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A review by jlennidorner
Write Better Right Now: The Reluctant Writer's Guide to Confident Communication and Self-Assured Style by Mary-Kate Mackey
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This was a useful book with exercises to expand any writer's mind, though it is best suited to help with non-fiction. An excellent gift idea for back-to-school students. I borrowed this book from a library because I haven't focused enough lately on writing. In truth, it's aimed more for someone who needs to write something and doesn't want to, as opposed to someone looking to refocus on writing more often. Still, I had a 1000-word writing piece due soon, and the book did, in fact, help me to organize my thoughts and notes in three different ways, resulting in an easier time ultimately writing my piece.
I do read a few writing reference books a year. This is more geared toward beginners or intermediate writers than my usual preference, yet it still had something to teach me. I read the entire book to see how many other "knowledge gems" were hidden in the pages.
I enjoyed giving my ideal readers a name and identity. The book discusses the importance of sensory details. It leaves out scents or smells, as well as sight or visuals. It does separate touch and feel though. And includes the sensation of time passing.
The book was well edited. It gives the tip of reading one's work backward, last sentence to first, to find errors. Perhaps that's how the book's creator avoided making mistakes. The order the book was written made sense, as first we think, then we write, and last we revise. It is beneficial to writers of books, blogs, essays, emails, reports, and many things in between.
I do read a few writing reference books a year. This is more geared toward beginners or intermediate writers than my usual preference, yet it still had something to teach me. I read the entire book to see how many other "knowledge gems" were hidden in the pages.
I enjoyed giving my ideal readers a name and identity. The book discusses the importance of sensory details. It leaves out scents or smells, as well as sight or visuals. It does separate touch and feel though. And includes the sensation of time passing.
The book was well edited. It gives the tip of reading one's work backward, last sentence to first, to find errors. Perhaps that's how the book's creator avoided making mistakes. The order the book was written made sense, as first we think, then we write, and last we revise. It is beneficial to writers of books, blogs, essays, emails, reports, and many things in between.