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Title: Sappier than syrup
Review: What else can I say? This book was nearly unbearable. Seriously. From beginning to end, the author spends page after page so immersed in poetic metaphors to show how gifted he is (sorry, that's the impression I got) and how glorious his life as a writer has been that there's hardly any space left for the useful information I was hoping to find in this book. I felt him pushing, forcing his readers to be inspired rather than inspiring his readers. Yes, I was inspired at first, for a moment, but that soon faded. The constant bragging about his ASTONISHING talent and dedication (though I think that what he sees as dedication, such as writing 1000 words a day since the age of 22, is more of a compulsion) got old by the time I was done with the first of a dozen essays. There are some nuggets of wisdom here and there, but the syrup-soaked rhetoric the readers must endure to find these tiny treasures isn't worth reading the book, if you ask me.
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