My online creative writing programme served as the perfect excuse to get a copy of How to Be a Writer. And as I read it, every few lines, I found myself thinking, "This, exactly this!" For the first time, I highlighted sections all over the book (ebook, not physical book, just saying) simply because so much of it resonated with me. In some places, I was drawn to the words as a writer; in others, as a teacher of creative writing.Instead of my usual kind of review, I'm going to share tiny excerpts of the book.If I talk too freely about a story I am going to write, chances are it will never be written. I have talked it to death.This is me! I can never, ever talk about my current works in progress. I used to think it was superstitious nonsense, but I realise that what Bond says above is true for me. It's also the reason why I don't usually plot my stories. If I know what's going … [Read more...]