On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Karen J. Cravens wrote:
> No, but places like Writer's Digest make a fair amount of money codifying
> as best they can. Seems like they can at least codify hack writing. I
> don't know that it's unreasonable to codify hack GMing...
Writer's Digest makes money by making you _think_ they can codify it.
Really, my experience is that the biggest obstacle to writing for most
people buying books on writing isn't craft... it's sitting down and
actually writing.
There's a lot of good advice in some of those books... I own way too
many of them, and many of them say the same things. But when it comes
down to it, it doesn't do a lick of good if you aren't applying any of
it. That's why they sell so many books... "Well, that book had good
advice, but it didn't make the process of writing any more attractive
or comfortable. This book promises to unlock my potential, so I think
I'll read it next."
I put a moratorium on buying how-to books until I actually write
something. (This does not exclude me from buying any of the books
that are useful to roleplaying, of course. :)
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