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

4.0

A very useful little book for writers looking to improve their craft from one of the masters. I appreciate that Le Guin is all about the craft itself - no life story, nothing about her process, just really technical and precise advice to improve your writing and exercises to back it up. Most of the books I've read about writing are mostly concerned with high-level elements like plotting and characterization, while Steering the Craft is about the basic tools of writing: punctuation, point of view, sentence length, etc. I dreaded doing the exercises at first, but they forced me out of my comfort zone and got me to try new things, for which I'm very grateful!