A review by allisonjpmiller
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell

5.0

OK, everyone's right about this one—it wins the award for most useful craft book I've ever read. After fighting my way through so many drafts that have only ever added up to "the novel I didn't want to write," I feel armed and dangerous now. (All right, I probably also feel that way because five straight years of academic writing tend to make any kind of creative work feel like rebellion. You mean I get to write FOR FUN AGAIN? For myself?) I appreciate Bell's focus on enjoying the process rather than fixating on the end result, as I've pretty much decided at this point that if I can't do the former, the latter ain't ever gonna be worth it.