by Linden Gross | Jul 24, 2015 | Editing, Publishing
A friend and writing coach client, Art Samson, the author of The Captains’ Airline: Pushing Back From The Brink, is drafting a new preface for his novel. So many high-visibility, non-U.S. airplane accidents have occurred since his book came out in 2012, that Art...
by Linden Gross | Dec 12, 2014 | Editing, Language
“Excruciating,” read one email. An even worse note hit shortly thereafter. “Seriously, my neighbor who has watched me come unraveled sprayed some kind of pot thing on my tongue to help anxiety.” After a few months of sloppy writing, my new client Sherri Hutcheson, a...
by Linden Gross | Nov 28, 2014 | Editing, Writing
Here’s the mathematical beauty about writing. The same stupidly simple formula that applies to books as a whole also applies to chapters, paragraphs and even sentences. Say what? It’s true. Just as a chapter presents a single thesis or theme that...
by Linden Gross | Nov 14, 2014 | Editing
You have a first draft. Hurray! Once you finish congratulating yourself, it’s time to fall out of love with your prose. Here’s the great writing-related irony. When you started this process, I’ll bet you judged your work so harshly that you...
