Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin

With an introduction by Theo Downes-Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss and Kelly Link

A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

Steering the Craft is Ursula K. Le Guin’s carrier bag of the tools of a writer’s craft: how – and why – to write. From the sound of language to tenses to point of view, Le Guin offers a comprehensive and generous guide to the fundamental components of narrative, illustrating her incisive analysis with examples from some of her favourite writers. Revised and updated for the twenty-first century, this handbook includes exercises that the writer can do alone or in a group.

Paperback Original
Publication: 21 October 2024
978-1-7393717-2-2
Extent: 220 pages 

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