Reviews
2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron
kidicarus64's review against another edition
4.0
I write professionally and from time to time, you need a little reminder, a wake-up call, a sanity check on how you work.
So I went for this one. Not sure why.
It's a simple yet good book about writing. Nothing fancy or overly complicated ; she's an author, wrote more than 10 published novel, shares her experiences. Her triangle system for writing 10k a day is simple and interesting. The rest is probably a bit too low-level for me, but it is explained with clarity and passion. Overall, a good read about writing without being pretentious and narrow-minded.
So I went for this one. Not sure why.
It's a simple yet good book about writing. Nothing fancy or overly complicated ; she's an author, wrote more than 10 published novel, shares her experiences. Her triangle system for writing 10k a day is simple and interesting. The rest is probably a bit too low-level for me, but it is explained with clarity and passion. Overall, a good read about writing without being pretentious and narrow-minded.
roseybot's review against another edition
4.0
I think most of this stuff can be found on her blog, I just wanted to pay for it cause Rachel Aaron has given me a lot of really good advice over the past year and I feel like it's the least I could do to buy her book and read it. She's got a lot of very clarifying thoughts that speak to me as a writer, so I was pleased!
moonshake's review against another edition
it worked for her. I don't know. guerilla marketing for other books that sound less than thrilling
bigbear73's review against another edition
4.0
Writing advice should make you want to write more. Rachel does a great job of doing just that.
chamlet5127's review
3.0
Okay. Practical advice, but couldn’t shake the feeling that it was mostly highly specialized advice for a narrow group of people peppered with a ton of references about the author’s own work. By full title and series name. Repeatedly.
tomwright's review
5.0
I used her spreadsheet method of tracking my writing. Now I have hard data to help me see where I get stuck, where I write my best, etc.
Worth it for that alone.
Worth it for that alone.
hemloc's review against another edition
4.0
Four reasons to read 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster:
1) I haven't tested the methods yet, so I can't say if they're effective. I can say, though, that even if my word count doesn't increase at all, I won't regret having read this book.
2) I've read enough non-fiction over the years to know that the writers tend to go on at length. Imagine my overjoyed surprise at the discovery that this book isn't even 100 pages. The author gets right to the point and remains there the entire time (until that little section at the end).
3) It's simple, practical, actionable, should-be-obvious-but-isn't advice.
4) This book has changed the way I will be writing and editing from now on.
Two drawbacks to 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster:
1) I read this on the heels of reading John Truby's Anatomy books, which have converted me away from the Three Act Structure, so I did skip a section and only skimmed the "there's no writing police so write what you want" rant at the end.
2) It was difficult to take the author and her advice seriously at times because of all the typos.
1) I haven't tested the methods yet, so I can't say if they're effective. I can say, though, that even if my word count doesn't increase at all, I won't regret having read this book.
2) I've read enough non-fiction over the years to know that the writers tend to go on at length. Imagine my overjoyed surprise at the discovery that this book isn't even 100 pages. The author gets right to the point and remains there the entire time (until that little section at the end).
3) It's simple, practical, actionable, should-be-obvious-but-isn't advice.
4) This book has changed the way I will be writing and editing from now on.
Two drawbacks to 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster:
1) I read this on the heels of reading John Truby's Anatomy books, which have converted me away from the Three Act Structure, so I did skip a section and only skimmed the "there's no writing police so write what you want" rant at the end.
2) It was difficult to take the author and her advice seriously at times because of all the typos.