Of course, what he needed to do was write a course….
Doug
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> B cheers P
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> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wootton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:02 AM
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> Subject: Re: pat snap 723 *********************************************************************
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> Hope the roses appreciated the investment, Pat.
>
> Bill
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> On Wednesday, 27 January 2016, Patrick McManus <
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>> WRITE!
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>>
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>> write !
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>> he thought
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>> he would like
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>> to write a story
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>> so he wisely
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>> signed up
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>> for the necessary
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>> Guardian courses
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>> ‘how to tell a story’
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>> for four thousand pounds
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>> ‘how to complete a first draft’
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>> for another four thousand pounds
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>> ‘how to finish a work of fiction’
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>> for another four thousand pounds
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>> ‘how to write historical fiction’
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>> ‘how to write a psychological thriller’
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>> and ‘how to write children’s fiction’
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>> for two thousand pounds each
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>> but then discovered at
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>> eighteen thousand pounds later
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>> that he had no money left
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>> for a pen nor paper
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>> and sort of lost
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>> interest in the idea
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>> and wandered off
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>> and pruned his
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>> roses instead
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>>
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>> pmcmanus
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>> r908
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>> the Guardian is a UK newspaper
Douglas Barbour
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I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
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