MAKING OF A STORY Paperback – 22 December 2009

Perfect Gift for my wife: “The Making of a Story - A Norton Guide to Creative Writing” by Alice Laplante. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY ‘GO-TO’ BOOKS!This book is designed to help. Written by a “…writing teacher compiled 15 years of her expertise, exercises and examples in a new primer for creative writers on the art of fiction and nonfiction.”I enjoyed this book, I like the exercises. End of the book there was a glossary, bibliography, and a list of stories and permissions that were used in the book.

Chock full of tips, readings, examples, anecdotes and writing exercises and encouragement. Highly recommended.

Loved the book reread parts of it frequently

This "How To" manual for creative writer wannabee's, is a vividly written and superbly produced introduction to the basics of developing a story for publication. It is extraordinarilly comprehensive in scope and seems to cover everything in any way relevant to the storyteller's craft. Each chapter is dedicated to a particular theme or topic and illustrated with stories by established and often multiply published authors. It is easy to read and reflects the author's many years experience as an esteemed and prize winning teacher of creative writing at a prestigious college. If there were only one book you needed to become a successful writer, this would be it.

THIS BOOK WAS WELL DETAILED AND THOUGHTFULWELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT