An experienced writer was showing his house to a novice writer when they passed by a door marked “R&D.”
Novice writer: “Wow. I didn’t know you had your own R&D room.”
Experienced writer: “You, too, may have one one day.”
Novice writer: “You mean my own Research and Development room?”
Experienced writer: “No, your own Rejected and Dejected room where your failed manuscripts go.”
“Oh,” the novice writer said, suddenly not quite so excited.
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