Ozzy The Book Reviewer: The Story Cure by Dinty W. Moore

Summary By Blogging for Books:

A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting and characterization issues, and other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University.

People want to write the book they know is inside of them, but they run into stumbling blocks that trouble everyone from beginners to seasoned writers. Drawing on his years of teaching at both the university level and at writing workshops across the country, Professor Dinty W. Moore dons his book-doctor hat to present an authoritative guide to curing the issues that truly plague writers at
all levels. His hard-hitting handbook provides inspiring solutions for diagnoses such as character anemia, flat plot, and silent voice, and is peppered with flashes of Moore's signature wit and unique take on the writing life.

My Thoughts:
So I don’t normally read How-to books, and if I do I have to be truly interested in the subject or at least interested enough that I am not pulling my hair out, out of frustration, because I have found them confusing in the past. I really liked the set up for this one book, I think that it had a lot of great advice and tips and interesting prompts, it was simple to understand and it had really helped my writing, with character building and the overall structure of my novel. Dinty’s analogies in the second part of the book were super helpful. Overall, this book had exceeded my expectations and went up and beyond although I wouldn’t say the book and its process was entirely painless.

"I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DINTY W. MOORE is director of Ohio University’s BA, MA, and PhD in creative writing programs. He has authored various books of literary nonfiction as well as textbooks and craft guides, most notably Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy and his memoir, Between Panic & Desire, winner of the Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize. He has been published in Harpers, the New York Times Sunday Magazine,
the Philadelphia Inquirer, Utne Reader, Salon, Okey-Panky, the Southern Review, the Georgia Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Moore is founder and editor of Brevity and is a frequent speaker and teacher at writers’ conferences.