Creative Writer's Handbook

Creativity is executing an art form, and with art, there is no such thing as absolute perfection, there is always room for improvement. Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, "Creative Writer's Handbook" is a guidebook for writers of all sorts to better gain a mastery of their art form, be it short fiction, poetry, or other artistic endeavors that use the spoken language as their primary medium. Encouraging readers to enhance and ever improve their craft, Jason and Lefcowitz have put out a text that will benefit many a college age creative writing student well, as a free study manual or as a textbook for creative writing classes. "Creative Writer's Handbook" is a deftly composed book, highly recommended for community and college collections aimed at the art of writing.

My book came on time, but the packaging was all ripped apart, and the book itself, although still in decent condition, is bent and obviously used about a thousand times over.

The other people reviewing this should have kept in mind that this book was intended to introduce novices to the basic concepts of creative writing. I did not feel it was condescending or distracting. I thought it was helpful and thorough as well as specific. Not meant for the literary types who've convinced themselves that they are "writers" and therefore above the practical advice this book offers. It was used as a text book for a class I took: "Intro to Creative Writing." I found it very helpful and useful. I learned a lot! Caution: This edition is filled with typos.

The first point hammered home in this work is that Creative Writing is hard work! All the inspiration in the world won't help you if you aren't organized and "act like a writer." I thought this was an excellent text if for no other reason it shows how difficult good writing is. It also provides concrete tools and methods for improving writing and channeling that "creative energy." Highly recommended.