How Not To Write, By Someone Who Doesn'T

by Delilah Des Anges

This is a collection of rants, essays, lists, and other marginalia and arguments relating to the awfulness that is attempting to write novels, short stories, and poetry. You fool! Put this book down and back away slowly. It is not for polishing your ego at all!

Genres: Writing

104 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2011

Reviews

[StarMan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rambling but pretty good. Moderately funny, and not short on curse words. The author covers topics such as writer's block, where she gets her ideas, and much more. If you want brutal honesty instead of the usual how-to-write-better drivel, give this book a look.

VERDICT: 4 stars.

Also consider these atypical books on Writing:

--Robot Coconut Trees: Break Through Writer's Block, Unleash Your Creative Voice, and Become the Writer You Already Are by Kelsey Horton
--How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide by Howard Mittelmark

[A.E. Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first things I recommend to people stuck in the mire of trying to write, and panicking about it. An excellent, amusing, ridiculous and genuinely useful collection about ALL THE FEELINGS it is possible to have whilst writing, as well as some very handy tips, aphorisms and exercises for tackling all the gremlins that attempt to prevent writing. If you like writing, or even if you hate writing but would like to do more of it, there will be something in here that will make that word-aligning experience better for you.