I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to write what people want to read, not push any message.
I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.
Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things others do.
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.
I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.
I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.
But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.
While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.
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