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Haldeman again
sethg@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethg@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 21 22:00:50 1990
In Tuesday's class, H. lectured on "transitions", i.e., what do you
write to move smoothly from scene n to scene n+1? The most common
means, he said, is to simply use a blank line. Many writers will
write in their manuscripts PUT ONE BLANK LINE HERE to make sure that
the typesetters do the right thing.
In one of Harry (_The Stainless Steel Rat_) Harrison's novels, this
note was included verbatim in the printed copy.
One student asked, did anyone ever write a novel about typesetters?
H. replied, "Who would dare?"
(rlcarr: if you really want me to, I can ask the guy what the end of
_The Hemingway Hoax_ means, although I doubt he'll provide an answer.)
