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...cameras. On a recent plane trip, Siskel was trying to teach Ebert to play Michigan rummy. At one point, Ebert accused Siskel of throwing a card into the wrong pile. Siskel denied it, and Ebert suddenly tossed up his seat tray. "That's it," he cried. "No more cards!" Hmmm. Conflict, characters you can identify with -- definitely a thumbs...
...Hmmm, yeah there's one here, but it's not filled in for this game," Randi says. "I guess Arne's not playing that much--but I don't want you to write that he's doing really poorly or anything. It's a team game, you know, and everybody, just by being on our team, helps...
...Hmmm...it sounds as if you are going to die. I think it is best to get plenty of rest and acquire a nice big insurance policy. Do you have many assets? My wife, Broomhilda, works for Allied Life and I think perhaps we could work out a deal that would be mutually beneficial...
...publishers. Because first novels, which The Bell Jar was, are so often disguised autobiography, they get special attention. Says a New York publishing-house lawyer: "If a 23-year-old Columbia graduate comes in with a first novelabout a 22-year-old Columbia student, alarms go off around here." Hmmm. The ironies and twists of the Bell Jar case would make great material for a young writer. On second thought, maybe...
...brain, that teleported paragraphs here and there--no, there!--as quickly as a mind flicking through alternatives. Prose with the speed of light, and lighter than air! Toad could lift 10 lbs. of verbiage, at a whim, from his first page and transport it to the last, and then (hmmm), back again...