Read more, write better
January 19th, 2010 by Nick CiskeOne thing most authors can do to improve their craft is… read more.
Conferences, seminars, mentoring, etc. are all wonderful, but reading great writing helps you walk in the footsteps of literary giants.
Chip MacGregor recently unveiled his recommended reading list for writers (clear your calendars!).
The MacGregor Recommended Reading List for Writers
What books have inspired you on your writing journey?
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Nick Ciske is the co-founder of Believers Press and has been developing web sites in various capacities for over ten years. After a five year stint at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association he ended up at Bethany Press International. Now a book geek, he helps Christians publish their books by creating new publishing solutions and partnerships.
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In the stories of Flannery O’ Connor, for instance, I have the feeling of the author herself being caught off guard by a flash of insight here, a stab of feeling there. She’s making discoveries about holy things, about human things, in a way that she herself says would not have been possible if she had known too well where she was going and how she was going to get there. And as her readers we share in the freshness and the wonder of her surprise.
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Books by Charles Spurgeon, Alexander McClaren, Amy Carmichael. “Streams in the Desert”. I keep picking up “The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah” by Albert Edersheim but, since I tend to be more of a studier than reader, I get bogged down in it because I seem to want to memorize all the glorious gems that he brings forth…