title: Fixing Fiction: A Practical Guide
author: John W Allie
description: John W. Allie has had lots of experience with terrible fiction and has written quite a bit of it himself. He has since sworn off the stuff and hopes that you will, too. His website, johnwallie.com, contains many exciting things including comics, essays, and ebooks.
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  # THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ## By John Logan
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Its Origin and History
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
  In the preparation of this work it has been the writer's aim to present in it,
  with historical accuracy, authentic facts; to be fair and impartial in
  grouping them; and to be true and just in the conclusions necessarily drawn
  from them. While thus striving to be accurate, fair, and just, he has not
  thought it his duty to mi