Writers! Don’t start your book this way! Make sure this is not your Chapter 1! Good night and good luck Tweet added by Matthew Teller @matthewteller

Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

Writers! Don’t start your book this way! Make sure this is not your Chapter 1! Good night and good luck

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Dimi Reider | dimireider.substack.com

@reider

3 years

@matthewteller Gah

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@reider you are a master of understatement

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Leila Molana-Allen

@Leila_MA

3 years

@matthewteller Oh my god what is this

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@Leila_MA It's terrible, Leila, that's what it is. Terrible.

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Hend Amry

@LibyaLiberty

3 years

@matthewteller 😷😷😷😷

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@LibyaLiberty 🙈🙈🙈🙈

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catherine mack

@catherinemack

3 years

@matthewteller Oh dear god. I didn’t get past the third line.

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@catherinemack I wish the author hadn't either

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Pakinam Amer

@pakinamamer

3 years

@matthewteller This is garbage. I cringed. Also, “Palestinians, Jews and Christians” ... what is the writer categorizing based on? 😷

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@pakinamamer nothing. It's based on nothing

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Monisha Rajesh 🍉

@monisha_rajesh

3 years

@matthewteller I think this is the standout sentence.

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@monisha_rajesh I was very tempted by that one, true

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Steve Royston

@59steps

3 years

@matthewteller Look forward to reading it Matthew.

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@59steps um, thanks Steve, but that's very definitely not mine...

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Kavitha Rao

@kavitharao

3 years

@matthewteller "dirty children".

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@kavitharao white people have a lot to answer for

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Maysaloon

@Maysaloon

3 years

@matthewteller

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

3 years

@Maysaloon it's a bad one, for sure

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hannah

@hannahkateboast

3 years

@matthewteller 'As I exclaimed 'Jesus Christ!' in horror at this manuscript, I was reminded of a young boy who once walked his own journey through those troubled lands' etc etc

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Matthew Teller

@matthewteller

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@hannahkateboast 😂

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