Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies

by Sol Stein

I’ve been teaching my strange formula “One plus one equals a half” for a long time. It has been of value even to the most talented and successful of writers. The formula gives beginners insight into one of the factors that hurts chances for publication. Catching “one-plus-ones” is a function of what is called “line editing.”