Like many writing coaches, Jack Hart recommends the Carpenter’s Method in his book “A Writer’s Coach.” He quotes one of his workshop participants: Years ago I used to futz with every sentence, but then an editor told me something that really made sense. He said that when a carpenter...
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family had moved six times in six years, and I had never managed to develop any friendships. But this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go home with her after school. She lived in a fun part of town that had two pizza places, an all-right bookstore, a movie theater...