A Manuscript that’s ready to be read by others is…just getting started. It’s a bit tender.
As opposed to a Book that’s ready to be read by others, which is…chin up, bruised but strong.
A Manuscript should always…be double-spaced.
As opposed to a Book, which should always…be double-parked, on your shelf.
From the Questionless Interview with Alice Burdick
And elsewhere, Nelson Ball who started with newpaper writing.
He was good at writing précis and having to condense press releases for print. “It’s not all that different from poetry. There’s a parallel,” Ball said. “It all has to be short and concise.”