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Old 21st February 2008, 07:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
Havlen
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Re: Good advice from Iain Banks

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Originally Posted by John Jarrold View Post
Writing a novel is like working on a painting. It's never completely finished. You have to stop at some point.
Exactly. I see a lot of sites (agents/publishers) that request only "completed" manuscripts. I substitute in the word "polished". I will send in a polished manuscript, but that doesn't mean I won't keep polishing
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