A Great Book Deal
“What
do you do for a living?”
“I
retired from my government job. Now I’m
a writer.”
“Have
you written anything I might have read?”
“I
doubt it.”
“Are
you published?”
“No
way. I just write for me.”
“What
do you write?”
“Short
stuff.”
“Stories? Poetry?
Prose?”
“No. Just my journal.”
“Oh. Like a memoir?”
“No.
More like a diary.”
“Do
you have an agent?”
“Nope.”
“I’m
an editor. Can I read your manuscript?”
“It’s
just a first draft.”
“Is
it a word doc or PDF?”
“It’s
really just a bunch of Post Its.”
“Does
it have characters?”
“The
only character is me.”
“Does
it have a plot?”
“I’m
working on that.”
“What
is it about?”
“It’s
about my old government job.”
“I
could make it a best seller. I’ll give
you a big advance.”
“What
do I have to do?”
“Just write one book. That’s it.”
“That’s
a lot of Post Its.”
“Just
give me one Post It. One sentence. I’ll have a ghost writer do the rest.”
“That’s
sounds too easy.”
“It’s
the same deal we give every former president.”
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