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Writers Quotes by Stanley Schmidt
- Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.
- There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of…
- Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard…
- And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come…
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