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Ellen Fishbein consulting Matt Lerner on his manuscript:

“Matt, you’re a good writer, but this is not a good book.”

Ouch.
 

“It doesn’t have a thesis.”

A thesis?

 

“Every great nonfiction book,” she explained, “presents a focused thesis.” For example: 

The Black Swan - Individual outlier events are rare, but collectively, they occur oft

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