Raegan Butcher (Raegan Butcher Official Myspace) on Myspace. The Greatest Books in Linguistics. The Last Story of F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre. Bizarre Sci-Fi Writer Dies In Blaze He Set! - New York Science Fiction. Many writers have their quirks. Some are loners. Some are heavy drinkers, Some can't communicate very well verbally, pouring everything they have to say into the pages of their latest book. And some are just bizarre beyond words. Such was the case with sc-fi writer F. Gwynplaine Macintyre (62). He was a man that nobody knew, in fact no one knew his real name.
The author died in June, in a manner that seems to be as fantastically bizarre as one of his sci-fi stories. Macintyre set his Brooklyn apartment ablaze, apparently by piling up his books and papers into the middle of his room and tossing a match to it. The New York Times published a piece on Macintyre death. "It was the bizarro death of a man who lived a bizarro life," said Andrew Porter, a Brooklyn writer who was among the first to announce Mr.
"Froggy always presented himself as like an English clubman, an eccentric who might be a time traveler from the 19th century," Mr. On his Web site and in correspondence, Mr. Mr. 54 Tips For Writers, From Writers. The entire writing process is fraught with perils. Many writers would argue that the hardest part of writing is beginning. When asked what was the most frightening thing he had ever encountered, novelist Ernest Hemingway said, “A blank sheet of paper.” Other writers believe that ideas are easy, it’s in the execution of those ideas that the hard work really begins. You have to show up every day and slowly give shape to your ideas, trying to find just the right words, searching for the right turn of phrase, until it all morphs into something real. Then comes the wait to discover how your writing will be received. So just how do you go about facing an empty page, coaxing your ideas into the world of form, and steering the end result toward shore?
Tips For Writers From Stephen King “If you want to be a writer,” says Stephen King , “you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” King, who has written over 50 books, emphasizes that writers have to be well-read. 1. 2. 3. Read These Seven Books, and You’ll be a Better Writer. Donald Miller I used to play golf but I wasn’t very good. I rented a DVD, though, that taught me a better way to swing, and after watching it a few times and spending an hour or so practicing, I knocked ten strokes off my game. I can’t believe how much time I wasted when a simple DVD saved me years of frustration. I’d say something similar is true in my writing career. If you read these books, your writing will improve to the point people who read your work will begin to comment on how well you write.
Sometimes the difference between an okay writer and a great writer is simple. I’ve read quite a few books on writing and here is, in my opinion, the collection every writer should have in their library. • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: This book is aimed at writers, but it’s also applicable to anybody who does creative work. Pressfield leaves out all the mushy romantic talk about the writing life, talk I don’t find helpful. . • On Writing Well by William Zinsser: