A review by winniec
Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself by Chuck Wendig

4.0

This book took me a while to get through. Not because there was anything wrong with it but because I wanted to take time to process what I was reading. This isn’t a how to book with formulas and charts that go over the mechanics of writing. There isn't going to be a test at the end of each chapter. Instead, Gentle Writing Advice reads more like having a conversation with Wendig. He deconstructs all the typical advice books of this kind give. Then, he tells you why you should and shouldn’t follow that advice. Plus, the footnotes are hilarious. Seriously, they are the best part of the book. I hope Wendig got as much out of writing this book as I got from reading it.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random house for providing me with an ARC of this delightful book.