Can you point to progress you’re making?
by Andy Scheer
How are you coming on your work-in-progress? On your goals for the year?
With the weekend and the holiday, I just took three days off from my day job. Likely you did too. I hope the break did you good.
As we begin of the year’s second half, I find it a good time to review where I stand in key areas.
In some I’m … Continue reading
Don’t detour readers from your story.
by Andy Scheer
The first sentence told me the novel was in trouble. The rest of the paragraph confirmed that. And the second paragraph was no better.
Fortunately, the author had sent me the genre novel for a critique. So I was able to show her where she … Continue reading
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