Terri J. Stovall

Highly Disappointed Waste of Money and Time

Revisado: 09-08-23

I did not have time to read a book on this topic, and was thrilled to find an audio version. That was the last of the enjoyment.
The chapters take about 2 minutes each. There are minimal tidbits in the first few chapters that actually are on topic with the title.
The rest of the book is an autobiography of how organized the author is, with quite a few guilt trips added in, to remind you that you are not as organized as she is, and that your kids don’t want your crap-and you are a jerk if you leave it for them.
I could barely handle listening to how great her garden was, how many nice things she has from her international travel, including reading recipes from a cookbook collection. Unbelievable waste of time. From chapter 22 on, I spent more time fast forwarding than listening. It was painfully boring and my time is too valuable to waste. Save your money and time.

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Most Helpful Fiction Writing Book Ever

Revisado: 11-13-17

I have read hundreds of fiction writing books over the past three decades, and listened to dozens on Audible.
As far as actual helpful information presented in an easy to understand manner, this is the best I have ever listened to thus far.
I am in the middle of NaNoWriMo for the fourteenth year, and vow this to be the year that I win. I finally understand that editing is where your words begin to flourish, and that my first draft just needs to get on paper, so to speak.
There is no doubt in my mind that my book will be 1000 times better, once I implement the strategies I learned from this book. Instead of dreading the editing process, I am actually looking forward to it.
I have already listened twice, and about to start the third go-round with this book.
Highly recommended.

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Ruined by attempts at humor

Revisado: 10-17-17

The entire book was ruined by her attempts at humor. I could not tell you one actual relevant tip obtained via this book, as all were masked and hidden in some kind of inside jokes. Or attempts at jokes, I never cracked a smile. Huge waste of money. It was like watching a foreign language film whose narration did not match the mouth movements of the characters.

Waste of my time and money. If there was a printable list of the tips provided, without all of the attempts at humor, I am sure they would all fit on one page, and I wouldn’t mind glancing at that page to see if there was anything relevant to writing.

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Better than expected.

Revisado: 09-29-17

When I first started listening, I was worried that the language differences between British English and American English were going to make it hard to follow, which is often the case.

She did a great job of giving several examples of each pointer, so even if I did not understand one example, the next I did.

It was a short and to-the-point book, which I like, and I will use the pointers that I learned, may even listen again, to see if I can pick up anything else.

Worth the time and money, thanks!

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Outdated-Big Time. Waste of Money and Time.

Revisado: 09-28-17

If you want to hear about using blackberries, flip cameras, and how Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are using Twitter, this is your book.
I an SO DISAPPOINTED that I spent $14.95 on this book. I wasted my money. This information is a way too old. Useless in today’s world.
The statistics are laughable.
Waste of time and money.

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Boring and useless. Learned nothing.

Revisado: 03-15-16

I had to force myself to listen to this book, if you can call it a book. It was a difficult to follow list of things that didn't make much sense. A bunch of common knowledge crap thrown together to reach a minimum word count. He recommends that you pay little attention to grammar and prose, create a bunch of numbered lists and repeat yourself until you reach your word count. If that is not enough to make your words look like a book, add more pictures and spaces until you get to a decent page count. I guess a person could sell a book that way, I bought this one, but he will never sell me a second one. The narration is so monotone and boring that it is nearly unbearable ro listen to.

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Infomercial for his paid classes

Revisado: 03-01-16

What a waste of my time and money. If you want to hear this guy brag on himself for an hour and push his school on you, this is your book. I learned nothing useful. Michael Rogans books helped much more.

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Best book I have heard in a long time!

Revisado: 02-22-16

Very informative and inspirational book. Concise and to the point, did not waste my time with fluff. Made me want to get up and write and research immediately. I really enjoyed it and believe it created a spark in me that will end up with me having more than one book published and that the first one will be ready to read in weeks, not months. I will listen again, and I cannot say that about any other book I have listened to.

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