by Robert Olen Butler
I’ve already managed to force this book into the hands of several fellow aspiring writers. If I had I my way I would make it required reading. There are so few books that deal with the creative side of fiction, as opposed to the grammar/structure/revision side, that books like Butler’s are like an o...
Forget everything you think you know about writing. Throw all the information you’ve obtained in school about how to write. All of that is useless. Writing doesn’t come from your logical, thoughtful brain. It’s really out of your control and it’s only when you let go of that control that you can wri...