Negative Positive
Title: Worst Book Ever Written
Review: I read this book shortly after being admitted, at twenty-six, to a prestigious MFA program with a full scholarship. I didn't go to the program b/c I wanted to write on my own, and -- with the thundering commands of McKee echoing through my head -- for the next four years, I was completely unable to write. It should tell you something that McKee himself has never written anything. He is a critic, not an author, and therefore, he has never learned that the source of creativity is not in the booming critical mind, but in the ineffable voice that only comes when all of that is silenced, or ignored. Please don't waste your time with this book, with reams of notecards, with step outlines and whatever else McKee is peddling.
Is the review positive or negative? 