The Art of Modeling--How Other People's Books Can Make Yours Better
When I was in graduate school, one of my teachers suggested a sketchy idea: Read a favorite published writer and "model" them.
She suggested it because I was way stuck--in a (to me unsolvable) problem with one of my chapters. It needed a lot less imagery. I love imagery. So me and the chapter were at a standstill. I was at a loss: how to capture …