He tiptoes to the brink of admission when he remarks that his wife, Elizabeth Hill, a writer he met
in grad school, is his first
reader and the
reader he has
in mind when he writes his novels, and then adds, deadpan, «Even though she's my
ideal reader, she's not my
ideal reader, since she hasn't finished either of my books.
This is also what a skilled resume writer must do; gather pertinent information, sift through it to determine what's relevant and what's not, and then put it down
in writing
in the most streamlined and readable presentation
in a way that leaves a vivid 3 - D picture of an
ideal candidate on the
reader's
mind.