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<\/a><\/p>\n“If you have good pacing, you can write about paint drying and make it interesting. It’s all in the timing.”<\/p>\n
~Irene Goodman, literary agent<\/p>\n
“Here’s a cheap trick: if you want to make a point, start a new paragraph.”<\/p>\n
~Selden Edwards, author of The Little Book<\/em><\/p>\n“It’s not my job to find that literary kernel and nourish it. It’s my job to find something that’s pretty much ready to publish now.”<\/p>\n
~Lucia Macro, editor<\/p>\n
“You can’t just get a great opening sentence and then relax.”<\/p>\n
~Irene Goodman<\/p>\n
“If there are three things you want to tell, leave two of them out at first.”<\/p>\n
~Selden Edwards<\/p>\n
“Everything’s been done – what matters is the twist, the spin you give it.”<\/p>\n
~Irene Goodman<\/p>\n
Next: Creating a Big Book Campaign on a Not-So-Big Budget, by Kristina McMorris<\/p>\n
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