Review: I'd pay special attention to Chapter 13
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2012
I see I am merely joining a chorus of 5 star reviews, so rather than rehash what I'm sure has been covered, I'll say this: Pay special attention to Chapter 13.In fact, here's my advice.  Get the book.  Immediately go to Chapter 13 and read it first.  It's basically a summary of the dozen chapters before it.  You may or may not understand it all, but it will give you a framework of what you're doing right from the start.I write non-fiction books.  As of writing this review, I have 11 books (Just one isEmotional IQ: Instant Emotional Genius in Quick, Easy Steps with a Single Secret Insight).  For "warm up" I will often write a story here and a story there, sometimes with one or more characters appearing in dozens of stories.  I've been told that I ought to take some of these and make them into novels.  They were never intended to be books, so they aren't crafted that way - and fiction writing is quite a bit different than what I do.  So I knew I needed some ideas - and Black's book caught my attention.In the process, I've also done some fiction reading outside of what I would normally do.  I got a short story to see how those are put together (and found it entertaining and a quick, easy read - and hopefully only the first in a serial-to-come).  I also got a true-life style full-length book by recommendation.  I usually like fantasy and science fiction, so getting something more "real life" is a stretch for me, too.  Now my "warm up" writing is reviews of books I've read.Maybe, thanks to Nicholas Black, I will someday start publishing fiction stories.  Or perhaps not.  A friend has taken my stories and is looking at turning them into something.  Maybe I'll just give him this book and tell him "Have at it!"  Armed with the techniques here, he should be able to crank out novels out of the material I've already given him.  I'm not certain everyone could do a book in 30 days, but certainly a first draft ought to be possible by just about anyone with high school graduate level writing or better following the guidelines in this book.