Stop Reading and Start Writing

Listen on NPR: Walter Mosley, author of 25 books, gives tips, tricks and practical advice for stalled writers in his new book, This Year You Write Your Novel.

April 23, 2007 by Uncategorized 6

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6 Responses

  1. Bibliofuture says:
    April 23, 2007 at 7:22 am

    Many people feel they have a novel in them.
    Clearly many people feel they have a novel in them. The book is in the top 500 on Amazon.

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    April 23, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    Re:Many people feel they have a novel in them.
    But it got such a bad review from BookList that it is just common sense and the name Mosley is what is selling it.

    Which brings up the question to library selectors : If Booklist gives a bad review do you just decide to not buy the book? we do…

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  3. Anonymous Patron says:
    April 23, 2007 at 7:21 pm

    Re:Many people feel they have a novel in them.
    >BookList says that it is just common sense

    Of course it is just common sense. Do you think there is a magic formula for writing books? Mosley’s book largely says that what you need to do is sit down and write for at least an hour and a half a day. Common sense? Yes. Have you ever met a writer without common sense? I have. A book with some common sense in it is just what they need.

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  4. Chuck says:
    April 23, 2007 at 8:34 pm

    Re:Many people feel they have a novel in them.
    And clearly that’s where many of them should stay.

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  5. Anonymous Patron says:
    April 23, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    It was a dark and stormy night…..
    It was a dark and stormy night as he posted his comment to LISNEWS.

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  6. Anonymous Patron says:
    April 24, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    some quotes
    Every journalist has a novel in him,
    which is an excellent place for it.
    — Russel Lynes

    Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents,
    and everyone is writing a book.
    — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE), statesman,
          orator and writer

    Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of,
    but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
    — Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988)

    If a young writer can refrain from writing,
    he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.
    — Andre Gide

    — Ender, Duke_of_URL

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