.I woke up one day and decided I was going to write a book. So now what? I had no idea! As with most things in my life, I put it out there and waited to see what came up! I was floundering with the actual structure of writing. It wasn't a worry for me to write, I love to do that! And ideas, well, creativity is something I have been developing all my life, which I will write about another time, however first I had to get to the bare bones practicality of structure and how to get started. I went on line and ended up at Amazon looking a books at Kindle. I prefer Kindle's layout and I find it much more user friendly than Kobo which frustrates the hell out of me trying to read from. I know folks with their Kobo book reader and perhaps that machine is fine, but the reader app I have downloaded on both a PC and Mac has been not sensitive or user friendly for me at all. The kindle is easy to navigate, senisitve to the touch and very easy to read from.
So I just looked at books about structure and plot and so on and downloaded a bunch. I had no clue really what I was looking for but then I downloaded one that suited me and started reading and IT WAS GREAT! The book was called THE 12 KEY PILLARS OF NOVEL CONSTRUCTION: YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING A STRONG STORY (The Writer's Toolbox Series Book. There is a workbook. I did not find that so helpful. I did my own as I was reading to help me remember. I found this book so helpful! As someone who is quite visual and literal sometimes, using the use of construction of a home was very easy to follow and useful. She writes in a very fluid, direct and to the point style which was also great. I find as I get older, I have less patients for reading that is too flowery and goes on and on and on. I prefer reads that have well crafted lines of words that suit and work for the concept being presented. This is just me. I have read alot of books over the years. More before when I had time. These days I have other priorities and my eyes just don't do well at the moment. All the joys of aging. That or too much time in front of my computer...I bought a Mac, and that is when it started. Go figure, So if I had one suggestion for anyone looking to read a book to help them write one, this is where I would start!
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