I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rul…

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I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. ✨ O. Henry (1993). Collected Stories of O. Henry, Gramercy Books
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I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. ✨ O. Henry (1993). Collected Stories of O. Henry, Gramercy Books

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