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David Newrick

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The quote 'Write for the top ten percent of your readers' is attributed to Stephen King.

After giving it a tremendous amount of thought I bore this in mind in my own writing for novels like Scenes From A Dying Planet and my WIP. Before I write anything on Litopia about my thoughts on this quote I just wondered what everyone else made of it. It always interests me to hear other people's point of view and, in the past, has led me to completely re-consider my original thoughts. So what does it mean to you?
 
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