From the last post we started with the following book opening, which is pretty good writing: The red Grand Am rocketed along the narrow country road, bouncing from side to side. An arm or leg stuck out of every window, moving in time to the THUMP, THUMP, THUMP of the thousand-dollar stereo. The speedometer eased …
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From Good to Better
Recapping from the last post, here’s a paragraph that would probably get a quick rejection from an agent… A bright red 2005 Honda Civic sped down the one straightaway on a long, winding mountain road, going thirty miles per hour over the posted speed limit. Inside the Honda, four college students jammed out to the …
When Good Writing Isn’t Good Enough
As promised in the last post, I’m going to show actual writing examples that range from good to – hopefully – magnificent. Let’s start with the paragraph below… The car sped down the road. The college students inside the car hung their arms and legs out the open windows and shook them up and down …
Analogy for Great Writing
In the last post I raised the question of why I received so many rejections. My guess? Me. More specifically, I think my writing simply wasn’t good enough. How can that be? After all, I placed in the top 10 of the Jerry Jenkins contest. Believe me when I say I was confused. However, after …