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"Give it up, Sub-Subs! For by how much the more pains ye take to please the world, by so much the more shall ye for ever go thankless!"

So true. My take-away is that one should write to please themselves. The Internet is big enough that someone out there will appreciate it.

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Totally agree. Seems pointless to chase writing trends or what you think others want to read. Trends change fast, or you miss the mark, and then you've satisfied no one, least of all yourself.

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Never mind the bollocks! Write fearlessly.

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I'll go out on a limb here. Melville is saying we need to discover the monsters in the deep that is ourselves.

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