"We get a sinking feeling whenever a client or prospective client talks about submitting her/his manuscript to the book club before sending it to us for review. What makes us tremble is the prospect of having to sort out a book written by committee, going every which way and not really adding up to anything. But really, it only takes one misguided reader to send" Reader, Oh Reader, Where Art Thou?
"Writing a memoir is more than regurgitating everything you can remember about your life. In fact, regurgitation is sure to result in a big mess, a whole lot of words tossed all over the place. Unless you are such a well-known person that readers are interested when you sneeze because you have developed allergies or walk to the corner store for pickles or check THE" Looking for the Story in Your Memoir
"One of the quirky things about the first drafts of novels we see is that they are often full of characters, who start things and never seem to finish them. We are always reading about Character X, who “began to wash the dishes” or Character Y, “who began to close the windows.” There is often no reference to Character X finishing washing the dishes or" ADD Characters? Or Overzealous Writing?
