the bricks
and mortar
of a zero draft
are
reading,
thinking,
and writing
When I was teaching writing at the university, I asked all of my students to read 100 picture books in a month. That’s five picture books a day, Monday through Friday, for four weeks.
Why?
You can’t write a picture book if you’re not reading them.
This is true for any book format or genre.
Each book format and genre has its own language. A rhyming picture book for preschoolers doesn’t sound the same as a nail-biting horror novel for adults. Immersing yourself in the language of the books that you want to write is essential.
Snippet:
If you don’t have the time to read,
you don’t have the time or tools
to write.
~ Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King (Author)
Booktalk: King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999–and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery.
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