Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
judy, February 7th, 2010 
- ISBN13: 9780933377462
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Amazon.com Review
Ursula K. Le Guin’s extraordinary writing primer is full of charm, wit, and opinion. Le Guin likens writing to “steering a craft,” and as one reads through this volume, one has the sense of floating down a river, with the waves of Le Guin’s words lapping at one’s craft. Le Guin veers sharply from the mainstream of contemporary writing manuals by challenging their very definition of story. While it is common to “conflate story with conflict,” Le Guin writes, she… More >>
Categories: Craft Books Craft, Crew, Discussions, Exercises, Lone, Mutinous, Navigator, Steering, Story, Writing
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not enough material for the price. For a writer as wordy as she can be (e.g., the long long trek thru the cold in Left Hand), it is puzzling. Also, where’s the attempt to teach the difference between short story and book-length fiction writing? An attempt to help explain the market? Inside stories?
Rating: 4 / 5