Write Good Sh*t

Title:: Write Good Sh*t
Year:: 2018
Author:: Sylver, RoAnna
Genre::
Rating:: 5
date finished:: 2018-03-10

Great writing advice book

This was a really great book of writing and publishing advice, and RoAnna's writing style is well suited for the subject matter. At times no holds barred and others gentle, RoAnna seems to know where writers need the whip and where they need encouragement in order to get the best out of themselves.

This book stood out for me because it not only took into account the writing of LGBT+ characters (and authors who are LBGT+ themselves) but also writing people with other marginalisations as well.

And, refreshingly, this book allows for writers to be marginalised themselves. A lot of writing advice books don't take into account the fact the reader might be disabled or mentally ill and often extol rigorous habits and routines in order to meet your writing goals. Write Good Sh*t, doesn't do this, and in fact encourages writers with disabilities and/or mental illness to take care of themselves to enable them to do their writing.

For this reason alone I would consider this book one to come back to again and again, but it offers to much more. RoAnna Sylver is an excellent writer, and I will be seeking out more of their work.

Highlights

(Our tastes, they are refined, they are particular, and if you’re me, often require a certain level of Gay). — location: 116

WRITERS ARE ALWAYS so ready to believe the worst of their work. (Unless you’re so up your own butt you think you’re God’s gift to writing, but I literally haven’t met a single writer like that in the wild. Probably because I don’t hang out with many straight white guys-ohHHHHH!!) — location: 722

You will get tired, and discouraged, and there will be days when you will question everything you’re doing with your life. Burnout is an absolute bitch. — location: 807

WRITING IS MY LIFE. And my life is also made up of a veritable cornucopia of suck. Mostly in the form of chronic illnesses, pain, and a brain that would much rather do anything besides writing, including dying immediately. — location: 1018

One of my favorite tricks is to think about all of the people in my life who would love it if I stopped, and then write just to spite them. — location: 1045

You are a goddamn hero. I MEAN THAT LAST ONE. This is not just sugary-sweet #inspirational bullcrap; — location: 1082