So, I was planning to write a post about Dolly Parton, but the idea I had didn’t work out. I’m doing a post that, at face value, looks easy, but it’s not for me. I want to search for review tips because I was taught how to write a review at school, specifically book reviews, but it was at that time in my life when I didn’t care about books or reading, so I would find mismatched sentences and call it a review. I know some of you told me you like them, but I’m not confident in that part of the writing, so I would like to change it. My goal here is to have easy-to-go points when I’m not feeling on my A-game. I want to go back to Bookgram.
- Mark Quotes.
At the start of the year, I did it for a post, but in recent months I haven’t done it for two reasons: I was doing something else while listening, or I feared the author had AI help.
- Pick a catchy tagline.
I can write a decent tagline; my issue is that, for any content, for that matter, it’s the tags that you add to the post that have the potential to show up for people who don’t know about me or the book, so that is the tricky part.
- Start writing your review at 50% of the book.
I did this in the past, but it felt like cheating; then you always have the risk of forgetting details from the start.
- Share your theories of what you think is happening from the first five chapters
Something to keep in mind is that this part of your review can change due to spoilers you didn’t know by the end of the book.
- Write about your connection to the characters or how the story aligns with ours.
I know this isn’t for every reader or writer, but keep in mind that we all have a story to tell.
Now for the important point of all: you can’t make everyone love what you write, so you might as well write it the way that sounds good to you