08:10:48.177-04:002011-03-17T08:10:48.177-04:00My suggestions are "Revolutionary Road" ...My suggestions are "Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates for a beautifully plotted novel, also for how character development drives the plot. The two main characters can't do anything except collide. Also, I just read "Lolita" - the disturbing narrator manipulates the reader in an amazing way. Not sure where that fits, but it's an incredible book and I kept trying to figure out how Nabokov managed to pull it off, and make it oddly funny.Gail T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-23249809786400220472011-03-17T08:01:59.236-04:002011-03-17T08:01:59.236-04:00This is a great list, Mary. I'm printing it ou...This is a great list, Mary. I'm printing it out and taking it to my writers' group today - it will spark a good conversation. And then I'm going to spend some time planning my reading. I bought "Shadow Baby" on your recommendation, and have yet to read it.Gail Trowbridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-43519988135715713902011-03-14T16:23:59.644-04:002011-03-14T16:23:59.644-04:00Thanks for adding your list, Cindy, and for visiti...Thanks for adding your list, Cindy, and for visiting the blog! (So happy to see my novel among your favorites.)<br /><br />MaryYour Book Starts Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568469874356348872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-2616891865929468972011-03-14T16:22:46.799-04:002011-03-14T16:22:46.799-04:00Mood,
Thanks for visiting. Glad you liked the lis...Mood,<br />Thanks for visiting. Glad you liked the list!<br />Stop by again.<br />MaryYour Book Starts Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568469874356348872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-6952201029851318352011-03-14T12:16:29.570-04:002011-03-14T12:16:29.570-04:00Great post, Mary. Reading is such an important par...Great post, Mary. Reading is such an important part of being a writer and learning the craft. Here are five of my favorites in the "beautiful writing" category: <br />1. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes<br />2. Jim the Boy by Tony Earley<br />3. Qualities of Light by Mary Carroll Moore<br />4. One Vacant Chair by Joe Coomer<br />5. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverCindy Keelingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7071197508859706097.post-3544060117892143672011-03-13T08:25:06.980-04:002011-03-13T08:25:06.980-04:00Hi, just stumbled across your site, very interesti...Hi, just stumbled across your site, very interesting. Great list of books too. I've heard of about half of them, read maybe a third (and remember about a tenth — not as young as I used to be). Will have a mooch round the list and maybe give a couple of them a go.<br />cheers,<br />moodmooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.com