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Excellent advice, thanks!

I'm an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction. Over time I've become increasingly aware of the reason why publishers spend so much time and money on editing and proofreading. When there is so much high quality and interesting material to read quick judgments have to be made. Spelling and grammar mistakes, particularly in the first paragraph, are immediate turn-offs. As this writer so clearly says, the rules of grammar don't care whether you like them or not. Most readers do: ignore them at your peril!

If a story starts out with the author going into excruciating detail of characters physical characteristics and/or details about their jobs, childhood, schooling, etc. I fall asleep and go on to the next one