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Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly (Paperback)
Levine, Gail Carson / HarperCollins / 2014년 12월
평점 :
짧지만 핵심만 담은 책이다. Ella Enchanted로 뉴베리상을 수상한 작가. 10년의 무명 습작생활 끝에 얻은 상이라 더 귀중할 것 같다. 내 롤모델이다. 내가 10년이나 습작생활을 할 수 있을지는 모르겠지만 이 작가를 보며 힘을 냈다. 내가 좋아하는 일이라면 아무리 오래 걸려도 할 수 있다는 걸.
단원 끝에는 연습문제가 있다.
올해는 이 연습문제를 꼭 실천해봐야지. 그리고 꼭 장편 한 편은 완성해야지. 나를 위해서.
글쓰기의 대 원칙:
1. The best way to write better is to write more.
2. The best way to write better is to write more.
3. The best way to write better is to write more.
4. The best way to write more is to write whenever you have five minutes and wherever you find a chair and a pen and paper on your computer.
5. Read! Most likely you don't need this rule. If you enjoy writing, you probably enjoy reading. The payoff for this pleasure is that reading books shows you how to write them.
6. Reread! There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.
7. Save everything you write, even if you don't like it, even if you hate it. Save it for a minimum of fifteen years. I'm serious. At that time, if you want to, you can throw it out, but even then don't discard your writng lightly.
The Writer's oath
I promise solemnly:
1. to write as often and as much as I can.
2. to respect my writing self, and
3. to nurture the writing of others.
I accept these responsibilities and shall hone them always.