I’m back with another update from the world of revision!
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What to Read Next? | 17 Book Recommendations
Looking for some reading recommendations? Look no farther. Here you’ll find fiction of all sorts (but especially speculative fiction), helpful non-fiction, and fantastical poetry as well!
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Why I Re-read and Why You Should Too
I had a friend tell me once that she reread books—or at least was willing to reread a book so we could read through it together. The idea completely surprised me. Why would I read a book I’d already read? It made no sense.
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Grammar
Love it or hate it, grammar is something that every person who writes anything has to deal with.
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This is something I’ve been working on for a while in random bursts. I had done something like this before, but this time, I wanted it to be more significant to me. And it happened that I had a sketch of an outline of the main character in my main writing project that was perfect for this. The contrast in this image does not show up great against the light backdrop of my blog, but a lot of the essence is still here, I think.
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This Thing We Call Writer’s Block
I once heard a writer say that he never gets writer’s block; he claims he always has ideas. Maybe I am misinterpreting what this author was saying, but I can’t help but disagree with what I think his meaning was. Aside from sounding highly pretentious, he didn’t seem to totally understand what exactly writer’s block is—at least by my definition of writer’s block (which may or may not be accurate).
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The Shelf
As a reader, I have come across a fair few books and other written materials that I have found helpful or “good” in some capacity or another. Here is the compiled list. I will also put this into a separate page titled “The Shelf” and will be adding to this list over time.
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Book Beginnings
How a book begins is crucial. The first few pages determine whether a reader will continue reading or move on to a new book. After reading lots, I have discovered certain things that repel me from a book and certain things that attract me to a book.
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