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  <title><![CDATA[Techniques of the Selling Writer]]></title>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[GO AHEAD. UNDERLINE THE GOOD PARTS<br/>                <br/>Good writing is not the subject here, commercial writing is. Mister Swain's purpose is to teach you how to produce fiction that will sell. That you arrive already an expert fashioner of sentences is a prerequisite. Anything less, he admon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7355432">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've heard this described as the best book to read about how to write. I would be inclined to agree. It's extremely informative. I think novice writers would get a lot out of it, and even people like me (who've read a LOT of books about writing) could get some useful tips.<br/><br/>The title is no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21504772">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book, but the author's style often got to me as I was reading it. I think it has a lot of value to the writer, especially the beginner, but even seasoned pros could glean something from this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books on the craft of writing. ]]></body>
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    <review id="23817341">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book does and doesn't really have to do anything to do with the title.  I was really skeptical when I first started to read it.  Swain does get annoying when he poses hypothetical questions beginning writers might ask.  Boring.  Some really fantastic tools in here, at least for boneheads like me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23817341">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, hardheaded advice for a writer who is less interested in creating &quot;great art&quot; and more interested in writing something other people want to read -- and editors want to buy.  The advice is dated in spots -- this book was first published in 1965 -- but 90% of what Swain says about the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25750231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25923016">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I particularly enjoyed the chapters on plot and scene-building. Lots of good advice, although some elements of the book show its age. The book as a whole is lengthy and a little hard to get through. I'll probably purchase this one as a reference so that I can review the helpful sections as I need to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25923016">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, I'm still learning.  This is my second time through.  It was tough slogging at first as the print was small and the tone didactic, but worth the effort in the end.  I'm gleaning more this time around]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've ready many very good books on writing fiction. If I had to pick my favorite it would be Dwight Swain's.<br/><br/>Randy]]></body>
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    <review id="32868009">
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    <body><![CDATA[Aimed at fiction writers, but solid stuff every writer needs to be reminded of. Not ponderous, but damned pithy.]]></body>
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    <review id="24414558">
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    <body><![CDATA[Thoroughly enjoyed it.  Sound advice.  Knows what he's talking about.]]></body>
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    <review id="1133995">
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    <body><![CDATA[excellent - borrowed from library and promptly bought from amazon ]]></body>
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    <review id="31210656">
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book I've read on writing.]]></body>
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