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J. Wontford Laydschur "MY TRIAL-YOUR ERROR" OR HOW TO HAVE A DRAIN CHILD THREE BASIC QUESTIONS Before you start a science fiction story you must ask yourself three questions, namely: 1. Do I have plenty of coffee brewing? 2. Do I have the stamina? 3. Am I nuts enough? Re the first question: Coffee is a prime requisite when composing a space opera. If you do not have enough java in the pot, that is where your story is liable to end up in. Re question two; Brother if you even contemplate writing a science fiction story you are fit company for squirrels. FURTHER PREPARATIONS Being prepared to write a science fiction story is half the story itself, and no one will probably read the last half anywho. But just in case some one is idiotic enough to plough through your bilge (one of the dangers of writing stories, as this is very painful, especially, especially when they reach your bilge button) you might as well be prepared to complete the whole mess. Taking for granted that you won't get too messed up, you next order several reams of paper. Brown paper is not so good, tissue paper is too fragile, sheet paper is by far the best. Also, youse will need several quires of carbonated paper. This is to whet your appetite and put effervescence into your story. I quote: "A story that is frothy is never slothy". If you are working a cross-word puzzle, you will find that another nomenclature for a sloth (triple toes) is Io, and there you have the locale for your epic. GENERAL MAKEUP, NEW IDEAS, LOCALE, WHO'S PLOT SHALL I FILCH? So the locale of your drama is to be Io, one of the moons of one of the Planets of one of the Solar Systems, of--this could go on indefinitely but the mention of the monn probably makes you hungry so you go out into the kitchen and make yourself a cheese sandwich, with mustard and pickle. The latter might sour your outlook on life, so you must beware or you will end up writing a pessimistic story which is not good, for the story will probably make one of the slicks (lucky story) and you will begin writing for them regularly and slicky paper is damned expensive these days. Besides slicky paper doesn't
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J. Wontford Laydschur "MY TRIAL-YOUR ERROR" OR HOW TO HAVE A DRAIN CHILD THREE BASIC QUESTIONS Before you start a science fiction story you must ask yourself three questions, namely: 1. Do I have plenty of coffee brewing? 2. Do I have the stamina? 3. Am I nuts enough? Re the first question: Coffee is a prime requisite when composing a space opera. If you do not have enough java in the pot, that is where your story is liable to end up in. Re question two; Brother if you even contemplate writing a science fiction story you are fit company for squirrels. FURTHER PREPARATIONS Being prepared to write a science fiction story is half the story itself, and no one will probably read the last half anywho. But just in case some one is idiotic enough to plough through your bilge (one of the dangers of writing stories, as this is very painful, especially, especially when they reach your bilge button) you might as well be prepared to complete the whole mess. Taking for granted that you won't get too messed up, you next order several reams of paper. Brown paper is not so good, tissue paper is too fragile, sheet paper is by far the best. Also, youse will need several quires of carbonated paper. This is to whet your appetite and put effervescence into your story. I quote: "A story that is frothy is never slothy". If you are working a cross-word puzzle, you will find that another nomenclature for a sloth (triple toes) is Io, and there you have the locale for your epic. GENERAL MAKEUP, NEW IDEAS, LOCALE, WHO'S PLOT SHALL I FILCH? So the locale of your drama is to be Io, one of the moons of one of the Planets of one of the Solar Systems, of--this could go on indefinitely but the mention of the monn probably makes you hungry so you go out into the kitchen and make yourself a cheese sandwich, with mustard and pickle. The latter might sour your outlook on life, so you must beware or you will end up writing a pessimistic story which is not good, for the story will probably make one of the slicks (lucky story) and you will begin writing for them regularly and slicky paper is damned expensive these days. Besides slicky paper doesn't
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