Ten Things I Hate About Your Book

An editor's advice for aspiring writers





The hard truths about your book that your mother wouldn't tell you



But I will

Because

If you want to be published, you need to know



                          Chapter 1. Oh, those beautiful green eyes

                          Chapter 2. Hey guess what I'm writing in a new style no commas

                          Chapter 3. "I will write in any style I want," he warned. "I hope you do," she urged

                          Chapter 4. Yes, I think foreshadowing is defined as walking down the street with the sun at your back

                          Chapter 5. How many subplots did you say you have? Only fourteen?

                          Chpater 6. I do like Shakespeare, but he used so many clichés

                          Chapter 7. Adverbs! I threateningly reached for my red pencil

                          Chapter 8. This head-hoping is great, he thought. Hmm, she said to herself, I wonder if he's thinking of POV ping-pong

                          Chapter 9. Grammar? That's so yesterday. But, whatever

                          Chapter 10. Spelling? I like to envent new words




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