![]() ![]() Once we’re keenly and clearly aware of these elements of our craft, we can use and practice them until-the point of all the practice-we don’t have to think about them consciously at all, because they have become skills. Le Guin has also created one or more workable exercises for each skill to help you practice. It takes craft.Įach section comes with examples from other masterful writers. Writing a sentence that expresses what you want to say isn’t any easier than plumbing or fiddling. What comes next, beyond the basics, includes the sound of the prose,sentence construction, voice, point of view, and more. It is not a book for beginners it meant for people who have mastered their grammar and other basics and want to elevate their writing to the next level. Throughout the course of the book, she continually blew my mind with her ability to explain a writing concept using her mastery of that concept. By sharing her expert advice in such a public form, she really is steering the craft. ![]() Le Guin, a master of narrative and the craft of writing, shares a lifetime’s worth of writing tips. ![]()
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