Review: Great motivation!  Good tips
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2014
This book has already helped me through a few rough patches. The most helpful advice I took was to quickly jot down what I hope to write before I write it. This sounds counter-intuitive because I am meticulous about my outlines and sometimes have up to three outlines for the same book, each varying according to detail. I thought that was sufficient. However, even the most detailed outline isn't enough for me. I know I need to get the story from point A to point B, but in the past I've tried to get there by simply writing the story and making up how to get there as I go along. This leads to a couple of bad results. 1) if I write a few paragraphs and then have to delete them because the idea is going nowhere, that's wasted time. 2) if I write a few pages, investing an hour or so, I find myself trying to do anything to preserve those pages, even if the idea isn't working as well as it could because, well, it sucks to delete all that writing.However, if I jot the creative idea on how to get from A to B in MS Notepad, I can erase, edit and enhance quickly and when it's good to go, then I write it. Yes, I know. This sounds like writing advice to a five year old. However, it has worked wonders for me.Also, the tone of this guide is upbeat and motivational. I get a natural reaction to reading how someone can crank out 10k words and think "yikes, I better get going!"Nicely done.