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I've loved Terry Brooks for quite some time. (His writing, anyway. Don't know him personally.) His books have in large part shaped the way I view and judge literature, and I've been conscious of that as I work for my Masters in Creative Writing. Since I have to read books on craft, I decided I might as well read one by an author whose work I actually respect. Therefore, I decided to buy Sometimes the Magic Works to learn more about the man and his work. I wasn't disappointed. Terry doesn't mince words, and he uses vignettes from his life, both failures and successes, to illustrate his perception of the professional writing world. Less abrasive than Stephen King's On Writing, which is also a handy book, Mr. Brooks provides an outline of his career from prepublication to now, including working on the novelizations of Hook and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The chapters on craft are especially good, and helped to dispel a long-held fear of mine for outlining stories. It's definitely a book I'll come back to.Read full review
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