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calbowen's review against another edition
3.0
This has some good advice and decent information. My biggest complaint is that the final third of this book is the appendix, which seems to be a big chunk of a book. In the appendix are a couple of interviews and a short story, which while the story may have been written using their process, there is no explanation to the process with the story. The information also just stops. There is nothing to indicate that you are at the end other then the next section being the appendix. It feels like there is something missing to tie everything together, and feels very disjointed.
Again, the information is decent, but not worth the pages if 1/3 are wasted space, and to me it felt like wasted space.
Again, the information is decent, but not worth the pages if 1/3 are wasted space, and to me it felt like wasted space.
nhdk's review against another edition
5.0
J and Zach have knocked it out of the park with this nonfiction book for writers. They distil thousands of years of storytelling into a simple framework that will help you structure your stories for the rest of your writing career. Insightful, straightforward and with poignant examples, this is one of those books that should be in every writers library.
gsatori's review against another edition
4.0
This and the workbook are a good place for beginning writers to start. And for old grizzly writers who need a bit of shaking up.
What I like about Thorn and Bohannon is that they pull together commanlities from different approaches to writing and end up with a pragmatic foundation for constructing a novel.
What I like about Thorn and Bohannon is that they pull together commanlities from different approaches to writing and end up with a pragmatic foundation for constructing a novel.
abigcoffeedragon's review against another edition
3.0
This has some good advice and decent information. My biggest complaint is that the final third of this book is the appendix, which seems to be a big chunk of a book. In the appendix are a couple of interviews and a short story, which while the story may have been written using their process, there is no explanation to the process with the story. The information also just stops. There is nothing to indicate that you are at the end other then the next section being the appendix. It feels like there is something missing to tie everything together, and feels very disjointed.
Again, the information is decent, but not worth the pages if 1/3 are wasted space, and to me it felt like wasted space.
Again, the information is decent, but not worth the pages if 1/3 are wasted space, and to me it felt like wasted space.
efabri123's review against another edition
3.0
Really great for beginners. Not anything new for experienced writers.
sachablack's review
5.0
J and Zach have knocked it out of the park with this nonfiction book for writers. They distil thousands of years of storytelling into a simple framework that will help you structure your stories for the rest of your writing career. Insightful, straightforward and with poignant examples, this is one of those books that should be in every writers library.
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