Here are some of the influences on my writing (and life!), and the ones I would recommend to anyone developing their writing, or looking for a good read.
Brian McDonald’s Invisible Ink
| McDonald, B. (2010). Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate. United Kingdom: Libertary Editions. |
Dramatization is a way to get your intellectual ideas across to your audience emotionally.
brian McDonald
Joseph Campbell’s Pathways to Bliss
| Campbell, J. (2004). Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation. United States: New World Library. |
I don’t know what consciousness is. But I do know what bliss is: that deep sense of being present, of doing what you absolutely must do to be yourself.
Joseph campbell
Joseph Cambell’s The hero with a thousand faces
| Campbell, J. (2008). The hero with a thousand faces. United States: New World Library. |
The passage of the mythological hero may be over-ground, incidentally; fundamentally it is inward — into depths where obscure resistances are overcome, and long lost, forgotten powers are revivified, to be made available for the transfiguration of the world.
Joseph Campbell
Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing
| Lajos Egri | Egri, L. (1972). The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives. United Kingdom: Touchstone. |
A character stands revealed through conflict; conflict begins with a decision; a decision is made because of the premise of your play.
Lajos Egri
Have you read any of the above? If so, what are your thoughts?
Anything else you would recommend? Let me know in the comments.
