Reviews

Writing Fiction Step by Step by Josip Novakovich

aleksandrawithks's review against another edition

5.0

Based on the ideas I'd come across while reading this book, I wrote a post "19 questions to read books more mindfully":

https://bookloverfromparis.blogspot.com/2022/09/mindful-reading.html

teelight's review

3.0

This was the writing text for a fiction class I took in college. This book has great explanations of the many different things a writer should know about (i.e. metaphor, plot, character, so on and so on). The big problem with this book is that it just isn't quite as good at getting the writer excited to write. It gives them the tools, but makes the tools feel kind of boring and bland. For a serious writer this is a spot on book, for a beginner just playing with the idea I would recommend something more exciting.