Man, as a 19 year old asian film student hoping to major in film(yes, I'm going to hollywood to prostitute myself, but I will try my best to make a good or decent movie if I ever get the chance) and dramatic writing, you guys are sure dampening my spirits. --- AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/24/99 6:58:00 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, > rbowman@indigo.ie writes: > > << I simply > find it difficult to believe that what you > would > presumably call a REAL writer can easily put > his name > to conscious crap. > > And I STILL think that if I'd been turned down > by > 38 - thirty eight - agents I'd be less than > wholly confident > about the value - or at least the marketability > - of my offerings. > > Scottie B. > >> > > Ah, come on. You don't have to be a Hemingway or a > Fitzgerald to be a REAL > writer :). And they wrote their share of > crap....the publishing process > itself has dressed them up and set them out quite > nicely for us. > > Elie Wiesel had far more than 38 rejections for > "Night." > > Jim > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com