tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524691656902294667.post6011356036221902907..comments2023-04-13T09:56:31.260+01:00Comments on Catherine Noble: The Importance of Reading. In Writing.Catherine Noblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04779799397032396279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524691656902294667.post-30780951804112580622012-01-21T18:14:21.534+00:002012-01-21T18:14:21.534+00:00@nowondiversion: Thanks for your comment! It's...@nowondiversion: Thanks for your comment! It's great to hear how reading affects writers; you even managed to gleam a sense of direction from reading a book that depressed you: that's what I like to hear! :)<br /><br />@Daniel: Thank you :) craft is something I'm desperate to hone, so if reading can help me along the way, I'm glad of it! :)Catherine Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779799397032396279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524691656902294667.post-13537821001811575582011-12-27T17:21:18.551+00:002011-12-27T17:21:18.551+00:00Great post, and I agree. It's hard to see craf...Great post, and I agree. It's hard to see craft in writing until you start examining it from within.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101734323033788312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524691656902294667.post-35335579135418996212011-12-20T09:05:07.519+00:002011-12-20T09:05:07.519+00:00Haha - I also have to try to stop myself putting t...Haha - I also have to try to stop myself putting two spaces after full stops! And I also found I didn't use many of my planning materials (not that I had that much to start with) during nano. The one thing I did use was a single-sided sheet of paper on which I'd typed out my main sections in order. (It ended up being about a paragraph for each couple of chapters.)<br /><br />I absolutely agree about reading fiction. Something I'm not sure I do enough of. I do read fiction, but over the last fews years, I've probably read slightly more non-fiction. I want to read more of the well-regarded books in my genres and there are certainly several whose style has influenced mine.<br /><br />Interestingly I was reading a novel over the weekend which had won the Whitbread first novel award. It was beautfully observed, but so depressing! It reinforced in my mind that I want to write stories that have humour (however dark) and a kind of rugged persistence to overcome what life throws at you - rather than a lot of moping :-) Which I guess sums up my attitude to life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com