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At First Glance
Closest to Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law & Lawyers
Author: Karen A. Wyle
Publisher: Oblique Angles Press
Pages: 656
Amazon Rating: 4.6/5 Stars
Goodreads Rating: 4.6/ 5 Stars
Our Recommendation
Closest to Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law & Lawyers is truly a different style of book altogether. The author takes a vulnerable moment all authors experience when they set out to tell a tale that includes parts of worlds they've never experienced. Whether you've set out to tell a love story between two doctors or a drama about law, script or print book, if you're not a doctor or a lawyer, chances are, you'll need a technical advisor. Wyle brings this to authors with her technical guidebook on law and lawyers where they can get valuable information about the field, verbiage, lifestyle and concepts to make their stories authentic. If there is one thing that turns readers off most, it's reading text that is obviously put together by someone who has no idea about the background subjects.
Overall, this book is a great tool and read. If you're looking to write about law or lawyers or anything in between, this is a great start for reference and technical guidance.
About Closest to Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law & Lawyers
Write about the law -- and get it right!
The world of law and lawyers, with its suspense, its moral quandaries, and its ripped-from-the-headlines subject matter, provides wonderful material for fiction. This guide will help writers explore these many story possibilities, while avoiding the pitfalls awaiting the unwary. Included throughout the book are ideas for stories or story elements based on the content and available for the readers' use.
Praise for Closest to Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law & Lawyers
"Her writing is as clear as glass. She is a highly ethical person. She is a writer herself and an attorney so she knows what she is talking about when it comes to a writer's needs, and a lawyer's profession. If you are a writer and you need a resource on law and lawyers, this is your go-to source." -Danusha G.
"I highly recommend it for authors and lawyers but also for anyone remotely interested. It's that good!" -Haim B.
"Whether you are writing the next best selling legal thriller or only have a minor legal component to your story, it is critical you get it right. Utilizing Karen A. Wyle's book will insure that your writing is authentic." -Robert G.
About Author Karen A. Wyle
Karen A. Wyle was born a Connecticut Yankee, but eventually settled in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University. She now considers herself a Hoosier. Wyle's childhood ambition was to be the youngest ever published novelist. While writing her first novel at age 10, she was mortified to learn that some British upstart had beaten her to the goal at age 9. Wyle is an appellate attorney, photographer, political junkie, and mother of two daughters. Her voice is the product of almost five decades of reading both literary and genre fiction. It is no doubt also influenced, although she hopes not fatally tainted, by her years of law practice. Her personal history has led her to focus on often-intertwined themes of family, communication, the impossibility of controlling events, and the persistence of unfinished business.
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