Reviews for A Manual of Writer's Tricks: Essential Advice for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers

The average rating for A Manual of Writer's Tricks: Essential Advice for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-07 00:00:00 Paul Dmura Selected excerpts: - Consult the thesaurus before you begin a particular project and compile a representative list of the kinds of words you expect to use. - If you're searching for dated or "period" words from, say the 1920 or 1930s, consult an older word-finding reference. - Don't tell your readers - show them. - Persuade with examples, not opinions. - Keep it specific. - Use words that evoke images. - Introduce a humorous or dramatic motif, then use it later with an ironic twist. - Use a series of short sentences to build tension. - Open with a bang; close with an emotion. - Make your sentences rise to a climax: let them reveal their most significant information at the end. - Plant questions as you go along. - When you're stuck for an ending, go back to your beginning. - Let each paragraph become a ministory unto itself. - Read what you've written out loud.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-07-20 00:00:00 Gil Udry Read this in one sitting. I was that engaged. basically, this is what writing books should be -- short and straight to the point. Recommended for the beginning writer and for those that need a little rehashing of the fundamentals.