I was shocked and delighted that the first chapter of The Byline Bible has such amazing advice and examples for hopeful writers! As one of those hopefuls, I've read a lot of books on writing, and I always find myself slogging through chapters and chapters of text to find a few hidden words of wisdom, something practical I can actually use. Not so here! Even the introduction hooked me! There are so many direct and actually useful tidbits of knowledge in just the first chapter that I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the book.