Roberts Rules of Writing: 101 Unconventional Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know

The book is full of a lot of chapters. But those very short chapters taken together present a lot of good advise. I especially enjoyed two --- "Throw Away Your Thesaurus" and "Tell Don't Show." Once in an Expository Class the Instructor told us about the dangers of a thesaurus -- a word with more letters and syllables is often not better than a simpler word. But I always heard about the "Show Don't Tell" advise for good... Read Full Review

At first glance I liked the book. Short, entertaining chapters that make you re-think your thinking about writing. I actually found I felt comforted by the 'rules' since I seem to be following most of them. With over 50 articles published on the web, greeting card verse sales and several articles in local magazines, my bank account tells me I'm doing something right, but I'm in a constant state of "I could have done better."... Read Full Review

This delivers on the 3 Es of teaching: it educates, entertains and enlightens. For anyone thinking of becoming a writer, as well as for anyone already in the writing game.

For an aspiring writer this book was magnificent. When you didn't have the chance for creative writing education this was a plum to have discovered. It provides the prospective, confidence and above all the courage for a novice to strive forward. Above all his message conveys the desire to succeed. I may find a better manual of instruction but before I do I will read this one several times.

For the amateur writer, the "rules" can be the most discouraging thing ever, and I have no doubt that many, such as "Show, don't Tell" have kept a great many people from putting pen to paper or daydreams to keyboard. Enter Robert Masello- every field has one of them, someone who comes along and tells you it's ok to ignore the rules, toss aside the current vogue or "Take the Prozac" (rule #8) and even "Throw out your thesaurus"... Read Full Review