Real Life and the craft of writing

It’s funny sometimes how real life gets in the way of writing. And in my case it’s not anything major. I’m simply job hunting, reading up on other job possibilities (I’ve realized I’m not terribly interested in the practicalities of the legal profession), and reading up on the craft of writing.

I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading on the craft of writing recently. I’ve also been reading some advice given by various authors. When it comes to both categories, I’m all for reading as much as you can. However, I tend to follow more of the former as opposed to the latter. I think advice from other authors is good to think about, but not necessarily take as gospel. As for writing itself, I’ve been doing a lot of reading and internalizing about 75% of it. The remaining 25% I’m still sifting through and figuring out what will work for me and the book in my head. Not every “rule” of writing a book will fit every book you write. I think part of the fun of writing the book is figuring out which 10-15% of the rules you’re going to break.