Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:20 pm
Can't say I've read the Portable one Weenokee, though the title sounds familiar.
I just picked up a book on writing recomended (I believe) by Mur of the I Should Be Writing podcast. The book is:
Storyteller: Writing lessons and more from 27 years of Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm
Long title, haven't read it all yet, but what I have read has been either interesting (the history of their workshop) or informative (some exercises from said workshop). I like that they've made the distinction between Wordsmiths and "Natural Storytellers" and try and address the problems that both have. I honestly don't know where I fit on that spectrum, as I don't think I'm a natural story teller and I'm pretty sure I'm not a wordsmith
, but I find it interesting none-the-less.
It's also put out by www.smallbeerpress.com which I find amusing for some reason... what does small beer have to do with writing books?
FYI you can find an excerpt (the aformentioned chapter actually) at:
http://www.lcrw.net/wilhelm/wilhelm-can.htm
CharlesP
I just picked up a book on writing recomended (I believe) by Mur of the I Should Be Writing podcast. The book is:
Storyteller: Writing lessons and more from 27 years of Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm
Long title, haven't read it all yet, but what I have read has been either interesting (the history of their workshop) or informative (some exercises from said workshop). I like that they've made the distinction between Wordsmiths and "Natural Storytellers" and try and address the problems that both have. I honestly don't know where I fit on that spectrum, as I don't think I'm a natural story teller and I'm pretty sure I'm not a wordsmith

It's also put out by www.smallbeerpress.com which I find amusing for some reason... what does small beer have to do with writing books?
FYI you can find an excerpt (the aformentioned chapter actually) at:
http://www.lcrw.net/wilhelm/wilhelm-can.htm
CharlesP