How to Hire an Editor to Compete With the Best-Selling Authors

Tom Zumsett: If you want to compete with the best-selling authors, that means hiring and working with professional editors. He says if you don't know what your editor means when she says passive protagonist, show don't tell or resist the urge to explain, then you need to keep reading books on craft until you do. "You really do have to understand and have mastered craft yourself," he says. Eloise White is our featured patron today.