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A review by entamewitchlulu
Welcome to the Writer's Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice by Paulette Perhach
5.0
This is a book I needed when I didn't even know it. This book took me by the collar, shook me, and very kindly told me inches from my face that I needed to get back to work.
I've been writing for well over a decade, having made my first real attempt at a book at the age of nine. And since then, it's been nearly impossible to get me to stop. But this book reminded me of the kind of work that I need to be putting into my craft. It reminded me about how if writing is how I want to live my life, there's a certain type of work that I need to get started doing. This is a book written for people who want to get started writing, but even for someone like me who's been at this for years, who has a bachelor's in the damn subject, this was a ridiculously useful smack in the butt to get back to work, and to work in ways that will grow my skills rather than stagnate them.
I'm already starting a second readthrough just to get some notes down and start doing all of the activities inside, and I have no doubt I'll be jumping back to this one in the future when I need another gentle but firm shake back to what I need to be doing.
I've been writing for well over a decade, having made my first real attempt at a book at the age of nine. And since then, it's been nearly impossible to get me to stop. But this book reminded me of the kind of work that I need to be putting into my craft. It reminded me about how if writing is how I want to live my life, there's a certain type of work that I need to get started doing. This is a book written for people who want to get started writing, but even for someone like me who's been at this for years, who has a bachelor's in the damn subject, this was a ridiculously useful smack in the butt to get back to work, and to work in ways that will grow my skills rather than stagnate them.
I'm already starting a second readthrough just to get some notes down and start doing all of the activities inside, and I have no doubt I'll be jumping back to this one in the future when I need another gentle but firm shake back to what I need to be doing.