By
Kelly Bridgewater
Mostly
everyone has heard of Susan May Warren in the book industry. She writes great
books. Is the sweetest person to meet in person. I was lucky enough to sit down
to coffee at the 2014 ACFW conference. Warren is totally approachable and
doesn’t allow her writing stardom to go to her head. People at the book sales
at the library or my local Christian bookstore are surprised when I tell them I
have met Susan May Warren after I recommend her books to them. I have a picture
on my phone of us having coffee at Starbucks in the hotel in St. Louis. Big fan
moment for me too.
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I
have had her two books From the Inside. .
. Out and Deep and Wide for quite
a while now. I can’t honestly say that I have finished them because I found a
gem that I need to work on, so then I find another book that talks about the
same topic and jump to that book to see what they have to say on the same
topic.
Since
Warren is a published author, and I love her writing, I take what advice she
can give pretty seriously. I follow her blog, which used to be called My Book
Therapy, but now it’s called Learn to Write a Novel. I have a three inch binder
where I have printed off articles from her blog and look at in addition to
these books. Warren’s success rate is off the charts, so I wanted to find out
what all the fuss was. I need to learn more on how to make my writing jump off
the charts, so I bought these two books. I need to purchase The Book Buddy, which I haven’t gotten
yet.
Warren
helps you with everything from writing the synopsis to defining the Dark Moment
in your character’s past. She explains it in an easy to understand format so
that I think she is sitting right next to me offering me advice to, hopefully,
someday give me a complete book that is ready for publication.
Do
you enjoy getting writing advice from some of your favorite writers? Does it
make you pay more attention to the words they have to say? Why?
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