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Liked It “The author of this book is a straight shooter, and so you get the information you need with wit, simplicity and directness. I enjoyed this greatly.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “not very helpful other than him recommending the basic stuff like you sitting down and actually writing. A waste of time.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“not very helpful other than him recommending the basic stuff like you sitting down and actually writing. A waste of time.”
R.J. Self wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The author of this book is a straight shooter, and so you get the information you need with wit, simplicity and directness. I enjoyed this greatly.”
Vairagya E wrote this review Tuesday, March 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was helpful and I did complete a book the year I read this.”
Dennis N wrote this review Monday, December 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“We've forgotten all but 170 books. This Year, You Write Your Novel and there are 171 books. Yay!”
moo.c.py? wrote this review Friday, October 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Thin book speaks volumes. It did ultimately inspire me to finish my first novel. This is also a great book for an aspiring writer.
Mary C wrote this review Friday, August 22 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Mr. Mosley gives the aspiring writer a funny and well-reasoned blue print for beginning the writing process. It is to his credit that he makes it sound very, very easy. ”
Vanessa B wrote this review Tuesday, July 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one of four newish books I recently read mostly so I could finally get them off my queue list, all of which were actually pretty good but are mere wisps of manuscripts, none of them over 150 pages or so in length. This one is the nonfiction This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley, an author I don't necessarily like that much personally but certainly respect a whole lot, among other things for being one of the only black authors in history to break through the lily-white publishing barrier of the science-fiction industry. That said, this extremely thin how-to book feels more like a weekend toss-off on Mosley's part than a finished and polished manuscript; a book that purports to show you how to finally get off your ass and in twelve months actually write that novel you've been telling yourself for years that you're going to someday write, but in fact is an odd mishmash of different kinds of literary advice, some more practical and some more craft-oriented, organized a bit sloppily and with not much concrete "real" advice in there at all. It's worth checking out if you get a chance to do so for free, but I'm not sure I'd recommend shelling out $20 to read this not exactly helpful fluff article turned full-length book.
jasonpettus wrote this review Saturday, May 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Out of 10: 7.0”
“This was a library loan. I finally have an understanding and some language to explain my process with regards to my writing.”
shelfari47 wrote this review Monday, January 28 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Mr. Mosley delivers his advice on how to write a novel in a year straight, no chaser. You have no excuses not to get it done after reading this book. Getting published, howver, is quite another thing.”
Candelaria S wrote this review Wednesday, January 16 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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