If You're Writing, Let's Talk: A Road Map Past Writers' Blocks from Page One to The End

by Joel Saltzman

Join six writers on their journey through a ten-week writing workshop. Discover how each solution to their problems can lead you past your own self-doubts and creative dilemmas. Joel Saltzman serves as guide, guru and writing coach, providing the wisdom, courage, and occasional one-liners that will get you writing your best work ever. ....Bottom line? As writers, the problems we encounter are pretty universal. Luckily, so are the solutions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Writing

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has interesting format--different from any other writing book I've read. It's written first person from the perspective of the teacher of a ten week writer's workshop. He has six students, and each one is writing a short story. Each chapter is one week's meeting and he makes the points about writing by using bits and pieces of the stories the students are writing. There's nothing really ground breaking--conflict, hooks, re-writes, writing more than half an hour a week. But it's fun to read because of the students, each one is an interesting character, and the teacher tells how he feels when people don't show up or don't want to cut, different things happen. Then at the end, he includes each of the completed stories--not all six were completed.
I enjoyed this quick read, and it was a little bit inspiring and it reminded me of a few things.
He has quotes all through the book by writers. I like that part, too.