Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of StoryFrom the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer's craft. Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing. Le Guin lays out ten chapters that address the most fundamental components of narrative, from the sound of language to sentence construction to point of view. Each chapter combines illustrative examples from the global canon with Le Guin’s own witty commentary and an exercise that the writer can do solo or in a group. She also offers a comprehensive guide to working in writing groups, both actual and online. Masterly and concise, Steering the Craft deserves a place on every writer's shelf. |
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Umsögn notanda - Tatoosh - LibraryThing“Steering the Craft” consists of 10 chapters, each devoted to a single topic. The chapters provide a brief turorial from LeGuin’s perspective, followed by excerpts from classic works to illustrate the ... Read full review
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Umsögn notanda - RodRaglin - LibraryThingProfound insights on writing presented with grace, charm and wit. Ursula Le Guin describes Steering the Craft, A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, as “A handbook for storytellers ... Read full review
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1 The Sound of Your Writing | 1 |
2 Punctuation and Grammar | 11 |
3 Sentence Length and Complex Syntax | 20 |
4 Repetition | 36 |
5 Adjectives and Adverbs | 43 |
Person and Tense | 47 |
7 Point of View and Voice | 61 |
8 Changing Point of View | 87 |
9 Indirect Narration or What Tells | 94 |
10 Crowding and Leaping | 117 |
Back Matter | 127 |
Back Cover | 143 |
Spine | 144 |
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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone ... Ursula K. Le Guin Takmarkað sýnishorn - 1998 |
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story Ursula K. Le Guin Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2015 |
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| Titill | Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story |
| Höfundur | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Útgefandi | HarperCollins, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0544612345, 9780544612341 |
| Length | 160 síður |
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