"There
are many books of writing instruction out there, but what sets
Storyteller apart is the sense that Wilhelm really knows
students and knows how to teach them to craft a professional story."
-- The
Oregonian
"A useful, compact, and
entertaining guide to writing that is neither bound to a particular
genre or market."
-- Locus
"Its strength, I think,
lies in some of the pointers she offers to beginning writers as
to help them shorten the time it takes to get published."
-- New
Pages
"If you are a budding
writer, please spend $16 on this book before raising the money
needed to attend Clarion. You’ll get much more out of the
workshop if you do."
-- Emerald
City
"For such a short book
-- just barely 192 pages -- there is a lot here, and a lot that
I've never found in other writing books, and it's all on-point.
It's also delivered as part of the story of one of the most significant
institutions in the history of science fiction and fantasy, as
told by a true storyteller."
-- Green
Man Review
"Satisfying in its own
right, presenting an informative, and entertaining, blend of history,
memoirs, and writing lessons."
-- Steven
Silver
"This book should be
on the reference shelf of every aspiring writer. Not only is it
a gift of insight and experience of a wonderful writer but it's
also a fine story of the growth of a renowned writing workshop.
Highly recommended."
-- SF Revu
"Teaching writing is
a balancing act between compassionate encouragement and firm,
blunt criticism. Kate is a master of it. The book uses reminisces
about the founding, development and running of Clarion to frame
a series of practical, plainly stated lessons for the beginning
(and professional) writer. I learned a great deal reading it --
something that can be accomplished in a deceptively short time,
for Kate is also a master of simply and clearly setting out complicated,
muddy issues, a skill honed both in her award-winning fiction
(Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a personal favorite)
and in her long years of teaching."
-- Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing
"Oh, but this is a lovely
book.... Wilhelm fills Storyteller with lessons about how
to write, and just as important, how not to write."
-- Strange
Horizons
"Full of pithy, relevant
advice for writers, amusing recollections of the field's current
giants during their early days, and the fullest published account
to date of how a revered program was established."
-- Scifi
Dimensions
