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tokengeekgirl's review
3.0
Overview
The 10% Solution was a bit of a one trick pony, but it did show quickly and easily how to cut 10% off of any manuscript with a few simple steps.
The Good
A fast read. At 84 pages, I was done within an hour. He was clear and concise in his prose, and the technique he offered was one that I will most likely use. It is kind of a finishing technique, for after we have solved all of the problems other revision books gave us techniques for. As such, it complements other books well.
The Bad
Of those 84 pages, less than half are about the solution itself. Now, there does need to be some background information, some defining of terms, but for a book about cutting out the fat, I could have used a little less fat!
The Ugly
Ken Rand gives us his entire history as a writer. I'm not interested in that, and it feels like filler even as I read it. I don't need to know how he failed at humor writing at first, just how he succeeded. For a short book, it took a remarkably long time to get to the point. It looks like a short, cheap book, and in some ways it is.
The Verdict: eh, I'll keep it.
The 10% Solution was a bit of a one trick pony, but it did show quickly and easily how to cut 10% off of any manuscript with a few simple steps.
The Good
A fast read. At 84 pages, I was done within an hour. He was clear and concise in his prose, and the technique he offered was one that I will most likely use. It is kind of a finishing technique, for after we have solved all of the problems other revision books gave us techniques for. As such, it complements other books well.
The Bad
Of those 84 pages, less than half are about the solution itself. Now, there does need to be some background information, some defining of terms, but for a book about cutting out the fat, I could have used a little less fat!
The Ugly
Ken Rand gives us his entire history as a writer. I'm not interested in that, and it feels like filler even as I read it. I don't need to know how he failed at humor writing at first, just how he succeeded. For a short book, it took a remarkably long time to get to the point. It looks like a short, cheap book, and in some ways it is.
The Verdict: eh, I'll keep it.
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