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A review by hazelstaybookish
Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book by Ally Carter
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5
This one had lots of great information for a young writer, but it just wasn't as specifically helpful to me, having completed several manuscripts/querying for years already. It's less a writing craft book and more just FAQ and advice to writing YA. There were definitely a lot of insightful tidbits though (especially seeing how different YA authors have different approaches/processes), which I really liked, but were ultimately too scattered to keep me engaged in reading. It's probably better as a reference book to come back to when you have something specific in mind and just flip to that chapter, at least in my opinion, instead of something to digest as a whole (or maybe I'm just bad at reading nonfiction lol).
This one had lots of great information for a young writer, but it just wasn't as specifically helpful to me, having completed several manuscripts/querying for years already. It's less a writing craft book and more just FAQ and advice to writing YA. There were definitely a lot of insightful tidbits though (especially seeing how different YA authors have different approaches/processes), which I really liked, but were ultimately too scattered to keep me engaged in reading. It's probably better as a reference book to come back to when you have something specific in mind and just flip to that chapter, at least in my opinion, instead of something to digest as a whole (or maybe I'm just bad at reading nonfiction lol).