At least IT contracts don't have stream of consciousness

I was tickled by Matt Haig's piece on the Telegraph web site - 30 Things that every Writer should know.  There is a lot of good things in that list that even aspiring-to-become-professional authors should take to heart.

Your book advance amount does not predict success or even the level of support that an author will receive from their publisher stood out, along with - There is no modernist stream-of-consciousness novel harder to get through than a 'Publisher-Author Agreement'.