E-Books →Advice to the Writer The Writer's Guide to Description, Revision, and Autobiography

With nearly thirty years of teaching experience, Stephen Koch has earned a reputation as an astute and benevolent mentor; and with Advice to the Writer, his lucid observations and commonsense techniques have never been more accessible. Here Koch dispenses sound guidance for those moments when the muse needs a little help finding her way: in "Shaping the Story," he untangles Description; in "Working and Reworking," he explains the most teachable (yet least often taught) of all writerly skills: revision; and in "The Story of the Self," he delves into autobiography. Featuring handpicked commentary from some of our greatest authors, Advice to the Writer is a unique introduction to this maddening and intoxicating pursuit.
Praise for Stephen Koch's The Modern Library Writer's Workshop
"An extraordinarily comprehensive and practical work by a master craftsman and a master analyst of the craft."-Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising and Anything Goes
"Stephen Koch was my teacher long ago. Now he is everyone's teacher, indelibly. This is a book not just for the beginning writer but for every writer."-Martha McPhee, author of the National Book Award nominee Gorgeous Lies
"The Modern Library Writer's Workshop is a treasure trove of wisdom, both immensely practical and philosophical, entertaining and thought-provoking. Koch takes us inside the writing process, and it is impossible not to emerge transformed."-Joanna Hershon, author of Swimming