A Good Many Young Writers Make The Mistake Of Enclosing A Stamped, Self-addressed Envelope Big Enough For The Manuscript To Come Back In.

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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.
-- Ring Lardner

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-adressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in.
This is too much of a temptation for the editor. -- Ring Lardner, How to Write Short Storie...
A self-addressed envelope would be addressed "envelope.
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. -- Irvin S. Cobb
You can't dream too much; you can't do enough to make your dreams come true.
Shut up he explained. -- Ring Lardne
Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough. -- Mark Twai
Too much is never enough...
Too much is not enough.
For maximum attention, it's hard to beat a good, big mistake.

A Good Many Young Writers Make The Mistake Of Enclosing A Stamped, Self-addressed Envelope Big Enough For The Manuscript To Come Back In.

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