Books on how to write books

Two thesauri, a tonne of dictionaries, Biographical Quotations, Modern English Usage, C. G. Jung's 'Archetypes and the collective unconscious', Vogler's 'The Writer's Journey', Will Storr with 'The Science of Storytelling' and Brody's 'Save The Cat! Writes a novel'.

It's all on my shelves and all remain unread. I see them there, all eager to tell me their secrets but it all seems too much like work. I can't get rid of them because that would make me feel like a total fool, but goodness. I wonder if it's the same with those "Get Rich" books. It's all about the ambition to become something but really, is there a true science to it?

Of those who succeed and want to share their knowledge almost without exception, regardless of the field they're talking about in this alchemical world of creating gold from certain movements and gestures, be it on the page or in front of an audience, they all say that they were in the right place at the right time. That chance has a lot to do with it. As well as the expectation that you will experience failure most of the time and all it comes down to is having the determination to pick yourself up and try again.

There may be a surefire method to do some simple things, but if you're trying to create something unique, I don't know. So long as you know how to put words together so that they can articulate what you deep down want to say, then perhaps these books that stay on my shelves are not worth opening.

At least the writers got some dosh out of me, or at least their publishing houses did, and maybe that's enough. *shrugging emoji hahaha