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Beta reader returns manuscript.
"I couldn't relate to any character."
"Really? Not even the gossipy neighbor who judges everyone's choices while ignoring her own problems?"
"Especially not her."
"Margaret. You ARE that character. I put you in the book. Page 73. Verbatim."
Beta reader calls me at midnight: "I absolutely loved chapter seven."
"There is no chapter seven."
Long pause.
"Exactly."
Beta reader returns manuscript. "I couldn't relate to any character." "Really? Not even the gossipy neighbor who judges everyone's choices while ignoring her own problems?" "Especially not her." "Margaret. You ARE that character. I put you in the book. Page 73. Verbatim."
Beta reader calls me at midnight: "I absolutely loved chapter seven." "There is no chapter seven." Long pause. "Exactly."
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