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|    William Vetter to Kevin C    |
|    Re: Writers' return?    |
|    05 Sep 14 16:28:33    |
      From: mdhangton@gmail.com              On Thursday, September 4, 2014 10:38:18 PM UTC-4, Kevin C wrote:       > On Monday, September 1, 2014 12:55:18 AM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:       >        > > Setting and genre *in the first sentence*... really? Soon, yes. But       "first sentence" is just crazy talk. My favorite first sentence ever? "There       are some mistakes that "Oops" just doesn't cover." Can you tell me the       setting or the genre? Of        course you can't.       >        >        >        > OTOH, what does this tell you?       >        > "Fergus slipped into an alley behind the dungeons and checked the talisman       one last time."       >        How many published stories begin with a sentence without genre tags in it? I       think most of them.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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