Royalties from this bestselling book for writers by the internationally acclaimed
Ursula K. Le Guin, go to support Soapstone.

With her sharp mind and wit and a delightful sense of playfulness, Le Guin has turned a successful workshop into a self-guided voyage of discovery for a writer working alone or for a writing group. Steering the Craft is concerned with the basic elements of narrative: how a story is told, what moves it and what clogs it. This book does not plod through plot, character, beginning-middle-and-end. Nor does it discuss writing as self-expression, as therapy, or as spiritual adventure.

Each topic includes examples that clarify and exercises that intensify awareness of the techniques of storytelling:

• the sound of language
• the narrative sentence and paragraph
• rhythm and repetition
• adjectives and adverbs
• tense and person of the verb
• voice and point of view
• implicit narration
• crowding, leaping, focus, and control

Steering the Craft
Exercises and Discussion on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Trade paperback, $14.95
ISBN 0-933377-46-0

How to order:

Steering the Craft is available at all good bookstores and can be ordered directly from us. To order, send a check for $14.95 (no charge for shipping) to Soapstone, 622 SE 29th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. Please include your name and shipping address.