‘How Not to Write’ (2014)

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I admit that I would not open this book, believing as I do that the title captures something very easily achieved by many persons.

Almost everyone thinks he or she could be a writer… “if only I had the time.” Yeah, it’s preposterously easy! Especially novels. Anyone can write a novel.

Like so:

How Not to Write

You wouldn’t believe so many literary crimes could be committed in just one book. Mark Twain was hard on James Fenimore Cooper, but some of the books that are pitched to me put Cooper’s errors in the shade.

P.S.–The computer is rebelling this morning and has so far refused to post a picture. I’ll keep trying. Welcome to the Age of Nothing Works.