Pros: Good advice and handy exercises
Cons: Not much meat on these bones
Rating: 3 out of 5
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Pros: Honest, intimate writing; useful advice; interesting exercises
Cons: Lack of balance
Rating: 4 out of 5
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Pros: Will get you thinking; nifty “story starters”; decent “how to write a story” guide
Cons: Lacks context in places; babbles a bit; some starters seem a bit hackneyed
Rating: 3 (4 for just the starters) out of 5
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Pros: Warm, inviting, a little bit of everything in terms of traditions and religions
Cons: A bit new-agey in places; requires a very open mind in places
Rating: 3 out of 5
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Pros: Wonderful suggestions; fabulous photos; inspiring attitude
Cons: I want these pages on cards that I can shuffle.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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Pros: Fun exercises (and lots of them); childlike demeanor
Cons: The prompts aren’t that different from those in any other writing book
Rating: 4 out of 5
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Pros: Gobs of fantastic detail; incredibly inspiring; deliberately silly and non-pretentious
Cons: Err, maybe some abused metaphors?
Rating: 5 out of 5
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Pros: Interesting quotes
Cons: Editing; coherency; originality; usefulness–or rather, lack thereof; assumptions; etymologies
Rating: 1 out of 5
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Pros: Lots of very practical suggestions
Cons: Annoying puzzles; somewhat narrow focus
Rating: 3 out of 5
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Pros: Fun exercises; childlike attitude; silly
Cons: Sometimes feels a bit too much like a corporate training program; silly
Rating: 4 out of 5
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