Before reading this post, read this one about C. S. Lewis's advice to "write with the ear."
Now read a couple of pages of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or a Dr. Seuss book, out loud.
Write whatever comes into your head for five minutes. Read it out loud. Does it have a rhythm? Is it written with the ear?
Think of a great author, born with a generous amount of talent, which he or she puts to use through consistent effort. Now think of me. Born with a certain amount of talent as well (let's say 10%), I rely mostly on mental effort (90%) to make my noveling dreams come true. Follow me as I unashamedly mimic already-famous authors in the hopes it will lead me to my own Great Noveling Way.
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Music for Writing About Death School
- I Forgot To Be Your Lover - William Bell
- Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- It Doesn't Matter - Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Black Wave / Bad Vibrations - The Arcade Fire
- Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) - The White Stripes
- (Antichrist Television Blues) - The Arcade Fire
- Devil's Haircut - Beck
- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John
- The Outsider - A Perfect Circle
- The Mark Has Been Made - Nine Inch Nails
- I Hate Myself And Want To Die - Nirvana
- World Up My Ass - The Circle Jerks
- My Body Is A Cage - The Arcade Fire
- Neon Bible - The Arcade Fire
- Black Mirror - The Arcade Fire
Books to Love
- Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
- Beach Music by Pat Conroy
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- LIttle Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
- Chesapeake by James Michener
- The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
- The Patient by Michael Palmer
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Succulent Wild Woman by SARK
- The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Bag of Bones by Stephen King
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
- Wishcraft by Barbara Sher
- On Writing by Stephen King
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