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A review by khazlettwrites
Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly by Gail Carson Levine
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
The target audience is young writers, but even as an adult I learned a lot to improve my own writing craft. The fact that the book is so short and written simply, with its young audience in mind, makes this even better. I read it in about 2 hours, compared to the nearly 6 I spent reading Stephen King's On Writing just before (which I also really liked). Great for getting a lot out of a particular topic if you don't have lots of time.
Each chapter has a writing exercise. They start out simple in the early chapters, but later exercises build on previous ones and/or really get you thinking and being creative. I didn't do any of them myself (yet) because I was just trying to get through the book, but they're all really good for young writers, and I'll probably be revisiting some of the more complex ones myself.
I initially thought to give this 4*, but considering I'm not the target audience and thinking about it from that perspective, it's a solid 5* from me.
Each chapter has a writing exercise. They start out simple in the early chapters, but later exercises build on previous ones and/or really get you thinking and being creative. I didn't do any of them myself (yet) because I was just trying to get through the book, but they're all really good for young writers, and I'll probably be revisiting some of the more complex ones myself.
I initially thought to give this 4*, but considering I'm not the target audience and thinking about it from that perspective, it's a solid 5* from me.