Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday! Today I’m going to be reviewing The Curiosities series that was created by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff.
The Curiosities
The Curiosities by: Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton & Brenna Yovanoff: Three authors coming together to create works of fiction, pretty much for themselves and each other. This was a fun book with quite a few short stories from each of these ladies and their advice on writing, and being creative. This book takes the reader on a journey through the minds of these three writers who obviously love writing together. For each story they not only critique their own work, but collectively they all make notes and comments on each other’s works. The handwritten notes and the drawings really made this book feel personal; it made the reader feel like they had an in with these three and that we got to know them a little better. The short stories almost felt too short, like the reader was just getting into it and it ends. That aside it was definitely a pleasant read. It was fun, creative and imaginative.
The Anatomy of Curiosity
The Anatomy of Curiosity by: Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton & Brenna Yovanoff: These three authors come together to write a short story each and each dissect and give insights into their writing processes. Stiefvater touches on context and the power of speech and character growth. Gratton gives her views on how important world building is, and what makes good world building. Lastly Yovanoff explains why sticking with the idea is important. Together the reader gains so much important and insightful knowledge to not only start writing themselves, but to understand and see where some of their favourites come from in their writing. Some facts will come as a surprise and really shock the reader, while others some might not agree with, but in the end there is a definite take-away. Some authors leave more comments than others, and other authors leave comments in different ways that this book isn’t so much focused on the stories they have written, but on what was actually written, and to be used as a learning tool. This was definitely a worthy book to read for any book lover, and reader out there.
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