Vanity Circus: Excerpt from Chapter 1: The Good, The Bad and The Brutally Ugly
The following is an excerpt from my book on publishing titled Vanity Circus , which is available on Amazon and my website at 3L Publishing ( www.3LPublishing.com ). Want to know a way to absolutely ruin an utterly brilliant day? Be forced to read a tragically and poorly written manuscript (fiction or non-fiction … doesn’t matter). In my opinion, nothing is worse than being forced to read a manuscript that for all intents and purposes is utter drivel to the extreme – and perhaps the most pain I can possibly experience is also to be subjected to horrible, horrible dialog. Nothing makes a reader wince more than weak dialog written in a stilted and idiotic manner. I promise you that forcing a reader to strain through inane and meaningless dialog will drive them mad. So with that said, it’s time to tell you about The Good, The Bad and The Brutally Ugly when it comes to sifting through and reading a pile of manuscripts. The Good The Good manuscript while it has a handful of...