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Joke Jan 19, 10:30 AM

Tolstoy's Word Count Anxiety

A writing student asks her professor: 'How do I know when my novel is finished?' The professor replies: 'There are two schools of thought. Hemingway believed a novel was done when you could cut no more. Tolstoy believed it was done when your horse died of old age waiting for you to return from the writing cabin. Choose your horse wisely.'

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