The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors

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FLORA KLICKMANN Editor of " The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's

PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION

CONTENTS

Why They Fail

Three Essentials in Training

A Course in Observation

The Assessment of Spiritual Values

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

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

The Function of the Blue Pencil

When Offering Goods for Sale

The Responsibility

INDEX

Title: The Lure of the Pen

A book for Would-Be Authors

Author: Flora Klickmann

Language: English

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The Lure of the Pen

A BOOK FOR WOULD-BE AUTHORS

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