Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories

by Mike Resnick

Book by Resnick, Mike

Genres: Writing

186 pages, Hardcover

First published April 5, 2000

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Donald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mike has a really out-there kind of writing style. In this book you get to see a first draft and a final draft, along with commentary on the why of the changes. Interesting stuff from the perspective of a writer.