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Over the past 6 weeks, our staff has written over 20,000 words of writing suggestions and advice, bringing us to about 45,000 (not including rewrites or deleted words). At this rate, we might actually have a manuscript-length compilation by the end of summer, but a manuscript for a nonfiction writing guide rather than the superhero comedy we had sought to write. I feel like I’m running out of time on this project.

CADET DAVIS: non-fiction’s a tougher market and both readers and publishers have higher standards. Also, not having been published will be a major liability. Right now, I can envision that you would pitch the writing guide to publishers as a freakishly prolific reviewer’s take on what makes sci-fi and fantasy books work, particularly in the superhero literature submarket.

JACOB: Oh, come on. We can do better than that. For example, you could slot me 10,000 words for a quantitative analysis of which titles are most effective…

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