A review by tashaseegmiller
The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great by Donald Maass

5.0

I have been a fan of articles written by Maass, but this is the first of his craft books that I have read. From the beginning I was hooked. Maass discusses nuances in different genres as well as techniques within the text itself that is often misused in the way writers try to convey emotion, tension and the like.

I was blown away by this book. There were some sample texts I skimmed as they aren't pertinent to what I write, but the exercises at the end of each chapter I will visit time and again. Brilliant tool.

*content warning - some of the samples contain strong language.