by David Colin Carr | Jun 18, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve had some 60 rejections of the one fiction piece I’ve submitted to agents, even agents with whom I have some collegial relationship. The most memorable rejection is the first, not because it was the first, but because it was a xerox of a xerox of a xerox of a...
by David Colin Carr | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
I hate to say it, but I observe in my teaching venues, in my self-publishing network, and among potential clients that writers give very little thought to their audience. Fiction and memoir writers especially, but also some non-fiction folks who are passionate about...
by David Colin Carr | Apr 8, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized, Writing
The challenge with memoir is to make it interesting to someone other than the writer. A memoir should expose the useful lessons, presenting them in a way that explores the inner territory as well as the universal. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is great...
by David Colin Carr | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
Writers: Respect your reader’s mind. Who are the readers you want to reach? Who are the people likely to want to read your work? These are two very different categories—and hopefully there is some overlap, which is your real market potential – especially if they are...
