How well does your manuscript score?
by Andy Scheer
Awhile back, Jerry B. Jenkins asked if he could refer people in his writers guild to me for critiques. I agreed.
But last week when someone asked, I realized I was only half-prepared. While I had a time-tested grid to assess novels, I didn’t have … Continue reading
There are limits to “fair use.”
by Andy Scheer
Halfway through the manuscript, I’ve found three violations that could land author in big trouble. At the least they could prevent the book from getting published.
First this author quoted a full poem, mentioning only the author’s name. Sorry, but that’s … Continue reading
Don’t waste your sentence’s key part.
by Andy Scheer
Today as I edited a manuscript for busy moms, I thought of birds and binoculars:
Specifically, I thought of an illustration that taught me how the words a writer places at the end of a sentence stick in a reader’s mind.
Here’s the illustration, … Continue reading