Review: Quick Read - Lots of Solid Examples
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
This whole series is made up of short books with a specific purpose in teaching you how to write in an active, intriguing manner.  Ms. Buckham pulls examples from numerous sources, covering a wide variety of genres and writing styles.  She dissects the excerpts in a manner that drives home what makes the pieces work, and she even goes so far as to provide rough draft examples, which she then builds on to improve them.  There are little assignments, which I generally ignored, but some people may find these useful.  Overall, I like this series quite well, and think it does an excellent job of hammering in what it really means to "show don't tell".