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Fiction Writer's Workshop
by Josip Novakovich
250 pages (trade paperback)
Genre: Nonfiction/Writing
This book actually took me a long while to get through, considering its length. The chapters and exercises are best for the writer of mainstream fiction, but neither does Novakovich disparage genre. I took notes on much of the advice and prompts. Even the clearly experimental exercises--like writing the voice on an uneducated person with mispellings, dropped periods, misplaced commas, and repetition--would be useful for any writer, though not directly applicable to speculative fiction. The only quibble I had was that it assumes every writer can and should write with outline. Not necessarily true!
Overall, highly recommended for mainstream writers, and perhaps a less glowing rec for those involved in speculative fiction (the book does give some good advice on mysteries).
by Josip Novakovich
250 pages (trade paperback)
Genre: Nonfiction/Writing
This book actually took me a long while to get through, considering its length. The chapters and exercises are best for the writer of mainstream fiction, but neither does Novakovich disparage genre. I took notes on much of the advice and prompts. Even the clearly experimental exercises--like writing the voice on an uneducated person with mispellings, dropped periods, misplaced commas, and repetition--would be useful for any writer, though not directly applicable to speculative fiction. The only quibble I had was that it assumes every writer can and should write with outline. Not necessarily true!
Overall, highly recommended for mainstream writers, and perhaps a less glowing rec for those involved in speculative fiction (the book does give some good advice on mysteries).
