Cleats by Bill Hinds for November 13, 2024
Transcript:
Mondo: What did you think about my rewrite, Tuan? Boy: Mondo, do you have a personal interest in your subject? Mondo: Abby Harper? Are you kidding? What makes you think that? Boy: That last line, "Abby Harper, I get a kick out of you." Mondo: I was just trying to give the reader a feeling of what it was like to be there. Boy: See if you can make it seem like the reader is there but you are not.
Ah, the editor: much-overlooked hero of so much literature!