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On Writing - A Class in a Day: What They Don't Teach You In A Week At Writing School
In the 1980s, Mark McCormack tried to do for the fledging, but intrepid businessman that which Harvard Business school couldn't in What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School.
Finally, Stephen Malins tackles writing in the same way—both fiction and memoir—in a light-hearted, but sweeping treatise based on what What They Don't Teach You In A Week At Writing School.
This is an easy to read summary on lore and craft which takes a refreshing perspective on old subjects. Consider it a primer, but it’s a different slant on things. The author believes writers need to understand Pace, Precision, Point and Punchline (Pun and Pith).
The book encompasses everything from the Big Writing to Market, Readers putting you down; Story Tenets of a story, Characters, Theme, Premise, Designing Principle, Structure; Writing Approach, Editing, “Show, don’t Tell”, Tense, POV, Setting and Scene; the Dark Brealing the Rules, Tropes, Subtext, and Writer's Truth.
Finally, Stephen Malins tackles writing in the same way—both fiction and memoir—in a light-hearted, but sweeping treatise based on what What They Don't Teach You In A Week At Writing School.
This is an easy to read summary on lore and craft which takes a refreshing perspective on old subjects. Consider it a primer, but it’s a different slant on things. The author believes writers need to understand Pace, Precision, Point and Punchline (Pun and Pith).
The book encompasses everything from the Big Writing to Market, Readers putting you down; Story Tenets of a story, Characters, Theme, Premise, Designing Principle, Structure; Writing Approach, Editing, “Show, don’t Tell”, Tense, POV, Setting and Scene; the Dark Brealing the Rules, Tropes, Subtext, and Writer's Truth.
79 pages, Paperback
Published December 25, 2023
About the author
Stephen Malins
7 books18 followersSteve is a travel writer and memoirist, and occasional photographer.
He was born, like many, in London, and now lives in Melbourne with his wife, and three teenagers, so he is an unpaid uber-driver amongst many things.
He works in an office (for his many sins) but served as a Country Fire Authority firefighter, and loves getting out in the High Country and on skis in the Australian Alps.
He was born, like many, in London, and now lives in Melbourne with his wife, and three teenagers, so he is an unpaid uber-driver amongst many things.
He works in an office (for his many sins) but served as a Country Fire Authority firefighter, and loves getting out in the High Country and on skis in the Australian Alps.
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