This is now my most dog-eared writing reference book. It's put together in just the right way to help me. ( )

mijn allereerste schrijfboek, gekregen van iemand die het toen al in me zag ... Vooral de notie van het onderbewuste is me van dit boek altijd bijgebleven.

I felt like less went over my head than it did years ago when I read it the first time, and that makes me happy, like I'm smarter or more perceptive now.

Simple, practical and insightful writing advice. ( )

Damon Knight created SFWA--the professional organization for science fiction and fantasy writers--and co-founded both the Milford and Clarion writing workshops, and was a very fine author and critic. His credentials for producing an instructional book on short story writing were impeccable.

Creating Short Fiction clearly and carefully leads a new writer through the process of writing short stories, from idea generation and development to first and subsequent drafts. His advice is wise and detailed, and he includes one of his own short stories which he deconstructs almost line by line to show what he did and why he did it.

Despite the book's age, it remains, in my opinion, the best work of its kind available. ( )

A good resource, brief, and filled with exercises and instructions that would help one learn to write. ( )