Another collaboration of writers on writing a novel, this one 445 pages and 55 chapters long. Authors include Sue Grafton, Terry Brooks, and Janet Fitch, among others, and has interviews of Margaret Atwood, Tom Clancy, Terry McMillan, Joyce Carol Oates, and several other well known writers. It begins with basics in The Craft, discusses more advanced techniques in The Art, continues on to The Process, takes a side trip into The Genres, and finishes yp with The Marketplace and The Interviews. Most topics are covered by only one author, but a few have a second author presenting a different perspective or a specific point of a topic.
Impressions: This book blew me away and was immediately posted to my recommended books list at my writing journal. I don't even think I've ever READ a book on writing as fast as I read this one, particularly one of 445 pages! And I plan to eventually find some time to read it again, this time without a highlighter in my hand but with a pen.
I refer back to this book often in my writing, have spots bookmarked and commented on, and even the interviews have passages highlighted. As I move books off my small bookshelf on my desk, this is one of the few books that actually stays whenever I'm thinning things out. Only one other book is better: Writing the Breakout Novel. I can't recommend this book highly enough to novelists.
