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title: "3 Literary Convention Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-nielsen-hayden/plot-is-a-literary-convention-story-is-a-force-of-nature/)

[Teresa Nielsen Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-nielsen-hayden/)

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> [Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/call-on-literary-convention-and-it-will-gladly-tell-your-story-for-you/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/mason-cooley-92_convention_call-on-literary-convention-and-it-will_2220019.png)

> [When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/when-you-ve-finished-reading-every-last-thing-by-a-famous-writer/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/karan-mahajan-6691_extras_when-you-ve-finished-reading-every-last_3041899.jpg)

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