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A review by tobin_elliott
On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche

5.0

It's funny how a book can come along at exactly the right time...twice.

I picked this up only because a customer in the bookstore where I work had brought it up with a few other books, saw the price ($16 for 80 slim pages), and told me they were passing on that one. I hadn't even known of the book's existence prior to that moment, but it stood out as something I might like to read. I set it aside and purchased it that day.

Then it sat on my shelf, in the order with all my other TBR books. And it's time came this morning, which is good, because I've been struggling lately with my writing.

And this eminently quotable little book? It gave me the kick in the butt I've needed, by also giving me a different perspective that I also needed.

This is a good book.