[ SECRET POST #3287 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3287 ⌋

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[purpleseas]

There's nothing elitist about what you're saying, but if she's that sensitive, it may be a lost cause. If she can't accept that not everyone is going to like her writing and that it's really okay if they don't, she needs to find something else to do. People like that either give up quickly and quietly or go out in a glorious wanksplosion, hopefully not having gone all the way around the bend and stalked any reviewers or anything. If she wouldn't take automatic offense to the title and you could present it as just a funny and entertaining book about writing, which it is, How Not To Write A Novel by Mittelmark and Newman is the best book a novice could read. You get a couple hundred pages of concrete examples of bad writing and sensible explanations of why they're bad and should be done differently, or not at all. There's even a chapter on query letters, for those going for traditional publication. It's very blunt and not at all given to that airy, dreamy, twee approach to writing that pervades a lot of books and discussions about it and makes me want to hurl. If your friend is into that stuff, don't bother. lol