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After finishing William Germano's From Dissertation to Book , I decided to invest in my writing by reading On Writing Well and They Say, I Say . Several themes connect both books. First, writing is hard. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. These days we are flooded with books "written" by athletes, cooks, and politicians. I say "written" because once you actually pick them up, you learn that someone else wrote these books for them. For example, The Devil in the Kitchen is authored by Marco Pierre White with James Steen who happens to be a professional journalist. I have nothing against Pierre White. Actually, I find many of his interviews interesting. But there is a difference between talking and writing. Both books also treat writing as a craft. Writing doesn't just happens. You have to work on it, preferably every day. In doing so you become a better writer and a better thinker. The question then is how to write well? On Writing Well