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Katharine Grubb
Auteur van Write a novel in 10 minutes a day (Teach Yourself)
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Katharine Grubb lives in Massachusetts. She homeschools her children, bakes bread, does a ridiculous amount of laundry and sets her timer to write stories in ten minute increments. Her favourite type of books to read and write are quirky, imaginative tales of romance, faith and humour.
Werken van Katharine Grubb
When The Timer Dings:: Organizing Your Life To Make The Most of 10 Minute Increments (2017) 1 exemplaar
Think Like A Writer : In 10 Minutes A Day 1 exemplaar
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By reading the title and all the hype you would think that this book would be for those who write, want to write, can write, and yet don't have the time to write. The shortest section covered this. The rest of the book is just a bunch of exercises, quotes, and excerpts based on the craft. It covers dialogue, characters, POV, editing, and publishing. I would say that about 60% or more of the "10 min" sessions are said to take you several sessions, going against the concept of breaking things down. And while the author spends a lot of time giving exercises on the craft that are in the supposed 10-minute rule, when it comes to actually writing the first draft there is little to nothing there.
And a lot of this book is repetitive. There is one section on the first draft in which we are giving 3 different metaphors/similies on writing the first draft. Sadly, these are full on paragraphs of "A first draft is like..." that could have been summed up into one. And to make it worse, one of them has been used over and over throughout the book. Between this and the grammar mistakes and chunky word usage, the book at times dragged. I say at times because a good part, if not nearly half, is all quotes and the writings of others along with list that are pretty much repetitive.
Not until towards the end did the author use any of her own work to give examples. The whole book is pretty much, "I read another book and they said this..." and we are given pretty much a breakdown that seems all too familiar for someone who has read the same books and papers. I have a huge dislike when people use other pieces as examples. I have read pages of Of Mice and Men and that other one, Around the World in 80 Days. I sense a lack of confidence in the author's work when I'm constantly reading them praise and criticize everyone but themselves.
Overall, if you are looking to learn to write in 10 mins a day read the first part and move on. If you are a complete newbie to the idea of writing and have no idea what a plot is or the difference between 1st person POV and 3rd, this just may be the perfect book for you.
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