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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   
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