Tarah Scott: Recent Comments2008-08-22T01:45:11Zhttp://tarahscott.tarahscott.com/comments/atom.aspxQuick BlogComment on Third week of August giveawaytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-19:1291421Kathleen Gereg2008-08-19T00:46:07Z2008-08-19T00:46:07ZComment on This is too funnytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-17:1287845Dina2008-08-17T18:18:53Z2008-08-17T18:18:53ZComment on Third week of August giveawaytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-17:1286970Eva S2008-08-17T04:38:52Z2008-08-17T04:38:52ZComment on This is too funnytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-16:1286819tena2008-08-16T23:59:25Z2008-08-16T23:59:25ZComment on This is too funnytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-16:1286805shirley b2008-08-16T23:53:20Z2008-08-16T23:53:20ZComment on This is too funnytag:tarahscott.tarahscott.com,2008-08-16:1285433Tarah2008-08-19T06:45:09Z2008-08-16T07:15:51Z One gentleman I met when asked to attend a local memoirs writers group asked me to read his story. I cautiously asked how long the manuscript was. "One hundred pages," he replied. I had liked the sound of his story, so agreed, but specified that I might be a while in getting to it. He sent me the ms. It was single spaced, double sided! That's a four hundred page manuscript! For those who may not write, we format our manuscripts at 25 pt paragraph spacing (that's more than double space,) single sided. So a four hundred page manuscript is about 100 pages single spaced doubled sided--that's a full length novel.
Needless to say, the thought of reading his manuscript was daunting. Then, I took a look at it. It was a real shame he couldn't write the darned thing the way he described it to me. It was a real mess. What makes the whole thing funny was that he later emailed asking me to send the ms back to him!
Another very memorable experience comes to mind. While judging a contest, I once got a manuscript that was on onion paper--that's a real no no--the page numbers at top had been crossed out and corrected in pencil, that text was crooked on the paper and, here's the best--well, almost the best--there were no almost paragraph breaks. Each page was filled with one OR two long paragraphs. Add to that the fact there were no commas, and no quotes to indicate dialogue, that puppy was one tough chapter to read.
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