Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544611616
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art
Steering the Craft
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544611616
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544611616
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1947793004
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Ursula K. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry?both her process and her philosophy?with all the wisdom, profundity, and rigor we expect from one of the great writers of the last century. When the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America’s greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It’s hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches, and criticism?and see anything but one of our greatest writers, period. In a series of interviews with David Naimon (Between the Covers), Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction respectively. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for writers of every level, but also give Le Guin a chance to to sound off on some of her favorite subjects: the genre wars, the patriarchy, the natural world, and what, in her opinion, makes for great writing. With excerpts from her own books and those that she looked to for inspiration, this volume is a treat for Le Guin’s longtime readers, a perfect introduction for those first approaching her writing, and a tribute to her incredible life and work.
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1947793004
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Ursula K. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry?both her process and her philosophy?with all the wisdom, profundity, and rigor we expect from one of the great writers of the last century. When the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America’s greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It’s hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches, and criticism?and see anything but one of our greatest writers, period. In a series of interviews with David Naimon (Between the Covers), Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction respectively. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for writers of every level, but also give Le Guin a chance to to sound off on some of her favorite subjects: the genre wars, the patriarchy, the natural world, and what, in her opinion, makes for great writing. With excerpts from her own books and those that she looked to for inspiration, this volume is a treat for Le Guin’s longtime readers, a perfect introduction for those first approaching her writing, and a tribute to her incredible life and work.
The Language of the Night
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780399504822
Category : Fantastic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780399504822
Category : Fantastic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Reading Like a Writer
Author: Francine Prose
Publisher: Union Books
ISBN: 1908526149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’ Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë ’ s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’ s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.
Publisher: Union Books
ISBN: 1908526149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’ Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë ’ s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’ s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.
Words are My Matter
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 0358212103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A bright and wide-ranging collection of essays, reviews, talks, and more fromone of today's best and most thoughtful writers.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 0358212103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A bright and wide-ranging collection of essays, reviews, talks, and more fromone of today's best and most thoughtful writers.
Self-steering for Sailing Craft
Author: John S. Letcher
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
ISBN: 9780877420422
Category : Sailboats
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
ISBN: 9780877420422
Category : Sailboats
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Shape of Craft
Author: Ezra Shales
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238843
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Today when we hear the word “craft,” a whole host of things come immediately to mind: microbreweries, artisanal cheeses, and an array of handmade objects. Craft has become so overused, that it can grate on our ears as pretentious and strain our credulity. But its overuse also reveals just how compelling craft has become in modern life. In The Shape of Craft, Ezra Shales explores some of the key questions of craft: who makes it, what do we mean when we think about a crafted object, where and when crafted objects are made, and what this all means to our understanding of craft. He argues that, beyond the clichés, craft still adds texture to sterile modern homes and it provides many people with a livelihood, not just a hobby. Along the way, Shales upends our definition of what is handcrafted or authentic, revealing the contradictions in our expectations of craft. Craft is—and isn’t—what we think.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238843
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Today when we hear the word “craft,” a whole host of things come immediately to mind: microbreweries, artisanal cheeses, and an array of handmade objects. Craft has become so overused, that it can grate on our ears as pretentious and strain our credulity. But its overuse also reveals just how compelling craft has become in modern life. In The Shape of Craft, Ezra Shales explores some of the key questions of craft: who makes it, what do we mean when we think about a crafted object, where and when crafted objects are made, and what this all means to our understanding of craft. He argues that, beyond the clichés, craft still adds texture to sterile modern homes and it provides many people with a livelihood, not just a hobby. Along the way, Shales upends our definition of what is handcrafted or authentic, revealing the contradictions in our expectations of craft. Craft is—and isn’t—what we think.
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838003982
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838003982
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Who Says?: Mastering Point of View in Fiction
Author: Lisa Zeidner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393356124
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A thorough, illuminating, and entertaining guide to crafting point of view, a fiction writer’s most essential choice. Who is telling the story to whom is the single most important question about any work of fiction; the answer is central to everything from style and tone to plot and pacing. Using hundreds of examples from Jane Austen to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Leo Tolstoy to Stephen King, novelist and longtime MFA professor Lisa Zeidner dives deep into the points of view we are most familiar with—first and third person—and moves beyond to second-person narration, frame tales, and even animal points of view. Engaging and accessible, Who Says? presents any practicing writer with a new system for choosing a point of view, experimenting with how it determines the narrative, and applying these ideas to revision.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393356124
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A thorough, illuminating, and entertaining guide to crafting point of view, a fiction writer’s most essential choice. Who is telling the story to whom is the single most important question about any work of fiction; the answer is central to everything from style and tone to plot and pacing. Using hundreds of examples from Jane Austen to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Leo Tolstoy to Stephen King, novelist and longtime MFA professor Lisa Zeidner dives deep into the points of view we are most familiar with—first and third person—and moves beyond to second-person narration, frame tales, and even animal points of view. Engaging and accessible, Who Says? presents any practicing writer with a new system for choosing a point of view, experimenting with how it determines the narrative, and applying these ideas to revision.
No Time to Spare
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328661598
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328661598
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation