Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story is a
simple and short guide to writing creatively with the instructions of
Ursula K. Le Guin. This book is the rewritten version of the same title
because Le Guin strictly wants to inform the readers of the specific
writing crafts which is relevant to the twenty-first century. Le Guin
provides examples of passages from notable writers in each of the chapters’
lessons and also includes her own humorous commentary to enhance the tone
of the book.
In
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of
Story the author focuses on creating a thorough guideline for grammar,
rhythm, sentence structure, sentence length and etc. I didn’t expect this
book to focus so much on the nuts and bolts of basic writing which is why I
was disappointed overall. The chosen passages from the notable writers were
an effective way to demonstrate what each lesson was meant to teach. Also,
this book lacks on providing the inspirations to actually writing a
wholehearted story.
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