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Pros

James scott bell is an award-winning author. Bell's prose is easy to grasp and not-overblown he has a way of making tricky concepts straightforward and his advice is invaluable for beginners or old-hands. For more information on james scott bell click...  Read More

In short bursts, this book is a perfect bathroom accompaniment to getting better as a writer. I like long, meaty books on writing, but sometimes you just need a quick pick-me-up. I gleaned a ton from this short book that will carry me through to the e...  Read More

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Quality


With the plethora of writing books available especially in the kindle format it is hard to judge what is likely to be most useful

Price


If you can get it when the price is dropped dont hesitate but at full price its a pretty slim offering


Jsb is a master educator for writers

Packaging/appearance


Still im very much of a take whats useful and discard the rest mindset when it comes to writing craft books and this one did ha...  Read More

Competitiveness


Bell makes a tidy checklist of the pitfalls a firsttime novelist might encounter and makes a good effort at explaining them wit...  Read More


Recommended for every fiction writer amateur emerging or professional


As with all of jsbs books they come with far more information than the asking price

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  • This product had a total of 225 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 26 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Slim volume short pithy chapters


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The book clearly explains every blunder and how to correct them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    He is right to the point and doesnt waste your time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This book should be in every writers personal library


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If youre a novice writer and put down 100000 words this book will ask you to check your ego at the door delete 30000 of them and fix the rest


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    One of the biggest issues i have with books that are x number of tipstricksblunderspitfalls type books are that almost all of them feel like the list is artificially inflated to hit a specific number


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would have rather read 17 fiction writing blunders where every one of them was amazing rather than 27 fiction writing blunders where ten of them felt extraneous


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The author benefits from being a writing teacher as well as a working writer

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