Review: The Straight Dope on Writing Success
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2013
Larry Martin's book is an indespensible "How To" on the topic of story writing. In concise, amusing terms he lays out the fundamentals of how to write a story, develop your characters and keep the reader interested. His view of writing is very reader centric: What gets their interest, what keeps them reading, what makes the reader feel satisfied at the end of the book. I can't emphasise how important that is enough, because writing is so much about understanding what the reader is looking for in a book as much as anything else. In a few pages he covers as much ground as a college writing course does and all with a touch of wit. His pointers are useful for all forms of fictional, or semi-fictional writing. Books or plays. If you want to get a good handle on how to make your writing work, or even a good refresher on the basics, this is a must read.