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This book contains many useful tips on how to write faster. Even though it is repetitious in some places, this is a very good book. I especially liked the chapters on how to edit your work. Writing faster means more editing, and Jonathan offered practical suggestions on how to do it effectively. I highly recommend this book to any writer who wants to be more productive.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Overall the book was decent, but feel there’s room for improvement starting with the elimination of the ramblings. The author provided some practical tips for faster writing, and new writers could benefit from these writing nuggets. I am still recommending the book for new writers as they may find it useful.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I’ve read a number of books about both writing fast and forming habits.
Certain ideas tend to pop up over and over again. For good reason – these are the things that work for many people! I find it’s actually helpful to see these things more than once.
Jonathan’s book doesn’t contain much, if anything, that I haven’t seen before, but it’s well-written, well-edited, and easy to read. I unfortunately haven’t been in a position yet to be able to do the exercises, but I do believe that someone who does should see an increase in their writing speed, even if they never approach the titular 20,000 words per day. I know from my own experience that the things the author calls out as slowing you down are correct.
He does tend to repeat himself a bit (and talks too much about his island lifestyle) but it’s a pretty easy read.
Do I write anywhere close to the author’s claimed speed? Not a chance. That said, I still recommend this book.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Hard to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff
I have read some of the author’s other books and taken some of his courses. But I hadn’t read this particular book. I always check out the book description at Amazon before I start reading before a review so I know what I’m getting myself in for. I found the book description to be a bit rambling, and there was even a phrase about diet and weight loss that didn’t seem appropriate for a description of a book about writing. Big, bold words at the top of the blurb suggested that this is a shortened and edited version of the original text. I must say, if that is so, I shudder to think what the original was like. I still find the book to be repetitious, the writing itself to be somewhat scattered, and the organization to be nebulous, making it hard to follow at times. I found myself getting frustrated in the early portions because it took more than 10% of the book to get to anything of actual substance about writing, instead of just generalities about him, his approach, and his life (both personal and professional).
The book definitely needs a better organizational structure. There’s no formal chapter or section structure under which topics could be organized. The table of contents is just a list of topics. There’s no cohesion here. He jumps around on different topics like (work habits (e.g., setting goals), using voice recognition software, the self-editing process, and working with others on your book. Most of what is written could definitely be even more condensed and distilled, and similar topics should be grouped together under a chapter or section that makes sense for the group. The titles of the topics weren’t always particularly helpful about truly telling what that topic was actually about.
There are definitely some nuggets of useful information here that will help the beginning or early writer. But it still feels like a hard slog to get to those nuggets. I felt like some information was wrong in this book. I am a writer myself as well as a professional editor. His distinctions between different types of editing are not the same as my interpretations of them; some of what he stated about the different levels of professional editing belonged in other categories. Also, I find it hard to believe that he would expect a nonfiction copyeditor to double-check his research for him, going so far as looking up newer studies to determine whether or not the author’s words were now proven wrong. I don’t do that, and I would have to charge thousands to offer such a service (if I even wanted to). And I find it really hard to believe that one of his editors actually completed one of his books with a 48-hour turnaround. Depending upon which of my services are used and the length of the book, the time I need to work on a book varies anywhere from weeks to months to do as good of a job as I want to always do; for me, I do at least 3 different passes for copyediting, and they can’t be rushed. An editor would undoubtedly have to cut corners to do such a fast turnaround.
As I said earlier, some wisdom exists in these pages; however, separating the wheat from the chaff takes some work. If you are a beginning writer and take his opinions with a grain of salt, you still may find enough to make reading this book worthwhile. But don’t be surprised if what he represents in this book is different from what you experience when you work with the recommended software or with others on your writing, whether they’re editors, beta readers, or reviewers.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
An interesting book with a different view on how to get 20k words written per day. I don’t necessarily agree with or like everything in the book, but I still found several good ideas that I could use in my writing to speed it up.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I am always looking for ways to improve my writing and workflow, and this was a good find. I enjoy Jonathan Green’s approach to writing – he is someone who has had to work hard for his success, and tries very hard to share the information he presents in such a way that it is entirely actionable.
He writes 20K words a day, and shares his system(s) so others can do the same.
One common theme is his awareness that people are not cookie cutter robots – different techniques will work to different levels of effectiveness for different people.
He discusses different ways to organize the writing process, the importance of developing unique rituals, several options for outlining and mind-mapping, multiple techniques for making writing efficient and comfortable, and the thought processes behind each so the unique writer can pick and choose the best routes for him or her to use.
The book read a little different from other things of his I’ve read, and I realized it was because his writing illustrated the various techniques and options he was discussing. I thought that was pretty cool.
He is very successful at what he does, and is not stingy or pompous in his advice. Rather than being intimidated, I felt like I had gone through a useful class I actually enjoyed.
This was a supportive and completely practical, doable work. It was well worth the time it took reading.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.