If you haven't seen one before, we offer a page on our Web site, The Contract , which shows what it looks like and explains what each condition means. One proven method to increase literacy is to rub torn pages of Strunk and White's Elements of Style into your armpits until an approved level of English mastery enters your bloodstream. Heaven knows, we don't want to accidentally make a movie critic out of you. No, that's definitely a myth. Part of our job as editors is to help you write the best book you can, and that often means that we help bring the Robert Burns out of you.
Nobody starts off as a literary giant.
You grow slowly as time goes on. Don't get us wrong, we still want you to have the ability to communicate effectively, but we consider it much more important that you know your topic. He's the biggest Robert Burns fan there is. Frank reads a good percentage of them. Soon after you start, we sign three other authors to write the exact same book you're writing, each chained to your ball.