Saturday, February 20, 2016

Practical Tip on Writing a Book from John Schwartz

John Schwartz
Author of Short: Walking Tall When You’re Not Tall at All
Advice from a Newsweek editor I worked with in the ’80s, Nancy Cooper. Roughly my age, but so much smarter and more worldly and sophisticated. I was worried about writing the opening story of the nation section. And she sent me a note that read: ”You just start working and you keep working til it’s done. That’s all there is to it; no mystery.”