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Pretending to "have found and edited an obscure manuscript" is quite a common literary device. A few other examples include Neil Gaiman's The Dream Hunters (Illustrated by Yoshitako Amano, part of ...
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2019-12-12T21:57:29Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T10:01:23Z (over 4 years ago)
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Pretending to "have found and edited an obscure manuscript" is quite a common literary device. A few other examples include Neil Gaiman's _The Dream Hunters_ (Illustrated by Yoshitako Amano, part of the _Sandman_ series) and William Goldman's _The Princess Bride_. You will note that in all examples, while the pretence is maintained within the body of the text, **the book is credited to the real author**. It's right there, on the cover. Which is to say, it is a game played inside the story, but never crossing over into the world of publishing. You approach a publisher, you present your work as what it really is - your work, using a fun literary device.
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2018-10-25T10:13:58Z (over 5 years ago)
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