Member Review
Review by
Faye H, Reviewer
The One Week Writing Workshop by Karin Adams is a practical guide designed to help aspiring novelists overcome the challenges of turning their ideas into a finished manuscript. The book breaks down the writing process into manageable, actionable tasks through a proven seven-step method.
As context for my review, I recently started outlining the plot of a novel. When I saw the ARC of The One Week Writing Workshop available on NetGalley, I jumped at the chance to gain more knowledge of the writing process while I'm still in the planning stage. I knew it would also give me an opportunity just to practice my writing and find my style before getting into the really hard work of actually writing a novel!
The book provides a few approaches for following the content, based on how many of the activities you complete per chapter and how long you want to spend working through the content every day. I did intend to do one chapter/step per day, however Day 1's activities generated a random idea that really got me inspired and I ended up completing the first three days' activities in one go! As the lessons build up, they really flesh out the new ideas and provide a lot of great writing practice.
The chapters focus on ideas, characters, setting, plot and planning, drafting, rest and revision. I found that this 7 step process really worked for me. I really enjoyed the exercises and I went from day 1's idea-generating exercises to a fully fleshed out story by the end of day 7, in a completely different genre to the one I was actively planning before starting this ARC! Rather than this being a diversion or distraction, this actually gave me confidence in my ideas/creativity and I had a lot of fun working through the exercises and just writing something I found fun and interesting.
There's advice on how to reuse the 7 step process as an ongoing resource after finishing the book, and I will definitely use this method again.
Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley, but this is my voluntary and honest review.
As context for my review, I recently started outlining the plot of a novel. When I saw the ARC of The One Week Writing Workshop available on NetGalley, I jumped at the chance to gain more knowledge of the writing process while I'm still in the planning stage. I knew it would also give me an opportunity just to practice my writing and find my style before getting into the really hard work of actually writing a novel!
The book provides a few approaches for following the content, based on how many of the activities you complete per chapter and how long you want to spend working through the content every day. I did intend to do one chapter/step per day, however Day 1's activities generated a random idea that really got me inspired and I ended up completing the first three days' activities in one go! As the lessons build up, they really flesh out the new ideas and provide a lot of great writing practice.
The chapters focus on ideas, characters, setting, plot and planning, drafting, rest and revision. I found that this 7 step process really worked for me. I really enjoyed the exercises and I went from day 1's idea-generating exercises to a fully fleshed out story by the end of day 7, in a completely different genre to the one I was actively planning before starting this ARC! Rather than this being a diversion or distraction, this actually gave me confidence in my ideas/creativity and I had a lot of fun working through the exercises and just writing something I found fun and interesting.
There's advice on how to reuse the 7 step process as an ongoing resource after finishing the book, and I will definitely use this method again.
Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley, but this is my voluntary and honest review.
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