Download or read book Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life written by Douglas Wilson and published by Canon Press & Book Service. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wordsmithy is for writers of every sort, whether experienced veterans, still just hoping, or somewhere in between. This book exhorts writers to explore the world, to read incessantly, to love mechanical helps, to be fine with being lousy (for a while), to learn languages, and to keep a commonplace book. Through a series of out-of-the-ordinary lessons, each with its own takeaway points and recommended readings, Douglas Wilson provides indispensable guidance, showing how to develop the writer's craft and the kind of life from which good writing comes.