The Art of Creative Writing

Praise for Lajos Egri
"One of the few truly helpful books on fiction writing."--Chicago Tribune

"I still think The Art of Dramatic Writing is the most stimulating and best book on the subject ever written, and I have them all." --Woody Allen 

"For the original master of defining a strong, dramatic premise, we look to Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing." --Michael Tabb, Writer's Digest

"Egri is a persistent coach." --Kurkus Reviews
"It is difficult to catalogue this book in a sentence, just as it must have been difficult to say in a handful of words what, when they first came from the press, Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class was to sociology, what Parrington's Main Currents in American Thought was to American literature... Once you read Mr. Egri's book you will know why any novel, any movie, any play, any short story was boring, or, more important, why it was exciting." --Gilbert Miller, from the introduction to The Art of Dramatic Writing


"The Art of Dramatic Writing is far more interesting than any stuffy old book about writing plays has any right to be...Egri's method creates a sense of intrigue and fascination with the art of storytelling and a sense of being actively involved in the writing of a story, rather than just being told how to write one." --West Springfield Writing Center Blog