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A review by aeeklund
Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I've seen a lot of reviews saying that while it didn't necessarily provide anything new for certain readers, it was encouraging/welcome/inspiring/comforting/etc., and I very much agree with this. This makes it a wonderful resource for new writers, young writers, starting-out writers, you-get-the-idea. This also makes it a wonderful resource for burnt out writers. Like me.
I benefitted from reading this collection, largely because it did exactly what it said on the tin: it held my hand during a rough time (described in this book in such hilariously perfect ways as "trash-fondue" and "landfill hurricane") and told me that not only could I still create during a time of exhaustion and rage, but I could also channel those very elements into my creation. That I knew how, but maybe I was too tired to remember, so here were some short, gentle chapters collecting thoughts, tips, tricks, ideas, and some humorous examples that had a greater likelihood of staying with me. That there were authors who had done these very things, and done them well (and here were examples to go look at if I needed to hold them physically in my hands). That, above all, there was still a point to trying.
Thank you, Charlie Jane Anders, for these reminders, and for collecting them into this book, despite of (and because of) your own exhaustion and rage.
I benefitted from reading this collection, largely because it did exactly what it said on the tin: it held my hand during a rough time (described in this book in such hilariously perfect ways as "trash-fondue" and "landfill hurricane") and told me that not only could I still create during a time of exhaustion and rage, but I could also channel those very elements into my creation. That I knew how, but maybe I was too tired to remember, so here were some short, gentle chapters collecting thoughts, tips, tricks, ideas, and some humorous examples that had a greater likelihood of staying with me. That there were authors who had done these very things, and done them well (and here were examples to go look at if I needed to hold them physically in my hands). That, above all, there was still a point to trying.
Thank you, Charlie Jane Anders, for these reminders, and for collecting them into this book, despite of (and because of) your own exhaustion and rage.