Member Review

This past summer I fulfilled a lifelong dream - attending the Iowa Summer Writer's Conference - the pinnacle of writing programs in the United States, a place of the greats .I found Karin Adam's The One Week Writing Workshop to be more helpful. The workshop in Iowa had the same premise - let's launch characters, let's think through plot, let's look for layered development -- but when I went home I honestly wanted to quit the writing dream entirely.

Adams book makes a really daunting subject seem accessible. There is an acknowledgment that not all activities work for everyone / there are layers to how much effort each person might put into each activity, but every activity can serve as a building block. I appreciated the way activities were organized with workout lingo - with core being essential and stretch being reach-for-it learning opportunities. Adams is able to go over the basics in an uncomplicated fashion that seems achievable for anyone, no matter their level or experience.

I feel like this is a book I can open again and again over years and still get something new out of it each time.

Thank you to NetGalley and to Indigo Rose publishing for the ARC.