I am a new reader of Danielle Steel's book! "Crossings" was my very 1st book of hers, that I read.. I have to say, It's a great Love Story!! I think everyone should read it.. I hardly didn't put the book down. This book is a amazing. Everyone will love it.

Well from the other reviews I'm not sure what they were reading! I have read this book several times and love it more each time I finish... Danielle Steel makes the war era come alive for those readers who were not yet alive to experience it... I found this book to be well written and very uplifting... Lianne and Nick have found someting beautiful and lasting in the face of all that destruction from a war...It gives me courage to fight for what I believe in. Danielle Steel gives me faith in human nature.. She also gives me the courage to stand tall and be accounted... Thank you for making my life just that much more blessed...

I don't know what else to say, except this is a great love story.
It's a journey when you read DS, I've read all of her books, and they are all wonderful. If you read her, be prepared to read all 50 of her books though, you'll be hooked.

This book is very limited in its helpfulness. The title is very misleading, because Minot only knows what he's talking about in one of them. He should not even have attempted to touch drama. I wonder if he's ever even seen a play, as his attempts to instruct are completely off. Minot also focuses heavily on "don't do" lists rather than the instruction of helpful insight. In three words: the book blows.

I had fond memories of this book from years ago, so I used it for my creative writing class. I was surprised, upon revisiting it, to find out how little it offers in the way of actual terminology, which is pretty important information when you want to talk about parts of poems or parts of fiction. If the parts don't have names, it's hard to have specific conversations about pieces of writing. Also, I and my class were turned off by the long lists of what NOT to do. My students found this to be somewhat patronizing and definitely an introduction to writer's block as that list of negatives rang its little list of 'not' in their ears. Further, Minot places a lot of emphasis on writing about family and the relationships therein. Most writers know that relying on the familiar is not always a good idea, as it can result in the trite, the sentimental, or the overly dramatic. It takes a long time to learn how to control the elements of the familiar to make it "fiction" that can be talked about with others, so this does not seem a good approach for beginning writers. Minot does not seem to like writing as an exploration of writing. He seems to favor it more as a means of exploring personal relationships. He does present many good ideas in the book, but they are good in the way that most obvious information is good--great to have, but irritating to receive.

This book, which focuses on writing with subtlety and finesse, succeeds not only in discussing writing techniques but through careful study of poems, plays, and short stories, conveys reading techniques as well. Although the best, and really the only way to learn to write well is through practice, I highly suggest Three Genres to anyone who enjoys writing.