Writing Workshop Video: Read Everything!

Often aspiring writers tell me that a certain book they're reading made everything click, and suddenly they know where they're going with their own book. Maybe it's a book about writing, or maybe it's a book that somehow feels connected to the one they want to write. Has this ever happened to you? Do tell.

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Claire Cook, author of Summer Blowout

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The next feature book of the Getting Better All the Time group, Summer Blowout by Claire Cook is a hilarious and rambunctious story about a recently single woman who finds herself on a new path and hits all of the bumps life throws her along the way.

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Comments: 11

Connie C. May 21, 2008, 5:26pm EDT

Thanks,
That was great. I cant wait to read this book.

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JayJay J. May 21, 2008, 5:35pm EDT

I loved it, too! Can't wait to read this book. Love the dog on the cover.......

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Alison B. May 21, 2008, 6:36pm EDT

My favorite writing book is definately Bird by Bird. Thanks for the advice to read the kind of book you want to write. So now I'll have to read yours and see if that's it. Right now I'm writing shorter pieces.

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Ellen L. May 21, 2008, 6:53pm EDT

I read everything. I loved lifes a beach and must love dogs. looking foward to this one.

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Kathryn E. May 21, 2008, 6:57pm EDT

All the time.

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Kathryn E. May 21, 2008, 6:58pm EDT

Thanks for publishing to Wednesday Writing Essentials.

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Claire Cook May 21, 2008, 7:01pm EDT

Hi Kathryn,

It happens to me all the time, too. Sometimes a completely unrelated book I'm reading will give me just what I need for what I'm writing!

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Claire Cook May 21, 2008, 7:02pm EDT

Thanks for finding it on Wednesday Writing Essentials, Kathryn! And I love your wedding dress and veil. If you come to one of my events, I'll recognize you right away!

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Claire Cook May 21, 2008, 7:04pm EDT

Alison,

I love Bird by Bird, too. I've read it a zillion times, and it never fails to make me feel less neurotic. I also love Carolyn See's Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers, just in case you haven't read it.

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