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Quote: Beginnings and Endings of a Story Sell Your Manuscript by Charles Raymond Barrett

 Quote: Beginnings and Endings of a Story Sell Your Manuscript  by Charles Raymond Barrett

Beginnings and Endings of a Story Sell Your Manuscript

by 

Charles Raymond Barrett

If the overworked editor, hastily skimming the heap of MSS. before him, comes upon one which promises well in the opening paragraphs, he will turn to its conclusion, to learn how well the author has kept his promise; and if he finds there equal evidence of a good story, he will put the MS. by for more careful reading and possible purchase. Experience has taught him that the end of a story is second only to the beginning as a practical test of the narrative; and therefore to the author as well the conclusion is of extreme importance.

 Except from "Short Story Writing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short Story by Barrett"


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Quote: Beginnings and Endings of a Story Sell Your Manuscript by Charles Raymond Barrett

  Beginnings and Endings of a Story Sell Your Manuscript by  Charles Raymond Barrett If the overworked editor, hastily skimming the heap of...