| Description |
xv, 173 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Sound of your Writing -- 2. Punctuation -- 3. Sentence Length and Complex Syntax -- 4. Repetition -- 5. Adjective and Adverb -- 6. Subject Pronoun and Verb -- 7. Point of View and Voice -- 8. Changing Point of View -- 9. Indirect Narration, or what Tells -- 10. Crowding and Leaping -- App. I. The Peer Group Workshop -- App. II. Forms of the Verb |
| Summary |
One of the great writers of the twentieth century offers an exhilarating workout for writers of narrative fiction or nonfiction. With her sharp mind and wit and a delightful sense of playfulness, Le Guin has turned a successful workshop into a self-guided voyage of discovery for a writer working alone, a writing group, or a class. Steering the Craft is concerned with the basic elements of narrative: how a story is told, what moves it and what clogs it. This book does not plod through plot, character, beginning-middle-and-end. Nor does it discuss writing as self-expression, as therapy, or as spiritual adventure. Each topic includes examples that clarify and exercises that intensify awareness of the techniques of storytelling |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Creative writing -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Authorship -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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| LC no. |
97032587 |
| ISBN |
0933377460 (trade paper : acid-free paper) |
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0933377479 (lib. bdg. : acid-free paper) |
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