Exceedingly helpful for prospective authors, with clear advice and insight into the submission process, what to expect at every stage, and bonus sections on writing query letters and Q&A. An inexpensive buy with consolidated advice that will save you Googling for hours (days... weeks...) Includes h...
Reviewer Kelly H. said it better. This book, for some odd reason, totally pissed me off. I think it was the way it was written, it sounded almost condescending at times. I couldn't get too far in it at all.
An editor once told me that if you're going to take advice on writing, take it either from name-bestselling writers or gatekeepers such as acquiring editors or agents--not necessarily anyone who writes for Writer's Digest or has taught a writing class. And that's exactly what makes Lukeman's book so...
This book is unique. A book about punctuation, but it doesn't deal with grammar; this isn't a book about rules, but about creative choices, about how the use of commas, periods and semi-colon builds a narrative, how to use colons, dashes, parenthesis and quotation marks with flair, and why you shoul...
With an unusual approach to plotting, Lukeman uses a holistic, rather than a didactic, method. There is plenty of instruction and practical examples, as well as exercises, in the book, so it is a "teaching" book, but what Lukeman achieves is more than just teaching a reader "how to plot." Although t...
"In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard." -Russell BakerAimed at creative writers (although useful for non-fiction, technical, and business), A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation is an excellent resource, one I ...
This isn't at all what it claims to be. I was looking for a book that would give examples of what to do and not to do in the first five pages of a book to get an editor to look at the work, the hook. In fact, he didn't think hooks are that important. Every other writing book I've read said that if y...
An interesting, if not always successful, attempt to complete the story left unfinished at the end of The Scottish Play. While I enjoyed seeing a rather well-done play in blank verse, some scenes were wholly unnecessary and others poorly written - and the phrases stolen from The Scottish and other ...
While I don't consider myself a writer, I still found this book useful in helping me better understand why I like some books and hate others. Concise and direct read that allows you to get straight to the problem(s) and back to writing, quickly.
I loved this book so much that I have added it to my list of "to buy". It has great info along with practical exercises to help improve your writing. It is also set up so that you can work on your problem areas and not worry about the what is working for you.
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