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The Lure of the Pen

The Lure of the Pen

by Flora Klickmann

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Author
Klickmann, Flora, 1867-1958
Title
The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors
Credits
E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36837
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36837
Release Date
July 24, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Lure of the Pen — A BOOK FOR WOULD-BE AUTHORS
  2. 2.FLORA KLICKMANN — G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London 1920 — DEDICATED TO MR. JAMES BOWDEN WHO HAS FEW EQUALS, EITHER AS A PUBLISHER, OR AS A FRIEND
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
  4. 4.CONTENTS — PART ONE — THE MSS. THAT FAIL — The Lure of the Pen
  5. 5.Why They Fail
  6. 6.Three Essentials in Training — PART TWO — ON KEEPING YOUR EYES OPEN
  7. 7.A Course in Observation
  8. 8.The Assessment of Spiritual Values — PART THREE — THE HELP THAT BOOKS CAN GIVE
  9. 9.The Bane of "Browsing"
  10. 10.Reading for Definite Data
  11. 11.Reading for Style
  12. 12.The Need for Enlarging the Vocabulary
  13. 13.The Charm of Musical Language
  14. 14.Analysing an Author's Methods — PART FOUR — POINTS A WRITER OUGHT TO NOTE
  15. 15.Practice Precedes Publication
  16. 16.The Reader Must Be Interested
  17. 17.Form Should Be Considered
  18. 18.Right Selection Is Important
  19. 19.When Writing Articles
  20. 20.Suggestions for Style
  21. 21.The Ubiquitous Fragment
  22. 22.Concerning Local Colour
  23. 23.Creating Atmosphere
  24. 24.The Method of Presenting a Story
  25. 25.Fallacies in Fiction
  26. 26.Some Rules for Story-Writing
  27. 27.About the Climax
  28. 28.The Use of "Curtains"
  29. 29.On Making Verse — SONG — By Alice Meynell — THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH — By Eugene Field — A VALLEY SONG — By Mable Earle
  30. 30.The Function of the Blue Pencil — PART FIVE — AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, AND PUBLIC
  31. 31.When Offering Goods for Sale
  32. 32.The Responsibility — ANGEL-COURT — By Austin Dobson
  33. 33.INDEX

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