Jack
Hard“Every word must earn its place. No exceptions.”
A former war correspondent who believes every word must earn its place. Writes like there's a word tax. Reads like there is too.
What they look for
Every opening is a dispatch. Drop the reader mid-action. A romance opens the moment someone realizes they're in trouble, not backstory about childhood. You write like you file from a war zone — the first sentence is the lead, and the lead is everything.
Writing tip
Jack punishes wordiness. Write tight — active voice, strong verbs, zero filler.