A review by eggbeater
The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process by Francesca Lia Block

4.0

I haven't read any of Francesca Lia Block's fiction works and her book took me a while to warm up to, so I'm not even sure if I'd be taking advice from someone whose writing I'd enjoy or not. An oversight on my part when picking up the book, but the title intrigued me and I've wanted to be a writer for so long and have been stuck. This book is very much a memoir and personal demonstration of creative writing. As I moved further along in the book, I became more motivated to write myself and it stirred up some ideas. And isn't that what you need out of any writing tutorial?

The author does assume that the would-be writer is already well educated (I'm not) and has already understands concepts like passive voice (I don't). Now I have a list of things to do more research about, but I have somewhere fun to start.