Definitely useful and inspirational for who, like me, is interested in writing. It was fun and encouraging to identify myself in some of the situations the authors of the different essays were describing, even though I didn't agree with all of them. Some of the essays were so poignant and eye-opening to me that I felt the urge of starting to write and apply immediately their suggestions. Skipped instead the part relative to marketing and the book market, because I'm no interested in making a living out of writing so far. Definitely though if you are into writing and want to improve your skills, I recommend this reading!