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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
A good short read for the kick in the pants kind of advice I, as a writer, need. I enjoy having these kinds of books on hand to give me pep talks as I need.
Excellent Advice and Motivation
Chris is an excellent lightning rod for addressing lots of troubles writers encounter as they expand their way into the craft.
And he also serves as a terrific source of motivation. He lays out the problems and the result of the work in clear details, and makes them consumable.
Any writer will benefit greatly from absorbing Fox's take on writing and how to accomplish the task.
Chris is an excellent lightning rod for addressing lots of troubles writers encounter as they expand their way into the craft.
And he also serves as a terrific source of motivation. He lays out the problems and the result of the work in clear details, and makes them consumable.
Any writer will benefit greatly from absorbing Fox's take on writing and how to accomplish the task.
informative
inspiring
Since I'm the first to rate this book 2-stars, I guess I owe explaining the "low" rating...
The book is nice and short, short in a good, to-the-point kind of way; it has some solid advice, and some solid pre-writing preparation tips, and some interesting notes on habit building. That said, it is less about writing itself and more about the actual building of the habit (where the habit just happens to be writing), and about half of the book only marginally mentions writing and instead goes into how you should basically just be organized in everything else so you can write without excuses or interruptions.
And hey, I get it, it does help a lot to be organized in order to develop a good habit, be it writing or exercising or whatever.
But if you read habit-building books, organizing books, and/or writing books, this one... adds nothing new.
If you've never read one of those then this makes for a very nice sum-up on the basics of getting organized and developing (any kind of) habits; but you can also get the same information in a single blog post found with any google search.
To sum it up, it's an ok book, but it didn't add anything new for me. I got a lot more value out of his 21-day challenge series on youtube.
The book is nice and short, short in a good, to-the-point kind of way; it has some solid advice, and some solid pre-writing preparation tips, and some interesting notes on habit building. That said, it is less about writing itself and more about the actual building of the habit (where the habit just happens to be writing), and about half of the book only marginally mentions writing and instead goes into how you should basically just be organized in everything else so you can write without excuses or interruptions.
And hey, I get it, it does help a lot to be organized in order to develop a good habit, be it writing or exercising or whatever.
But if you read habit-building books, organizing books, and/or writing books, this one... adds nothing new.
If you've never read one of those then this makes for a very nice sum-up on the basics of getting organized and developing (any kind of) habits; but you can also get the same information in a single blog post found with any google search.
To sum it up, it's an ok book, but it didn't add anything new for me. I got a lot more value out of his 21-day challenge series on youtube.
Most of everything that is talked about in the book to create that lifelong writing habit is something that can easily be adapted into other habits. The book is a quick read and, overall, I liked it. Since I tend to read loads of self help books, it didn't offer me anything new but it served as a good way to cement what I read in other places.
The rating is mostly based on what it brought me, not on the content. Content wise, I would give the book a solid 4.
The rating is mostly based on what it brought me, not on the content. Content wise, I would give the book a solid 4.
informative
slow-paced
There's nothing unique you can find in this book that another self-help book about habits doesn't offer. It's like another self-help book with topics written in blogs with the addition of the author's life story and a new title. It's not exactly the kind of road map you could vouch for from the title. I'd recommend just reading a book that tackles about habits and correlate everything to writing. That'd probably just be the same, if not better.
This was a great read, full of practical information and easily applicable advice; so glad I was able to read it. Will be on a look out for an audio-book version to add to my library!