Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780544611610)

From 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.

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN-10: 0544611616
ISBN-13: 9780544611610
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2015
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2015 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2015
Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 98
Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 39
Library Journal 04/01/2015