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Summary: A good solid read.
Review: Although this book is mainly about writing Contemporary romance, I really loved the character sketches! She also had a couple other ideas that really struck home for me!
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Summary: Worth it for the Character Sketches!
Review: Although this book is mainly about writing Contemporary romance, I really loved the character sketches! She also had a couple other ideas that really struck home for me!
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Summary: Two thumbs up!!
Review: As an aspiring Romance writer, this book always inspires me to pick up where I last left off regardless of my current mood. A must read for those courting the dream.
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Summary: A wonderful book for established writers and aspiring ones
Review: Great book. I recommend it to all writers. Full of invaluable information, whether you are starting a novel for the first time, or a veteran like myself.
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Summary: A good solid read.
Review: I had ordered the book with some misgivings. When it arrived, I expected to work through it laboriously chapter by chapter. To my surprise and delight it was a very enjoyable, easy read.I found the information helpful and instructive. I really like the fact that Ms. Grant gave descriptions of how she came up with some of her characters and scenarios. It was also interesting to read how some of her characters and plots progressed, changed, then took further twists and turns! Most valuable for me, however, was the validation that I am not going about this all the wrong way! It is nice to hear from someone who has done it, how they did it. You may not do the same, but it gives you a point of reference--that alone makes it worth the money.
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Summary: Wellwritten, succinct and most comprehensive! The best!
Review: In the world of "How To" books this is a masterpiece. With relevant examples and an easy to read style of writing it sorts the wood from the chaff and gets to the basics. For those people serious about writing this is one to always have close at hand.
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Summary: Solid, practical getting-started advice
Review: This a great book for anyone even thinking about tackling writing in the romance genre. All the basics are covered and then some. Very, very worthwhile
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Summary: So-So
Review: This book is fine if you want to read about writing romance for inspiration, but it does not provide much useful content. The author frequently refers to passages from her own books as examples of how to do something, but she doesn't give much of analysis or practical detail on how to write.
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Summary: but Vanessa Grant can't write!
Review: This book was entertaining, but pretty useless. Most of the "advice" consists of personal accounts of Ms. Grant's own writing experiences, with very specific details as to how she came up with all her plots (and very minor attempts to translate this into beneficial knowledge for the reader). It could serve as a decent catalog if you were shopping for her books. She manages to make some useful points about designing characters to produce conflict, but she misuses vocabulary words on more than one occasion, lacks focus and flow, and really doesn't include any other valuable content. I finally had to quit reading when she started explaining how to use the "omnipotent" viewpoint (which is presumably one where the narrator can do anything?). "How To Write Romances" by Phyllis Taylor Pianka is the way to go for books of this sort, despite it not having quite as cheezy a cover as this one.
Rating:
Summary: but Vanessa Grant can't write!
Review: This book was entertaining, but pretty useless. Most of the "advice" consists of personal accounts of Ms. Grant's own writing experiences, with very specific details as to how she came up with all her plots (and very minor attempts to translate this into beneficial knowledge for the reader). It could serve as a decent catalog if you were shopping for her books. She manages to make some useful points about designing characters to produce conflict, but she misuses vocabulary words on more than one occasion, lacks focus and flow, and really doesn't include any other valuable content. I finally had to quit reading when she started explaining how to use the "omnipotent" viewpoint (which is presumably one where the narrator can do anything?). "How To Write Romances" by Phyllis Taylor Pianka is the way to go for books of this sort, despite it not having quite as cheezy a cover as this one.
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