Onecannot judge in advance whether or not the idea of the storyis worthwhile because until one has finished writing the storyone does not know for sure what the idea is; and one cannotjudge the style of a story on the basis of a first draft, becausein a first draft the style of the finished story does not yet exist.
-John Gardner
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