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The book is literally a gold mine of useful tips and solutions to writing problems until about halfway through. After that it becomes vague, platitudinous, and unhelpful.

I learned a lot from his chapters on the first sentence & first paragraph, suspense, tension, a...more...]]> 14267999 859041 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 08:50:21 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 08:54:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 68683425 2619352 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 5 0 false Fri Sep 25 19:11:54 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:44:39 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 19:11:54 -0700 2009 57301404 1279767 3326345 0312136080 9780312136086 1 <![CDATA[Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3326345.Stein_On_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.00 2 The Magician) and editor to James Baldwin, W.H. Auden, and Lionel Trilling--offers "usable solutions" for any writing problem you may encounter. He is authoritative and commanding--neither cheerleader nor naysayer. Instead, he rails against mediocrity and demands that you expunge it from your work. Perhaps the concept of scrutinizing every modifier, every metaphor, every character trait sounds like drudgery. But with Stein's lively guidance, it is a pleasure. Stein recommends that you brew conflict in your prose by giving your characters different "scripts." He challenges you, in an exercise concerning voice, to write the sentence you want the world to remember you by. He uses an excerpt from E.L. Doctorow to demonstrate poorly written monologue and a series of Taster's Choice commercials as an example of dialogue that works. Stein's bottom line is that good writing must be suspenseful. Your job, says Stein, "is to give readers stress, strain, and pressure. The fact is that readers who hate those things in life love them in fiction." --Jane Steinberg]]> 1995 4 0 false Tue Jun 30 19:56:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:01:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:56:03 -0700 2009 7237340 260342 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Oct 03 20:41:55 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 20:46:22 -0700 2007 1288118 71021 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 5 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 18 01:19:29 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:39:37 -0800 2009 4558476 279880 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 14 17:48:03 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 22:35:48 -0700 2007 2840946 176299 186004 0312254210 9780312254216 25 <![CDATA[Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876m/186004.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172528876s/186004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186004.Stein_on_Writing_A_Master_Editor_of_Some_of_the_Most_Successful_Writers_of_Our_Century_Shares_His_Craft_Techniques_and_Strategies 4.19 101 1995 5 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 16:51:47 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 16:53:03 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=186004