Release Date: November 1st, 2015
Publisher: Scripturient Books
Format of Novel: Paper back
Rating: 5/5 stars
Summary (from good reads): Your enemy is the blank page. When it comes to writing, there's no wrong way to get words on paper. But it's not always easy to make the ink flow. Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice won't make writing any simpler, but it may help spark your imagination and get your hands back on the keyboard.
Practical Advice Meets Real Experience
With information that takes you from common mistakes in grammar to detailed charts on story structure, Paper Hearts describes:
• How to Develop Character, Plot, and World
• What Common Advice You Should Ignore
• What Advice Actually Helps
• How to Develop a Novel
• The Basics of Grammar, Style, and Tone
• Four Practical Methods of Charting Story Structure
• How to Get Critiques and Revise Your Novel
• How to Deal with Failure
• And much more!
BONUS! More than 25 "What to do if" scenarios to help writers navigate problems in writing from a New York Times Bestselling author who's written more than 2 million words of fiction.
Practical Advice Meets Real Experience
With information that takes you from common mistakes in grammar to detailed charts on story structure, Paper Hearts describes:
• How to Develop Character, Plot, and World
• What Common Advice You Should Ignore
• What Advice Actually Helps
• How to Develop a Novel
• The Basics of Grammar, Style, and Tone
• Four Practical Methods of Charting Story Structure
• How to Get Critiques and Revise Your Novel
• How to Deal with Failure
• And much more!
BONUS! More than 25 "What to do if" scenarios to help writers navigate problems in writing from a New York Times Bestselling author who's written more than 2 million words of fiction.
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I remember reading snippets of this from watt pad and I felt myself nodding to about 99.9% of her words and examples for writing. Beth Revis delivered such honest advice for writing in general and its fantastic. The way she makes the book speak to us is so breath taking and enjoyable because she's dead honest yet humorous with the advice. She flat outs tells people how weird and difficult the writing business is going to be if you want to make a career out of story writing. It's such a fresh reminder to see how these best selling authors of the fantastic books we love and fan boy/girl over are still similar to us with the challenges and so generous to help us get to their level of craziness because they hold the love for books like we do and want to spread the love to the world.
My favorite thing about this book was the honesty. Like I mentioned before, Beth Revis was really honest in her writing advice book. She explained how the writing advice we'll always hear from other writers aren't always the truth. Instead, she expresses different tips on how to better yourself and continue to do you as a growing writer. Another thing that I did enjoy was the way she described her journey pre-published. She was so relatable because she really brought out the long process of how difficult it is to take the risk and the wait, oh the waiting process to hear from publishers and agents.. It's a bitch and at least she gave me an better understanding on how much of a bitch the waiting is gonna be when the rest of us start querying.
Overall, this book is great for us writers. Its honest, blunt, and quite helpful when learning how to 'write' or get into the business of writing. I'm so glad I picked up this advice book because she made her 'story' encouraging yet will described the struggles in a realistic way. If you are a writer, I highly suggest picking this volume so you can grasp the truth of the writing and get reminders that you possibly forgotten throughout the years. It's such a refreshing book for writing and while I do have a few other favorable ones in my tool box, this book is a wonderful addition for writers to have in their author toolbox.
What are your opinions about this book? Let me know in the comments below. :)
My favorite thing about this book was the honesty. Like I mentioned before, Beth Revis was really honest in her writing advice book. She explained how the writing advice we'll always hear from other writers aren't always the truth. Instead, she expresses different tips on how to better yourself and continue to do you as a growing writer. Another thing that I did enjoy was the way she described her journey pre-published. She was so relatable because she really brought out the long process of how difficult it is to take the risk and the wait, oh the waiting process to hear from publishers and agents.. It's a bitch and at least she gave me an better understanding on how much of a bitch the waiting is gonna be when the rest of us start querying.
Overall, this book is great for us writers. Its honest, blunt, and quite helpful when learning how to 'write' or get into the business of writing. I'm so glad I picked up this advice book because she made her 'story' encouraging yet will described the struggles in a realistic way. If you are a writer, I highly suggest picking this volume so you can grasp the truth of the writing and get reminders that you possibly forgotten throughout the years. It's such a refreshing book for writing and while I do have a few other favorable ones in my tool box, this book is a wonderful addition for writers to have in their author toolbox.
What are your opinions about this book? Let me know in the comments below. :)
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