Friday, March 30, 2007

From TheUndeadRat.Com

Previously Featured Book:


Writing For Comics With Peter David
Writing For Comics
With Peter David


There seems to be hundreds of books on how to draw comics but very few are about writing the stories. This is one of the best books on comic writing, especially if you want to write for one of the major comic book publishers. Most books on writing tell you to create one protagonist and follow him or her through the story. However, many times comic books carry a team or family of protagonists. Mr. David does a great job of explaining how you put together an interesting group and make the ensemble work in the story. That alone was worth the price of admission for me.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

From TheUndeadRat.Com

Previously Featured Book:

On Writing Horror 2nd ed.
On Writing Horror
2nd ed.

Writing Horror
Writing Horror


I'm going to start this feature with a book that taught me a lot about writing horror. When you read these essays you begin to get an appreciation of the work that goes into each novel or short story. The second edition contains all the essays that the first edition had plus a whole lot more and it's better organized.