Okay so when I started off this book it didn't seem that good and the author seemed really full of herself and was using a lot of words to say nothing at all in an attempt to hook the reader. This went on way too long. A chapter, sure, but three and a half? I was about ready to put down the book.

But then it got good. It started to get into the nitty-gritty, providing examples from a real author (bc the author is a professional critic or something like that, she hasn't actually written a book but that doesn't mean her advice isn't good). Once you get into that the advice is really good and she gives you exercises to work out where your story needs to start, go, and how your characters develop and all for that. It's very good.