The Martial Art of Writing & Other Essays: 4 (Writer Chaps)

The thing about an art - and one of the things I love about both Kung Fu and writing - is that youre never finished. No matter how good you get no matter how much you achieve you can always get better.In these essays Alan Baxter-the author of cult horror hits like The Roo the Eli Carver series and the Australian Shadows Award-winners Crow Shine and Served Cold-explores the relationships between horror fiction a writers craft and discipline and the lessons brought to writing from his almost 40 years as a kung-fu practitioner and instructor.Drawn from presentations blog posts and articles exploring his own process The Martial Art of Writing features Baxters interrogation of the similarities between his kung fu and writing practices the next steps that need to be taken when you realise your book is broken writing killer fight scenes embracing your darker impulses as a writer and much more.Whether youre a fan of Baxters dark imagination looking to plumb the origins of his nightmarish fiction or an aspiring writer with a penchant for action and dark themes this chapbook provides a glimpse into the mind and processes of one of Australias most prominent writers of horror fiction.