Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
by Ursula K. Le Guin

“There’s luck in art. And there’s the gift. You can’t earn that. But you can learn skill . . . you can learn to deserve your gift.” Le Guin focuses on skill, using lots of worthwhile exercises that build on one another. She discusses the sound of language and how grammar and punctuation exist to assist sound, which is at the essence of storytelling.