This practical guide for aspiring raconteurs expands on a succession of essential principles for good writing, from knowing your audience to varying your rhythms, with illustrative examples from such sources as Jan Austen, Frank McCourt and Miles Davis. This is the best tool for writers that I've seen in many, many years. I've written fiction for thirty-five years, and taught fiction writing for twenty. During all those years I could have used The Ten Percent Solution . It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility.
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