Writing Westerns: How to Craft Novels that Evoke the Spirit of the West by Mike Newton

Writing Westerns: How to Craft Novels that Evoke the Spirit of the West
by Mike Newton
2012, Writer's Digest Books

Quick primer to writing westerns, perhaps not enough to actually write one, but enough to know what you're getting into. Good overviews of types of westerns, history, technology, and slang, with resources for further reading.

Newton's non-fiction is very thorough, which kind of works against him here. I don't think we need to know how many episodes of Branded were on TV, or the exact number of Western comedy films released in the 80s. A lot of this pads out a short work. Felt like those excesses could be trimmed and the remainder either be introductions to a more thorough work, or be a smaller, and cheaper, work.

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