Download or read book Straight Talk on Writing written by Scott Francis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book provides you with eighteen insightful interviews with bestselling authors, writing instructors, agents, award-winning writers and more. You'll learn how to create characters, plot more effectively, live the writer's life with purpose and abandon, and much more. Interviewees include Orson Scott Card, George Singleton, Donald Maass, Dinty Moore, Peter Selgin, James Alexander Thom, and many more. The interviews are casual, relaxed, revealing and instructive. Dig in!