Review: LOVE and Highly Recommend!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2013
I read this book on my iPad during a trip to Maine.  I write fairly quickly when I'm in the groove, but have struggled recently to get back into my usual flow.This book has CHANGED this for me!  I loved it, and it resonated.  I felt like I was in a workshop with you as, you shared key strategies and process that made a difference in your writing.While it is true that Rachel outlines what you can already read on her blog, I found it hugely helpful to have that information plus NEW information organized in a chapter format, all "under one roof."The additional details and new tips and strategies in this little book are fantastic.  I tend much more toward the creative rather than the analytical, but her "systems" are a hybrid of the two and they actually work for me.She shares a great approach to editing that completely changed the way I look at it now, and this is probably one of the most important books on writing that I have read this year.Thank you for all you share, Rachel!  I appreciate that you moved well beyond the typical advice I've read in many other books on writing; providing tangible, practical, and real process that shifted you from struggle to enthusiasm.**BTW, I think this book will work equally well for non-fiction writers, and may even inspire you to dip your toes into fiction! :)