Comments | guruburu: Help me help you

guruburu

Help me help you

Mar 12, 2009 18:23

I've been toying around the idea of writing some kind of self-help book for a good long while, but Steve Harvey's climb to #1 this week has inspired me to really get serious and make tons of money quick ( Read more... )

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juanoclock March 13 2009, 02:58:34 UTC

How about a "choosing the right self-help book" book?

guruburu March 13 2009, 04:17:45 UTC

Oh, I could see that being a whopping 2 page leaflet, double-spaced.

juanoclock March 13 2009, 05:06:35 UTC

That's where creative writing comes in handy.

I can imagine devoting an entire chapter on what would happen if you chose the wrong self-help book.

"Mr. X was a charming man. Had a wife, kids, 401k plan. Nice house in the suburbs. Everyone liked him. What's more, he liked himself. Still, he was starting to notice a little flab on his midsection and wondered how he could get rid of it. So, he went down to the local book store to see what he could find. Mr. X bought a coffee, as he always did at the book store, and lolled about, browsing from one end to the other--as he always did during his time off. Soon, he forgot what brought him there. Suddenly, he found himself in the carpentry section. Here was a book on building decks. There was a book on woodworking. Finally, he came upon a book on the art of jigsawing, which he leafed through and decided to buy. This is where he made his fatal mistake..."