Great book for general writing advice: How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide. It's a hilarious read, and made me cringe at all my past writing attempts. Cringe is good, though. I embraced the cringe, and now my writing has lost a fair...
... when a good 75% of the things that are happening is improv/unplanned, but somehow it just all works so well. Not that I don't like plotting (on the contrary!) but when you get a partner that takes the subtle details and little flourishes in your post, and amplifies and weaves them into a...