One reason editors often reject manuscripts are viewpoint problems, so let’s talk about point of view. What is point of view (POV)? The point of view is the lens through which we experience the story. Basically, there are three [...]
We mentioned before that we’re going to blog about the reasons why we reject manuscripts. At the start of our series of blog posts, let’s talk about the most common reason for rejecting manuscripts: The author told the story instead [...]
In our first year of business, we received more than a dozen manuscripts. We had to reject ninety percent of them—mostly for the same reasons. Here are the top twelve reasons manuscripts are rejected: The author is telling instead [...]
There are many myths and misconceptions about writing and publishing, including the assumption that a book will be published with minimal changes soon after the author submits it to the publisher. But that’s not the case, at least not [...]