Title: Interesting Premise, but...
Review: I thought that this book had a rather cool premise. In it, a bunch of random letters from famous authors to aspiring authors were found and published. As could be imagined, the quality varies greatly. Some are pretty much useless, some are full of interesting advice. Some advice is overly general, some too specific (and applicable only to the letter writer). I wish that the editor had better culled the letters to remove some of the ones that meander, discuss stuff that's too personal to be interesting to a random reader, etc. But there's at least some good advice to be found here.I'd probably recommend skimming, not buying this book. (Unless you're really into one of the listed authors and desperately want to know what he/she said about writing.)
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