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

My advice on achieving a balance is to choose the most effective detail and to err on the side of too little rather than too much. For the reader’s imagination, less is more. You can’t have come this far without knowing that my most urgent message to writers is that you are providing stimuli for the reader’s experience.