Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.

“From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Bu…”

“He felt that if he had a love he would have hung her picture just facing the tu…”

“I'd rather keep it as a beautiful memory-- tucked away in my heart.' 'Yes, wome…”

“I do," she protested; "I want to stand on the street corner like a sandwich man…”