This book is about “how to write a chicklit book” written in a chicklit way. It’s a very fun book to read. I wouldn’t say it gives a whole lot about the art of writing (only because such info can be easily found on the Internet for free), but it boosts your confidence. If you like to write that next Briget Jones Diary someday, this book will uplift your mood—because wring such genre is fun, it’s like a therapy, it’s like dating; that there is huge market for it, and you should go for it. It’s inspirational book, so to speak; but also a warning that writing such book has many challenge. Mlynowski (the writer of this book) gives you information about how successful authors ended up with this genre: Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, Stacy Ballis, Helen Fielding, etc.
She also gives advice to different type of writers: To the overwhelmed, the instant gratification addict, the procrastinator, the perfectionist, the mess (which I think I fall under), the commitment-phobe, the insecure, and the really busy (me again). There is a chapter about developing your main (and secondary) character, elements of style, structure of pacing up to revising.
I was able to finish reading this book in three hours, (while I was waiting in line at the DMV to renew my license.) It’s thin, less than 200 pages, and didn’t require intense attention.
Someone who is greenhorn to writing might benefit a great deal from this book. For the not so green, it’s fun and uplifting.
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