: Re: Are 'how-to write fiction' books full of it? I built and sold a business during my first decade of adulthood. During that period, I read a lot of business books published by the popular press.

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No one ever became rich or successful simply by reading a book.
Books which document business success and strategy are simply documents about how successful people achieved success through their hard work, risk taking spirit and enterprising nature. They document things which already happened. And as life has shown us many times, there is no set formula and no pattern. So taking bookish advice and applying the same simply does not work out.
Successful people acted according to a plan, according to circumstances and followed their instincts. What worked for them might not work for us.
For success to work, we have to be in the present moment. We have to be well aware of the facts and the circumstances surrounding us and then act upon it, take risks and take responsibility for our actions.
All that simply does not happen by reading books. No doubt, a good book will inspire you to think out of the box. But acting on the same thoughts might not work out for you.

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