How could you make your project shine?
by Andy Scheer
This weekend I finished judging more than 130 pieces of published writing for a national magazine contest. A few days earlier, in mid-February Colorado, I took advantage of a break in the weather to wash my winter-encrusted minivan.
Don’t leave out a section you need.
by Andy Scheer
The nonfiction manuscript I just edited ran some 64,000 words. But as I first scanned the file, I saw the author had forgotten something important: a table of contents.
Don’t laugh. Of all the sections readers expect in the front of a book, it’s … Continue reading
Prepare readers to accept the unlikely.
by Andy Scheer
This past Saturday I watched some unbelievable football. At the close of the Packers-Cardinals game, the commentators kept saying they couldn’t believe the play they’d just seen. The Packers’ desperation long pass and reception as time expired was virtually unprecedented.
Except for those … Continue reading