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It is my contention....

If you don't....

Expecting the world....

Paul Whybrow

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'It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story.'

Frank Yerby

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E G Logan

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"... even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn't advance the story..."

That is a horrible construction, and the sentence is too long. What's wrong with: "...even the most brilliant passage IF – or equally WHEN – it doesn't advance the story" ?

I know he sold millions of books, but he must have seen some stalwart editing!
 

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