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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Workshops
I believe writers’ workshops, when used correctly, are a good tool for a writer to use. When used for the wrong reason, they are destructive beyond all measure. And there are so many myths built up around writers’ workshops that this might take a few chapters. In this chapter, I will focus on the top myths about writers’ workshops and also get into how to use a workshop correctly. Big Workshop Myth #1. A WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU FIX A MANUSCRIPT. Of course, that’s total hogwash, but many writers go into a workshop thinking just that. Workshops, in the form that we know them today, have been around since the…
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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing. Agents
The myth is simply: YOU MUST HAVE AN AGENT TO SELL A BOOK To be clear, I like agents and have no desire to bring them harm. But the myths these days about agents are so thick and have become so ugly to new writers, I figured I had better tackle at least one of them next. And yes, there are more than one. And in the last 20 years, the biggest myth that has blown up into a damaging myth is that you need an agent to sell a book. This is, of course, complete hogwash, but I have no doubt some of you reading this are already resisting…