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In olden days writers would type "-30-" or perhaps "###" as a centered line following the last line of the manuscript. This would be intended to show that there is no more to someone reading the ma...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:35:09Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44043 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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KayCee
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2019-12-08T06:35:09Z (about 5 years ago)
In olden days writers would type "-30-" or perhaps "###" as a centered line following the last line of the manuscript. This would be intended to show that there is no more to someone reading the manuscript (such as an editor at the publishing house to which it is being submitted), lest somehow the final pages (e.g., an epilogue) may have been misplaced. Since a work of fiction often has no contents page, that oversight could potentially occur. However, when I began my career in book publishing over 50 years ago and learned to evaluate manuscript submissions, this practice of indicating "The End" was already considered amateurish, even if the writer did it intentionally with some irony in mind. If it pleases _you_ to make some final mark at the end of your work, go ahead, but in digital files there is little to no doubt what is the last page, from the reader's perspective.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-03-26T11:07:35Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 2