Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So, you're considering buying this book. Okay. Here's what you're going to get out of it: -Get a voice dictation program so you can increase your WPM by speaking. -Make a set space to write and remove all distractions. Wake up early if you have to. -Write every day. Even on holidays like Christmas. Get your butt in the chair every single day. That's it. That's the book. I'll admit, I was turned off right from the start, when he assumes a reader won't want to read his book because his suggestions are so hard, then when you get to the end, he restates this again, that most readers will have put down the book a long time ago. By assuming the worst of the readers taking his advice, he's turning them off before they can take it. I wasn't surprised to see so many mentions of reddit on here, because his book reads like every bro-y reddit user ever. Does he ultimately have good advice? Yes. Anytime someone tells a writer "hey, if you sit down and practice writing, your writing speeds are going to get faster, and also you'll be more productive," that's generally good advice. But beyond that basic detail, this book really just didn't give... anything. He talked about gaining wealth, and it's heavily implied that this wealth is tied to his writing career, which makes him seem credible in his suggestions. No, turns out that wealth is tied to apps he develops. Also the book was weirdly fatphobic, dismissing people who overeat and saying how he turned his life around by going to the gym (good for him), but a lot of that seemed wildly unrelated to the rest of what he was trying to say, even as he tried to make it an analogy. Ultimately, for someone who is very "people who put their bio in the beginning just want to talk about themselves," this entire book was filled with I, I, I propping up how wonderful he and his system are. Which... great. Except his system is literally "go sit and time your writing sprint and aim to do better in the next writing sprint." There are better books out there to teach you this same thing, and his idea that editing rounds are even faster than writing rounds is... laughable. (Also, at one point he suggests you practice speed editing by changing the age or gender of a character for... no real reason other than to practice speed editing? Um. Okay). tl;dr: Book tells you to sit your butt down and write. Go do that. It's an infinitely better use of your time than reading the book itself.