I teach creative writing in the UCLA Writer's Program (online) and always recommend this book to my students as one of the two best books (alongwith Janet Burroway's "Writing Fiction") on the craft of writing ever penned. I have used the information in this book time and again in writing my own novels and stories ("The Death of tarpon" (novel), "Monday's Meal" (story collection), "Over Easy" (thriller forthcoming from Random House, 1999 ). A more intelligent than this book has yet to be written. If you aspire to create memorable, quality prose, you must buy this book! It will aid you Throughout your writing career in Thousands of ways. Five stars is not enough to award This book, Which I'm sure is destined to become a classic if it is not already Considered that way.
