Rate this book

250 Things You Should Know About Writing (2000)

by Chuck Wendig(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Terribleminds

review 1: I really enjoyed 250 Things You Should Know About Writing by Chuck Wendig. Wendig brings the funny, the vulgarity, and a weird affinity for unicorns, not unlike what you'll find on his blog terribleminds. He gives you some great advice and insight on what you need to know when writing your story, novel, or even screenplay. The only downfall is that all his tips are told in a general manner. There's nothing specific here, he's not teaching an MFA course, it's all his personal advice. Though great advice. Overall, the book is funny, vulgar, encouraging, and most importantly, helpful.
review 2: Chuck Wendig knows his shit and he is going to shove that shit down your throat AND YOU WILL LIKE IT. While a lot of Wendig's writing advice is basic stuff (focus on charac... moreter, avoid passive voice, etc), he manages to make even the most obvious tips fresh and entertaining through pure style alone. It's funny and conversational, as if he's in the room yelling at you. With love. Vulgar, mildly offensive love. The advantage of his particular voice is that he makes you think about writing in a whole new way, as you understand why he has chosen each tip to be part of each hallowed 25. The tips generally flow together with a coherent theme, with some callbacks and continued jokes. I do wish he provided more examples to show how putting each tip in practice improves the sentence/story/character, but that could impede the rat-tat-tat form of the lists. In the end, I agree with the title of the book: these are 250 things you should know about writing. Well, 275. less

Download links for: 250 Things You Should Know About Writing

Advertising