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A review by ms_tiahmarie
Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life by Elizabeth George
Interesting, and very glad to have read it. Gave me some new ideas on how to tackle different aspects of the 'getting ready to write' part of writing.
Would recommend the book to an individual who wants a step by step formula on creating a story. (Not suggesting EG writes formula fiction.) That said, her methods may strangle some writers / writers-to-be. Could see people following this book becoming so wrapped up in the 'get ready to write' process that the actual sit-down-and-write part of the story never gets done. I would also have concerns of it resulting in books that are so well plotted out that they begin to read like a recipe.
That isn't to say her process is wrong. She has published so many books, her record speaks for itself. If one follows what she has prescribed there will be a book at the end of the journey.
Would recommend the book to an individual who wants a step by step formula on creating a story. (Not suggesting EG writes formula fiction.) That said, her methods may strangle some writers / writers-to-be. Could see people following this book becoming so wrapped up in the 'get ready to write' process that the actual sit-down-and-write part of the story never gets done. I would also have concerns of it resulting in books that are so well plotted out that they begin to read like a recipe.
That isn't to say her process is wrong. She has published so many books, her record speaks for itself. If one follows what she has prescribed there will be a book at the end of the journey.