| Re: Opening with an expletive
Ace, my Roman-Scottish friend, you are right, generally speaking, and I did say, "If you are in the situation of swearing, swear, by Tutankamon!"; but we are talking of the hook (the crucial opening sentence) here!
Beside a) any priggish considerations, and b) the very real risk of scaring away a few potential readers, this opening could resemble a cheap way of making an impression, which, I'm sure, is not what Wiglaf is after.
And what if the a) agent, b) editor, for whatever reason, immediately puts the manuscript inside the SASE after reading this first word?
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