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Rules of writing speculative fiction

1. You must write
2. You must make like Van Halen finish what you start.
3. You must put story on the market.
4. You must keep it on market until sold.

Right pages of bumph!

Stanley Schmidt again telling us why he rejects manuscripts. Sigh. So that's the end of the proper articles; the rest of it is bumph.

Asimov's guidance for new writers: read a lot, write a lot and have a thick skin.

Asimov avows that there is no real difference between writing for adults and writing for juveniles. So long as you write clearly, all is well.

Asimov didn't edit or revise his document much, Robert Heinlein not at all and the advice is: suit yourself.

Advice in how to submit a manuscript. The Two spelling mistakes in this book make the advice on spell-checking seem rather ironic.