Steering the Craft
Ursula K. Le Guin
2015 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 192 pages
AuthorshipProblems, exercisesCreative writingNarration (Rhetoric)Fiction technique
About this book
Presents advice on the basic elements of narrative prose, covering point of view, sentence length and complex syntax, indirect narration, grammar, punctuation, and the sound of writing.
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Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.
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