Your Words are Magic: A Quick and Dirty Guide to Writing a Story (The Best Writing Life, #5)

This little guide breaks down storytelling to its most basic aspects – namely characters, where they are, and what they are doing. Once you can get those pillars figured out, the rest of your story will flow more easily and efficiently.

One of the first lessons a writer needs to learn is to not get wound up about being perfect. It's okay if you think your writing is lousy. Just like the first time you hear your voice on a recording, everything is going to sound really weird.

This book is a...