#steeringthecraft
#Writers for international women’s day I’m reading #LeGuin’s amazing writing guide #SteeringTheCraft which is both witty and entertaining and extremely useful from a practical sense. Would you like to write the next left hand of darkness? This is the way~

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March 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin's 'Steering The Craft' is both a creative writing manual, and a manifesto for the importance of good writing. It's as beautifully written as her fiction.

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June 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This week - same conversation, new Point of View. This is where a cat comes in handy.... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SteeringTheCraft

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Points of View C
Meow
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July 31, 2026 at 10:43 PM
When you blend the past and the present, and (hopefully!) stay in enough control of your tenses to carry the reader with you

School of Le Guin is having fun with time again this week

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Le Guin Apprenticeship Journal VI(b)
On shapeshifting
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October 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Last week was Upside-down Week: I went in scared and ended up thrilled. Usually, it's "pride goeth before a fall" around here.

Do you have an example of a time expectations got turned on their head for you?

#amwriting #writingcraft #steeringthecraft

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Le Guin Apprenticeship Journal V
On pruning, and going word-by-word
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September 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The last of the "Points of View" exercises from LeGuin. Did I do it right? Your guess is as good as mine! #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #SteeringTheCraft

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Points of View D
"Well, you get what you settle for." - Louise
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August 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM