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   Jim Hetley to Joy Beeson   
   Re: Abandoning a story   
   18 Feb 16 05:21:59   
   
   From: jhetley@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 10:10:01 PM UTC-5, Joy Beeson wrote:   
   > This pair of sentences in Patricia Wrede's current blog amused me:   
   >   
   > "(How many stories have you abandoned in the middle because the next   
   > plot or character developments were totally opaque? How many because   
   > you lost interest because everything was already decided and "too   
   > predictable"? . . . )"   
   >   
      
   I have abandoned a couple of series novels because the world (and publishers,   
   in particular) haven't offered any interest.   
      
   Jim   
      
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