Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies

by Sol Stein

That man is tall, that woman is skinny. How does a writer deal with similar facts? Frank is so tall, he entered the room as if he expected the lintel to hit him, conveying the image of a man with a perpetually stiff neck. The man is not just tall, he is being characterized through an action. What about the woman who was