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Storyteller: Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
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Kate Wilhelm (Goodreads Author)
“Wilhelm really knows students and knows how to teach them to craft a professional story.”—The Oregonian
Part memoir, part writing manual, Storyteller is an affectionate account of how the Clarion Writers’ Workshop began, what Kate Wilhelm learned, and how she passed a love of the written word on to generations of writers. Includes writing exercises and advice. A Hugo and L ...more
Part memoir, part writing manual, Storyteller is an affectionate account of how the Clarion Writers’ Workshop began, what Kate Wilhelm learned, and how she passed a love of the written word on to generations of writers. Includes writing exercises and advice. A Hugo and L ...more
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If you are interested in trying your hand at writing fiction (particularly science fiction) or if you just have an interest in writing generally I suggest that you find this book at your nearest bookstore and read the last chapter there, in the store, and save yourself the money. There are some good little nuggets of advice buried throughout this book but fortunately for you (alas too late for me) Wilhelm has distilled them all into a few concise notes at the very end.
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Writing books written by good teachers are invaluable, especially at the right time. Not as indispensable as good teachers, but sometimes reading a 200 page book can be worth more than a $500 workshop. This book came at the right time, and helped me face up against two major problems in my writing.
One is habituation. It took me a long time to get to the point where I could write consistently, and for long stretches, and in unbroken strings of days. But I'm not consistent enough with where and w ...more
One is habituation. It took me a long time to get to the point where I could write consistently, and for long stretches, and in unbroken strings of days. But I'm not consistent enough with where and w ...more
A quick and interesting read. The memoir sections convinced me I didn't particularly want to attend Clarion, but they held my attention. The writing advice I'd mostly heard already, but there were some ideas that were new to me. The book is mostly focused on people who don't sell work already, so I'm not really the target market; if I were, I might've given it five stars? I don't know.
(an aside - probably not the best book to read on Shabbat, because it really made me want to write, right away.. ...more
(an aside - probably not the best book to read on Shabbat, because it really made me want to write, right away.. ...more
This was a fresh, earnest account of the Clarion Writer's Workshop, with encouraging and practical writer's tips along the way. I had heard many positive things about the book re: the workshop itself. Not sure how much it actually paints a modern portrait of it -- it would be great to think that it still maintains this one on one and committed approach outlined here. It's not as "inspirational" as some writer "how to" books but it makes you question "Why am I not writing?" in its simple and fort
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If you skip the memoir sections of this book (which are fun in their own right), it makes for an excellent what-not-to-do guide. It's one of the best works on the foundations of good and bad storytelling that I've read.
I have the hardback of this from the SF Book Club. It's really good. There was one thing I disagreed with Ms. Wilhelm on, but in most cases I thought she made really good points and had great suggestions.
This was one of the better craft books I've read. The writing advice is practical and the behind-the-scenes stories of Clarion's founding and processes were engaging. Wilhelm is a near legend and this book makes her seem approachable and wise.
I've been a fan of Ms. Wilhelm's writing for a long, long time, and I really appreciate that she took the time to pass some of her tips along to people who weren't able to directly benefit from her workshops at Clarion.
great insight to how clarion workshop is run, plus great book on writing fiction. Has many examples and writing exercises.
More a memoir than a writing lesson book, but a nice calm ride either way.
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Kate Wilhelm’s first short story, “The Pint-Sized Genie” was published in Fantastic Stories in 1956. Her first novel, MORE BITTER THAN DEATH, a mystery, was published in 1963. Over the span of her career, her writing has crossed over the genres of science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy and magical realism, psychological suspense, mimetic, comic, and family sagas, a multimedia stage producti
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