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Survival tips for 21st century writers, from best-selling authors Kevin J. Anderson, M.J. Rose, Heather Graham, J.A. Konrath, Gayle Lynds, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jonathan Maberry, and more. How to develop your craft, improve your writing, get an agent, promote your work, embrace the digital age, and prepare yourself for the coming changes in the publishing industry. Edited by Scott Nicholson.
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Posted December 29, 2011
There is some decent material in this book. If you stick with it until the end, a beginner will come out of it better for the experience. That said, there are glaring problems.
1: Typos galore. Within the first ten pages, I noticed several. It feels as if they typed the whole thing on the Nook's touch keyboard. I don't mind these errors in casual work, but this is presented professionally. I don't even mind a couple mistakes in a professional book, but there are just too many here, particularly for a book on writing!
2: Formatting. I believe the format is for another reader, but they copy and pasted the work here for the Nook without changing anything. This caused the page to look off at the start and end of every story.
3: Organization. There is no logical chapter setup. Chapter one carries on for over one hundred pages. This wouldn't be quite so offensive, but almost all of the advice could easily fall into shorter, digestible chapters. There needs to be logical ordering of the information for review purposes. After all, this is presented as a reference book.
Overall, the book contains plenty of information for a beginner. If you've read many other books on writing and publishing, you aren't missing much if you skip this one.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.i love how the title is grammatically incorrect lol. shouldnt it be write WELL or die? lol oh well.
this book is good for all writers! published or unpublished! its got chapters my multiple different authors and the author's sites!
This book is what inspired me to write more :)
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Posted August 1, 2011
Seemed to me like thr unending ramblings of authors about how hard it is to be a writer. I guess it's advice, but it really just made me loose hope about my dream to become a publshed author... I found it demotivational, like all they could do was complain..... Maybe it's only the first few people but I don't think I will continue reading.
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Posted April 15, 2011
I am a writer and this was the perfec book for me. It takes lessons from big name writers and makes it easy to download onto yoir nook. Definately for anyone who likes writing. It is also the best of the free books aboit writing.
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Posted August 20, 2012
It was six moons since the fox attack and Famekit was almost an apprentice. She was getting realy tired of the nursrey it was full of kits. Westfern had kitted and had Fernkit and Sweetkit. Last moon Berryfur kitted and had Windkit and Streamkit. Even with Silvertail sleeping in the warriors den most nights it was still full. But today she was saying good bye to the nursrey and hello to the apprentice den. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather to hear my words," Dewstars words rang through the camp. Flamekit sprange up and raced twored highrock. She watched as the clan gathered. "Today is a day i get to do one of my favorit things as leader. Rabbitkit, Snowkit,Flamekit you have been in Riverclan six moons and learnd what it means to be a Riverclan cat. Snowkit from this day until you become a warrior you will be known as Snowpaw. Your mentor will be Antfur he will teach you how to use your wits in battle. Rabbitkit from this day forward you will be known as Rabbitpaw. Your mentor will be Ripplepelt listen to him for he will teach you to be wise and to have courge. Flamekit from this day forward you will be known as Flamepaw. Your mentor will be Shellheart he will teach you to be brave in battle," Dewstar jumped down from hightrock. "Flamepaw! Snowpaw! Rabbitpaw!" the clan cheered. "I cant beleve it we are apprentices," Snowpaw said excitedly. "When can we start training," asked Rabbitpaw. "Now if you want," Ripplepelt replyed. "What about us," Flamepaw asked "when will we start." "Lets tour the teritory would you and tour new apprentice like to come," Shellheart asked "Sure," they said at the same time. *** After a day of exploreing Flamepaw was so tired she diddent even eat. She went strate to bed. That night her dreams were strange she was in the mibble of a fight and everything around her seamed to wisper 'before the last light burns out one with a pelt of flame will save the clans from the blood that wilk tuen the lake red'. (I hope u liked it sorry if i wrote it wroge - Candycrazy)
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Posted April 18, 2012
Great book to inspire you to continue writing!
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Posted March 18, 2012
Read the book cover to cover. There is a lot of good info for a newbie. The chapters run in line from before you write a novel to promotion vs self promotion. There are typos; however, the book is free so i believe it can be overlooked.
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Posted August 14, 2011
The book was extremely helpful. Albeit, a little overwhelming. Everything was covered in an interesting and funny way. I think its a must have fot new writers. However I didn't like that their weren't individual chapters so navigating was a bit comlicated. Overall very,very helpful
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.My brain has obsorbed good information from this. If you want to write or just find writing interesting, It wouldnt hurt to read. thank you for the new knowledge:)
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Overview
Survival tips for 21st century writers, from best-selling authors Kevin J. Anderson, M.J. Rose, Heather Graham, J.A. Konrath, Gayle Lynds, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jonathan Maberry, and more. How to develop your craft, improve your writing, get an agent, promote your work, embrace the digital age, and prepare yourself for the coming changes in the publishing industry. Edited by Scott Nicholson.