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A review by alexauthorshay
The Art and Craft of Fiction: A Writer's Guide by Michael Kardos
3.0
READ FOR CRWR 404
Not bad for a general education/literary writing "textbook". It includes all the basics a new writer needs to know, but also a few more advanced things. Chapters on how to end your stories and pace the plot are particularly helpful, especially with what to avoid. The book is geared towards short stories specifically, but I feel it could have some application to longer works as well, whether novella or novel. How to keep readers interested while being authentic to your characters and not over-determining the plot are all covered to a various degree in these chapters; even researching your topic and how it relates to relevant detail for a story is covered.
Not bad for a general education/literary writing "textbook". It includes all the basics a new writer needs to know, but also a few more advanced things. Chapters on how to end your stories and pace the plot are particularly helpful, especially with what to avoid. The book is geared towards short stories specifically, but I feel it could have some application to longer works as well, whether novella or novel. How to keep readers interested while being authentic to your characters and not over-determining the plot are all covered to a various degree in these chapters; even researching your topic and how it relates to relevant detail for a story is covered.