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yourenotacat's review against another edition
0.25
I picked this up while waiting for a hold on another book, and while I initially enjoyed it, the practical how-to advice disappeared about a third of the way through. It became more about advice for journalists than writers in general and the little workshops at the end of each chapter went from applying concepts to your own writing to just reading more about those concepts on your own. It also became bizarrely political in its later examples, most egregiously in chapter 33, which made me put down the book entirely. Truly odd.
You can definitely find this advice in other craft books, and you probably should.
You can definitely find this advice in other craft books, and you probably should.
kedawen's review
5.0
Anyone who would like to be a writer or who needs some help being a better writer should read this book. So many great bits of advice!!
mari_library's review
Read this for my Writing Fundamental class.
Highly recommend it if you are an inspiring writer of any kind. He gives great advice and makes very complex ideas simple.
Highly recommend it if you are an inspiring writer of any kind. He gives great advice and makes very complex ideas simple.
grumpwitch's review against another edition
4.0
Concise, useful. Particularly handy for journalism and persuasive writing. The kind of book you pick up and flick through, rather than reading in one sitting.
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