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Thanks, But This Isn't For Us: The Compassionate Guide To Understanding What's Wrong With Your Writing And Leaving The Rejection Pile For Good (2009)

by Jessica Page Morrell(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1585427217 (ISBN13: 9781585427215)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jeremy P. Tarcher

review 1: I love this book. I am a craft book junkie of sorts, so you know, take my review for what it's worth (I also give nothing lower than a 3 star rating to any books that make their way to my Goodreads list--I don't finish the ones I don't think warrant at least 3 stars). But Morrell writes like a great teacher, critical and hard-edged but with a soft and gooey center that show us she really cares about her clients and all of us reading her book with writing aspirations. Anyway, this is a craft book I can get into and I think I'm going to make it a text in my high school creative writing class because she doesn't pull any punches, but nevertheless comes off as a caring individual. Perhaps the best section of the book though is the final section in which she preaches writin... moreg as practice. She tells us to make it our practice the way monks make meditation their practice. It's simplistic and insightful, quite the brilliant paradox.
review 2: Really good craft books are hard to come by - the authors either sound self gratifying or technical in a way that makes good information not fully accessible to readers. Jessica Page Morrell is one of the best - I've learned as much from her books as favorites of the craft canon like John Dufresne and John Gardner, especially from this new one. She is knowledge, unpretentious, and knows how to making the teaching of craft both fascinating and fun for writers. Perfect for people who are trying to get published and need a story makeover! less

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