Review: Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Focused workshop book that does its job with intelligence and is wise enough to keep authorial opinion clearly marked as exactly that. Highly recommended for writer's groups everywhere, but if you're a lone wolf like me then it's still quite valuable, as the book is written in a surprisingly flexible yet useful manner. You can find some examples of the writing exercises on my blog. A book I'll be coming back to again and again as the exercises within are worth repeating many times.



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POV exercise on "Being the Stranger" (Exercise 9 Part 2 from Steering the Craft)

Finally, an update to the blog. I've been busy with stuff (day job, family life, hobbies, so on and so forth). I must learn to consistently manage all of that better in order to make more updates on this blog. We're shooting for weekly updates here. C'mon.

Anyway, on to the post at hand. We're nearing the end of Steering the Craft. Four more exercises to go then we'll have one complete run-through posted on this blog. Finished this one last week so I might as well post it for interested readers.

Exercise 9 Part 2: Being the Stranger

[Directions]

Write a narrative of 200-600 words, a scene involving at least two people and some kind of action or event.