From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 3, 2014 8:30:49 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article <96a8a983-d5a8-4959-909b-8c5074ee0cb9@googlegroups.com>,   
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   > William Vetter   wrote:   
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   > >In one of those books written by somebody who has claimed to have   
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   > >rejected 50,000 manuscripts or something, that's supposed to list   
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   > >everything we're doing wrong,   
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   > Oh, that kind of book.  I had one once that claimed in no   
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   > uncertain terms that Every Novel must have A Purpose, which can   
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   > be stated in one sentence containing the words To Prove.   
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   There are usually two kinds of book:   
      
   1) written by author who tells you about "the craft", who wants to make you   
   into the sort of artist he considers himself, or   
   2) a person whose career has mainly been editorial or literary agent, who says   
   you wannabes won't give me something that sells.   
      
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