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Quotes from Preface to How to Write Short Stories — Ring Lardner

1885–1933 United States

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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Preface to How to Write Short Stories (1924)

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