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Flora Klickmann. The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors
The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors
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PART ONE. THE MSS. THAT FAIL
The Lure of the Pen
Why They Fail
Three Essentials in Training
PART TWO. ON KEEPING YOUR EYES OPEN
A Course in Observation
The Assessment of Spiritual Values
PART THREE. THE HELP THAT BOOKS CAN GIVE
The Bane of "Browsing"
Reading for Definite Data
Reading for Style
The Need for Enlarging the Vocabulary
The Charm of Musical Language
Analysing an Author's Methods
PART FOUR. POINTS A WRITER OUGHT TO NOTE
Practice Precedes Publication
The Reader Must Be Interested
Form Should Be Considered
Right Selection Is Important
When Writing Articles
Suggestions for Style
The Ubiquitous Fragment
Concerning Local Colour
Creating Atmosphere
The Method of Presenting a Story
Fallacies in Fiction
Some Rules for Story-Writing
About the Climax
The Use of "Curtains"
On Making Verse
SONG. By Alice Meynell
THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH. By Eugene Field
A VALLEY SONG. By Mable Earle
The Function of the Blue Pencil
PART FIVE. AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, AND PUBLIC
When Offering Goods for Sale
The Responsibility
ANGEL-COURT. By Austin Dobson
INDEX
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Flora Klickmann
Published by Good Press, 2021
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True, such discrepancies may be only minor details; but, on the other hand, they may not. I have noticed, however, that the writer who is inaccurate on small points is equally liable to inaccuracy where the main features of the story are concerned; and the writer who does not know enough about his subject to get his details right seldom knows enough about it to get any of it right.
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