It's been a slow holiday season here at Master of None, mainly because I've been taking advantage of the vacation to do a little writing on the side.
What really got me motivated is an excellent book by Stephen King called On Writing.
I can't recommend it highly enough; I read the entire 300 page paperback in one afternoon. The book contains a short biography, and then Mr. King gives a bunch of style tips and tons of examples.
Most of it isn't revolutionary, but he really got me thinking. I don't think I'm cut out to write novel-length fiction, but I whipped out a rough draft of a movie script yesterday afternoon that has real potential. I'm showing it around to some friends in the industry right now, and I'm pretty excited.
I also just finished Wolves of the Calla, which was pretty good. My favorite Stephen King book is still Wizard and Glass, though.
Next on the stack of books: The Brothers Karamozov.
Excellent Michael,
I was given On Writing recently and I am looking forward to reading it, as I am about 1/4 of the way through my (first) novel. A few of the Thinklings are working on novels, with our head literary guy (Jared) having finished one, though still unpublished, and working on another. So as you get further into serious writing, be it movie scripts or a novel or whatever, we'd love to hear more about it.
Hopefully I'll be able to get into it more once I finish my PhD.