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October 3, 2009
The Freelance Writer’s Bible: Your Guide to a Profitable Writing Career Within One Year
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Category: Freelance Writing Books
- ISBN13: 9781879505858
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The Freelance Writer’s Bible unites four practical workbooks under one cover. * Discover your creative vision Find yourself as a writer. * Write with freedom and confidence Break through your fears and achieve higher levels of creativity and writing excellence. * Sell to 17 key writing markets Learn how to make money in every profitable writing area. * Create your strategic marketing plan Design the master plan for your writing career. Learn what you… More >>
The Freelance Writer’s Bible: Your Guide to a Profitable Writing Career Within One Year
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Impersonation of Trottier: “Wow I’m so excited! I’m going to pretend to be full of enthusiasm so that you’ll have a good impression the book you’ve purchased. This way, you’ll ignore the fact that the first quarter of this book has no substance. In fact, I’ll ask you stupid questions like: ‘Why do you write?’ and ‘What’s important to you’ and ‘If you had to write a letter to your son and you knew you’d never see him again — what would write to him?’”
There are so many pointless littls sessions throughout the first quarter of the book… it’s just FLUFF!
He asks you all sorts of questions and you’re supposed to answer them — then he says: “Those questions are specifically designed so that you can see what your most important values are.”
But what he doesn’t realize is that most people already KNOW what their values are and already KNOW what sorts of things they’re going to be writing about, based off of those important values.
If you don’t know what you’re going to write about, and why your writing it, then you have no business trying to write!
I like Trottier’s book on script writing, but man! … this book irritates the hell out of me.
Granted, after the first quarter of the book — it FINALLY has substance, but if you’re going to start a book out with poinlessness then you’re going to piss off your readers — I happen to know that — MOST PEOPLE know that — so what quallifies him to be teaching us anything?
I don’t care if he has a good writing career — if he’s going to “teach” none-substance material, then he’s not teaching.
I’m sorry — but I can’t stand books like this. It’s as if the excitement in the wording is going to inspire you, motivate you, and get you to do all sorts of things even though you haven’t read a single word of substance.
For the first two pages, the excitement it contagouse — it’s a good hook, but that “hook” lasts and entire quarter of the damn book. How long can you possibly be expected to tollerate that garbage?
This book could have been brilliant without that first quarter. That’s not just an opinion. That’s a damn fact.
This is one of the worst “How to improve your writing” book I’ve ever seen.
Rating: 1 / 5
Marketing is the part of a writing career that is often overlooked and yet is one of the most important job requirements. This book offers helpful insight.
Rating: 5 / 5
David Trottier has done an excellent job of compiling some great resources and references to help launch a successful writing career for the beginning writer and to revitalize that of the professional writer.
The book is set up as an interactive workbook that not only leads the writer down a path of technical know-how in getting writing jobs and getting published, but helps one to form a positive image of self as a writer and to develop a set of personal writing and life goals. It also gives some advice, encouragement, and other things you can do as a writer to keep yourself motivated and focused on your writing career goals and aspiratons.
Trottier details 17 different “fields” or “categories” of writing and shows how any serious writer can make a living by writing within any one of them or a combination of them.
This is an essential book for the career writer or anyone who wants to have a go at making a living being a writer. If you have the perseverance and drive to put this book into action, you will be a successful writer.
Rating: 4 / 5
Writing is an excellent way to build a career working from home. The Freelance Writer’s Bible is a great first step into discovering the type of writer in you and how to make money at it within 1 year. It guides you through setting your goals, learning about the different ways to earn a living at writing, and creating a plan. You’ll probably still want to invest in books that target your specific writing type (magazines, copywriting, books, etc), but in terms of getting focused and organized to start a writing career, this is a good resource.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has changed my writing life! I not only feel empowered, but I am confident I will succeed. Read this book and you will find your “voice.” Also, the large section on key writing markets is jammed with specific information that will help you sell what you write. I saw opportunities I hadn’t previously considered. Thanks to this book, I now have a marketing plan and am ready for the new year.
Tom Wall
Rating: 5 / 5