Today on Project Gutenberg we have... From Paper-mill to Pressroom by William Bond Wheelwright What are all the things you never knew about paper-making and didn't really care to know? Well, obviously you couldn't answer that. You don't know. But this book is here to fix that! Published in 1920, the premise of this non-fiction … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #17
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Today on Project Gutenberg #11
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Inventing for Boys by A. Frederick Collins Ah, the glorious days of yesteryear, when childhood was all about exploring the world and getting your hands dirty! If you were a boy, at least. Not that today's book has an explicit NO COOTIES ALLOWED sign stamped on it, but since … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #11
Today on Project Gutenberg #10
Today on Project Gutenberg we have... The Copeland Method by Vanness Copeland This is a departure from the books we've looked at before in that it's not fiction or a complex educational text. Instead it deals with practical skills and their application. Published in 1908, its full title is The Copeland Method: A Complete Manual … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #10
Today on Project Gutenberg #9
Today on Project Gutenberg we have... More Science from an Easy Chair by Sir E. Ray Lankester From the title of this book, I expected something along the line of simple experiments for schoolchildren in third grade or lower. But what we have here is something much more unusual and substantial, a real melting pot … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #9
Today on Project Gutenberg #2
And we're back! Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Curiosities of Heat by Lyman Beecher Tefft This is a strange book. You might assume from the title that it's a purely scientific text, as I did. And eventually it does get there, giving us at the various properties and behaviors of heat. You've got heat … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #2
He Said, She Said: The Process of Writing Dialogue
Unless you are working on an exceptionally strange and complicated novel, there will be some point in your writing process where your characters will have to actually open their mouths and say something. This is the magical world of dialogue, yet another thing that can either make or break your story depending on how well … Continue reading He Said, She Said: The Process of Writing Dialogue
The Search for Inspiration
In my last writing advice post, I talked about what we can do to overcome the problems we face when beginning a writing session or a new project. Today's post continues that line of thought by discussing another problem that emerges early in the writing process: what do we actually write about? Finding the right … Continue reading The Search for Inspiration
The Problem of Beginning + First Draft Anxiety
For the first post in my writing advice series, I thought it would be appropriate to tackle the subject of how one begins writing: not just beginning a story, but beginning an everyday writing session. The biggest secret about writing is that the physical act of putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) is … Continue reading The Problem of Beginning + First Draft Anxiety
