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ISBN: 1588480100

ISBN13: 9781588480101

Write Your Heart Out: Advice from the Moon Winx Motel

Name: Writing? Reading? Book Serves Both.
Item: Write Your Heart Out : Advice from the Moon Winx Motel
Rating: 5
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by Geoff Schmidt

This book is a cocked gun pointed at your head. It's Gus's finger on the trigger, from beyond the grave. We don't know quite when he died, but we know where: at a motel desk, working on this book. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1588480100

ISBN13:9781588480101

Release Date:October 2000

Publisher:Smallmouth Press

Length:217 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"

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Writing? Reading? Book Serves Both.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago

This excellent novel is also a how-to book that manages to be funny and heart-wrenching, sarcastic and sweet and playful but not offensive all in one. A clever parody that never belabors readers like other, ordinary how-to write books, this is a gem that meets your entertainment and your craft needs.

Experience Writing and Learn

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago

Not just about writing, this is what writing is about. It was pure joy to read and still plays in my mind. A previous reviewer is exactly right: learn from the narrative, although the instructions are so off-beat that they made me think about writing from an altogether new direction. The narrative takes the form of an autobiography of a washed up writer and is entertaining in its own right with poignant characters and clever wording. The "authors" obviously had fun writing this book. In the process, they made the world a better place and made some money. What could be better.

So Funny! Until it breaks your heart.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago

Geoff Schmidt wrote an amazingly funny and sad and good and everything else I can't think to say novel. And the parody of a how-to book never became mean-spirited. I heard him read recently, and he cracked me up. And then he made me very, very sad. Read this one folks. Get your hands on it as quickly as you can.

The man knows his craft.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago

This is a two-fer. A novel and writing guide in one. A very clever concept by the author. Better than any "how to" writing guide, this novel shows, rather than only tells, how a writer can craft a good story. But hey, just read it for the story! Energetic and hilarious writing throughout the book. Smart and troubled characters. The ending isn't formulaic, but poignant and intelligently ambiguous. What I mean is that this book is smart enough that you will want to read it with a friend or a book group. I had some good conversations about it. Just the kind of book I like.