Comments on: Books That Give Writers an Edge http://noveldog.com/2009/12/02/books-that-give-writers-an-edge/ Helping writers tell the truth, get published, and change the world Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:15:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve White http://noveldog.com/2009/12/02/books-that-give-writers-an-edge/#comment-97 Steve White Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:44:45 +0000 http://noveldog.com/?p=357#comment-97 Ah, Sol Stein. He taught me adversarial dialogue, eccentric characters, and "Never take the reader where the reader wants to go." A great one I didn't mention is Jerome Stern's <em>Making Shapely Fiction</em>. Stern coined the handy term <strong>zigzagging</strong>. Thanks for the comment! Ah, Sol Stein. He taught me adversarial dialogue, eccentric characters, and “Never take the reader where the reader wants to go.”

A great one I didn’t mention is Jerome Stern’s Making Shapely Fiction. Stern coined the handy term zigzagging.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Jessica http://noveldog.com/2009/12/02/books-that-give-writers-an-edge/#comment-96 Jessica Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:18:18 +0000 http://noveldog.com/?p=357#comment-96 I've heard of some of those books, not of others. Interesting stuff. The only craft book I have write now is Stein's, but it's awesome. Thanks for sharing all this info! I’ve heard of some of those books, not of others. Interesting stuff. The only craft book I have write now is Stein’s, but it’s awesome.
Thanks for sharing all this info!

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