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Dr Rayne's Guide To Writerly Disorders: A Tongue-in-Cheek Diagnosis For What Ails Authors (Writer's Craft) Kindle Edition

by Rayne Hall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Do you suffer from Synopsisitis, New Novel Itch, Mad Muse Attack, Reality Blindness or Reichenball Falls Syndrome?

If people think your behaviour is weird, this book will convince them that you're perfectly normal for a writer. You are simply afflicted with a Creatively Transmitted Disease.

Compare your symptoms, discover the cure (if there is one) and diagnose your writer friends.

Compiled by veteran author Rayne Hall, this book is a short, fun-to-read guide and suitable as a gift for yourself or the writer in your life.

British English.


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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06Y4CWG7T
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 3, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6.2 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 86 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1546994947
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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Rayne Hall

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Rayne Hall MA is the author of over 100 books, mostly Dark Fantasy and Gothic Horror, e.g. The Bride’s Curse: Bulgarian Gothic Ghost and Horror Stories. She is also the acclaimed editor of Gothic, Fantasy and Horror anthologies (e.g. Among the Headstones: Creepy Tales from the Graveyard) and author of the bestselling Writer’s Craft series for advanced-level writers, including and the bestselling Writer’s Craft series e.g. Writing Gothic Fiction Writing Scary Scenes, Writing Vivid Settings, Writing Vivid Dialogue, Writing Vivid Characters, Writing Deep Point of View.

Born and raised in Germany, Rayne Hall has lived in China, Mongolia, Nepal and Britain. Now she resides in a village in Bulgaria, where men perform the annual demon dance, ghosts and sirens beckon, and abandoned decaying houses hold memories of a glorious past.

Her lucky black rescue cat Sulu often accompanies her when she explores spooky derelict buildings. He delights in walking across shattered roof tiles, scratching charred timbers and sniffing at long-abandoned hearths. He even senses the presence of ghosts… but that’s another story.

Rayne has worked as an investigative journalist, development aid worker, museum guide, apple picker, tarot reader, adult education teacher, belly dancer, magazine editor, publishing manager and more, and now writes full time.

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  • T. Palmer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Goofy and Lighthearted addition to the Writer's Craft series
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2017
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    Having already purchased several of Rayne Hall's writing books, I knew that I was going to get something good this time. What I wasn't expecting was the hilarious list of 'afflictions' that authors suffer from. Things such as 'Catachresis', 'Catatonia', and 'Kleptoleximania' (something I apparently suffer on a regular basis). If you're a writer, I'd highly recommend checking this book out but, be warned, it may cause an extreme case of 'Procrastinitis.'
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  • Cynthia B
    4.0 out of 5 stars Read the sample.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017
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    This wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be. It's... amusing, but I am glad I didn't spend a lot for it.
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  • Melissa T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Funny book
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017
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    This book is as funny as Rayne Hall is on twitter. It is a tongue in cheek on all the little things that authors fret over and do while writing, or they are supposed to be writing. Take it in small doses though.
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  • Christie Powell
    5.0 out of 5 stars The humor was well mixed with comradery and useful tips. I suffer from Goofoffitis (actually
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
    When I began, I worried that I would need to take it in small doses lest it get too silly. I needn't have. The humor was well mixed with comradery and useful tips. I suffer from Goofoffitis (actually, I seem to enjoy it, but the words don't write themselves...) and Pristine Page Paralysis.
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  • Roses are Amber
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gift Idea For The Writer In Your Life
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2017
    Dr Rayne's Guide To Writerly Disorders: A Tongue-in-Cheek Diagnosis For What Ails Authors is a speedy read at just 35 pages. With around 80 quick witted and fun disorders which may affect any writer at any time, this book would make a good present for an author you might know. Some of my favourites were:

    Distypea – the tendency to hit the wrong key,

    Mad Blogger disease – mentally composing blog post material and tweets continually.

    Mad Reviewer Disease – which I most definitely have.

    Proof Blindness.

    Reichenback Falls Syndrome – when a character is killed but refuses to stay dead.

    And Technobabble syndrome – a compulsion to insert scientific jargon which slows the book and makes little sense to the reader.

    Recommended to bring a chuckle to any writers or avid readers.
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