Reviews

5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing by Christy Distler, Linda S. Clare, Robin Patchen, Rachel Starr Thomson, C.S. Lakin

iolosantos's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

josiahdegraaf's review against another edition

5.0

This was an incredibly helpful book. While I believe I have a solid grasp of what makes a good plot and overall story as a whole, I struggle more on the scene-by-scene or sentence-by-sentence level as a writer, and this book did a great job of meeting me where I was at and showing how to avoid different writing flaws. For a book written by five different authors, it flowed very smoothly, and the multiplicity of examples they used to illustrate their points was incredibly helpful. All-in-all, this was a very practical and useful book that I'll be keeping on-hand as a reference.

Rating: 4.5 Stars (Excellent).

donnamunroauthor's review against another edition

5.0

This is a toolbox all authors need

I'll get this out every time I edit my books. Invaluable advice for fixing fiction.
I recommend it to all writers, especially those wanting to publish.

anndudzinski's review against another edition

3.0

Good book for beginning novelists. I liked the examples from different editors although ultimately, I didn't pick up any new nuggets ofcwusfom.