INFP with the moon in Aries

Greetings, all. I've been writing nonfiction for a while, and I've looked on enviously at fiction writers. I never seem to know where to start with fiction, and even when something sounds great in my head, getting it on paper eludes me.

Thought I might get some inspiration here at Absolute Write, as I heard about the forums some time ago from a friend and fiction writer.

Anyone recommend some good books on writing fiction? At the moment I'm making my way through Sol Stein's Solutions for Writers for the third time, as it helped me early on in my writing career, and he largely writes about fiction. I'd appreciate a really good book on writing short stories, as it seems an obvious place to start before I write the novel that will fund my retirement, etc.

(Bit of background: British-Canadian, born in Vancouver, brought up mostly in Liverpool, UK. Back in Blighty after a couple of years in Niagara. Began adult life as a preacher. Ditched that when the icing fell off the fundamentalist cake (long story), and became a high-school teacher. Freelancer since 2005.)

Thanks for the welcome and the tips, everyone.

Ratti

Cheers, all.

(Disclaimer: I have never mooned anyone, either.)

Cheers, everyone. Nice welcome you get in this place.

Calvin M, the picture shows Lon Chaney, Sr, as The Phantom of the Opera, in the 1925 film. I had a chuckle at your welcome spiel. Do you cut and paste that for everyone, or am I special? (Please lie and say special.)

rwm4768, if I did the test again, I might not even be an INFP any more. Never found a Myers-Briggs test quite as extensive as the one I completed about ten years ago. I was an ENFP then, but I figure I waver between E and I. Funnily enough, I had a really negative perception of Js for years after that, since someone I loathed came out J in the same test. Heh.

Thanks, all. I'd hoped to get really stuck in here, and then within a day or two of joining, I got really sick. Been feeling rotten all weekend. Bah.