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katmorrisey's review
3.0
The information was great and so were the exercises within it. But the voice and tone of the author made it a bit tough to get through.
juliterario's review
5.0
Como el otro libro de Les Edgerton (que leí ayer), este me gustó muchísimo, pero no es algo a lo que uno pueda darle una puntuación. Me conecté muchísimo más con este libro suyo, aunque estuve en desacuerdo con muchas cosas, lo cual no me pasó con el otro libro. Aún así, disfruté mucho este. Me inspiró mucho más que el otro. Un buen conjunto de informes, consejos y verdades sobre la escritura y sobre encontrar la voz de cada uno. ¡Lo amé! (Tranquilos, Juli sigue acá, pero ando leyendo algunos libros de no ficción sobre cosas que me interesan :P)
terriaminute's review against another edition
2.0
This author uses a lot of words that to me are clutter. You have been warned. This is a 20 year old book, so many of the references are quite dated, ditto. Okay? Okay.
Although as usual I read the e-sample before buying, I ended up skimming in excess of 80% of this book, in part the reason above, in larger part that I already know most of this, but specifically, the author's style became tedious to me.
Also, for someone who in chapter five advocates trusting your readers to be every bit as smart as you are, he spent the first four chapters harping on essentially the very same point (that one's 'voice' is ruined by rules and conformity and you should write the way you want to write) over and over again. I suppose brand-new authors may need all that. I don't remember ever being that clueless, but may have been.
Ultimately, I found one word association exercise interesting enough to do, which may or may not help me with this next story idea. Was it worth $5? ....Maybe. Maybe not.
Although as usual I read the e-sample before buying, I ended up skimming in excess of 80% of this book, in part the reason above, in larger part that I already know most of this, but specifically, the author's style became tedious to me.
Also, for someone who in chapter five advocates trusting your readers to be every bit as smart as you are, he spent the first four chapters harping on essentially the very same point (that one's 'voice' is ruined by rules and conformity and you should write the way you want to write) over and over again. I suppose brand-new authors may need all that. I don't remember ever being that clueless, but may have been.
Ultimately, I found one word association exercise interesting enough to do, which may or may not help me with this next story idea. Was it worth $5? ....Maybe. Maybe not.
pizzamcpin3ppl3's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
iceangel9's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.75
A nonfiction book for aspiring writers. Edgerton helps authors or authors-in-waiting to find their own narrative voice.
luigis_ghost's review
5.0
Quite possibly the greatest book on writing. The beginning section alone, which details the whys of punctuation and other stylistic choices of the classics vs. now, is easily one of the most important discussions of writing style that I have ever read. The heavens parted for me upon reading this book, and I caught more than one glimpse of the all elusive Voice that writers seek after. It did not show me what my own voice was, but thanks to this book, I now have the tools and the ability to bring it out on my own and refine it myself.
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