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- Books to Help You Write Your First BookReading list
Ray Bradbury is a well-known author who has written many books, including Zen in the Art of Writing. This book is a good book to read if you are writing your first book. The book covers topics such as how to get started writing, what to do when you are stuck, and how to keep writing even when you don’t feel like it.
- Sakinah HoflerInterview
Zen in the Art of Writing by Raymond Bradbury and On Writing by Stephen King are two craft books where each writer discusses how they entered writing. Both Bradbury’s whimsical approach to writing what he’s inspired by (as well as his 1,000 words/day habit) and King’s discussion of how long it took for him to break…
- Patrick AllanInterview
Meditations is up there, but it was Zen In the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury that convinced me I could be a writer too. My life has been so much more fulfilling since I’ve started writing for a living. On Writing by Stephen King is worth an honorable mention as well.
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