The Writing Habit
Huddle has collected a dozen of his essays on the craft of writing, all initially delivered to groups of writers. The result is an open, honest examination of some of his principles of successful writing: discovering things about yourself, acknowledging your luck factor, and establishing a writing lifestyle based on your own circumstances. Huddle reiterates and demonstrates his motto, "writing is writing's reward," offering the serenity of ongoing work. Most of the chapters provide useful advice, as in "Let's Say You Wrote Badly" or Huddle's tips on distracting yourself from distractions and using restraint in your prose. However, since three-quarters of these essays have appeared in other sources, including the recent Writers on Writing ( LJ 9/1/91), this book is recommended for purchase only for comprehensive writing collections. For a collection of Huddle's poetry, see The Nature of Yearning , p. 121.--Ed.- Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll., ManassasCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.