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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a failed novel" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it whenever you want to refer to a book that was not successful or was not well-received. For example: "John's latest effort was a failed novel, and sales numbers were low."
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A failed novel?
And why try to argue that it is a failed novel when - on the surface - it is clearly a film?
Gurganus can take inspiration from Stephen King, whose recent "Under the Dome" is a complete rewrite of a failed novel from 30 years ago called "The Cannibals".
And this third book could also be taken as a failed novel and could be excerpted.
I wanted this sent with it because it's a failed novel too and it might as well be 46 failed novels.
And yes, there's a failed novel somewhere on a floppy disk that I haven't looked at in over two decades (can one still access an antique floppy disk, I have no idea?), but I am writing a new one now.
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P35 Giles Coren on his failed novel.
There are also a number of wry reflections on the life of the writer, the tone of which are typified by Nam Le's entry: "My failed novel".
"The result was a steady diet of simplistic poems, leaden dramas and failed novels which caused an unworthy association of local literature with mediocrity, nostalgia and sentimentality".
Or, in the second case, that Ulysses or Finnegans Wake are failed novels as neither has a story.
The challenges our writers face are just as varied — from full-scale writer's block, to restructuring failed novels, to simply facing a crisis of confidence.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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