The Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews

by Eudora Welty

Book Overview

Much like her highly acclaimed One Writer's Beginnings, The Eye of the Story offers Eudora Welty's invaluable meditations on the art of writing. In addition to seven essays on craft, this collection... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679730044
• ISBN13: 9780679730040
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Feeling through fiction

Ms. Welty shows those who are desirous of writing fiction what the object and nuances are that make for a piece of good writing. If you've heard over and over again, "don't tell it; show it" then this book will help you understand what "it" looks like. No exercises to prime the pump or brainstorming sessions here, for while those are useful for developing a skeleton, this book will help you to breathe life into your narrative.