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Writing from Life - How to turn your personal experience into profitable prose

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I was a wannabe writer for longer than I care to admit, having had fifteen minutes of fame with a short story published in a national magazine several years ago, and then for some time after that - zilch! I wish I had had this book back then, because after my flash in the pan success I didn't know what to do next. The plot for my story came to me out of the blue and begged to be written, but when I eagerly waited for inspiration to strike again .... .

Well, Lynne Hackles has now told me exactly what to do and her advice is both inspiring and realistic. I've heard the advice to 'write what you know' so many times but couldn't manage to translate that into practice because I really believed that I didn't 'know' anything sufficiently interesting. I certainly know better now, thanks to this book. It is packed with information and advice, and is written in such a down to earth, humourous style that you cannot help but enjoy the reading of it for its own sake, quite apart from the 'how to' aspect. I recommend that anyone who wants to write should buy this book. The notebook full of ideas that I now have as a result of reading it is worth the price of the book a hundred times over. Lynne Hackles - thank you!