My Dog Ate My Work
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189838)
Boise, Idaho
February 6, 2019 6:46pm CST
Since many of us are writers of one type or another I thought I would share this story with you:
John Steinbeck's setter pup, Toby, ate the first draft of his "Of Mice and Men". We all know how much work goes into a manuscript. Having half of it eaten would have been devastating. He wrote his publisher , was able to rewrite the draft and on February 6, 1937 his novella was published.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
7 Feb 19
@MarshaMusselman Oh oh...you all also did not have computers then?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
7 Feb 19
@vandana7 No, and neither did you, silly girl.
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@WiseGhots (14603)
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7 Feb 19
@vandana7 I think it depends on the importance of the job.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
7 Feb 19
@WiseGhots No ..Newton was basically a cool guy. Never got mad with anybody. I think the apple falling on head did that to him.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
7 Feb 19
We think of that as a tired excuse but this just shows that there is truth in the stereotype.
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