Review: You are a salesman...
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2012
I got this book for free.  If I had paid the current price, this would have been a less pleasant review.First things first: I couldn't finish this book.  It was a waste of my time, and I have pages of other material to read - any one of which might be great.Second thing: I am conditioned against this kind of book right from the start.  I think that being a good writer takes basic knowledge of grammar.  It requires an understanding of the nuances of words with similiar, but not quite exactly the same, meanings.  It takes the creative ability to string words together in a flow that captures a reader's attention.  That's my view, anyway.So when someone steps up to the plate and seems to write a whole book of fluff and repetitive sentances about how YOU TOO can be a great writer if you will just BELIEVE in yourself!  Well, I feel a strike coming up. I started reading it because I am always willing to hear the other guy's side of the story and consider that I am wrong.  I just didn't see it in what I read of this book.Maybe the book offers practical advice later.  I didn't get that far into it.  I was tired of all of the short, choppy, three or four word thoughts ("If you think you are a writer, then you ARE a writer!"  "You can do it!"  "Guess what? You are a writer!") and quickly set the book aside - permanently.  Those aren't really quotes, by the way.  They certainly sound like the tone of the book, so maybe they are paraphrased, but I didn't open the file to pull out quotes.