This is a great book. It was funny, encouraging and informative. I had tried my had at writing once and it took me years to finish a novel. But when I read this I was reminded of one simple fact... Writers write. I told my wife and kids that I was going to be mentally checked out for a month and then I went about the fun of writing. 1600 words a day came and went and instead of being slowed down by re-writing every other paragraph, I was able to have enjoy creating a story and at the end of 29 days, I had a 60,000 page novel complete with loveable and despicable characters, I even worked in a subplot. The novel wasn't magically ready for publication after one draft, but it is something that I can edit and hopefully get out there.Chris Baty, got me to think about sitting down and putting one word after the other and letting the story develop. It was awesome.