This book is useful to beginners. Maybe. It is a compilation of small essays that do not go in depth and tend to be more amusing than helpful. In fact, most of this advice can be gleaned from a few Google searches. If you truly need help with your craft, check out the books by Stephen King, David Morrell, Sol Stein (even though he is a snob and selfish self-promoter), Betsey Lerner, and Ralph Keyes. You will get a plethora of ideas from those professionals. Guaranteed. This book feels like a quaint magazine article in a writing magazine. As we know, we get roped into reading them and come out with barely an insight.
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