Andrew Mayne is the star of A&E's, Don't Trust Andrew Mayne, and ranked the fifth best-selling independent author of the year by Amazon UK.

On the book cover it states what this book touches on: How to write a novella in 24 hours, How to start building your empire, How long should a story be? How to write a best-selling novel on your iPhone, The secret to making a book cover, Why you're staring at a blank screen, One weird trick to boost your creativity, Your worst idea may be your greatest, You suck at taking criticism, The curse of a creative mind, How to make sure your self-published book doesn't look self-published, My five favorite writing tools, How I named this book, and 100 no cost ways of how to promote your book.

The book mainly helps you to stay on track, and little things to do to get your creativity flowing. One exercise he teaches is to start writing and not to lift your pen until you are completely done. I've done this and it is a fabulous activity. It helps to get the juices flowing. He also teaches you to jot down ideas on your phone as you have them or any other creative ideas you have.

The book is mainly a learn-how book of the basics that every indie writer needs to know. It's a great book to increase one's confidence in their creativity. It has a lot of great tips and advice, and is worth the read.

Any writer wanting to take their craft to the next level.

Short, concise advice and tips that were straight to the point. His style of writing and his wit.

It touches on how to write a novella in 24 hours, though I find it a little misleading.

Check out other books written by Andrew Mayne.

More confident in my creativity.

Andrew Mayne is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose books include The Naturalist, a Thriller Award finalist and Black Fall an Edgar Award finalist Black Fall. He’s the star of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver, where he swam alongside great white sharks using an underwater invisibility suit he designed, and also was the star of A&E’s Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne. He currently serves as the Science Communicator for OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4.

It's a fantastic little book that covers a lot of the basics. It helps increase our confidence in our creativity. It has a lot of great tips and advice.

Published Oct. 24, 2015
90 Pages
#575 in Creativity
Rated 4.4 on Amazon

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