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The Lure of the Pen

by Flora Klickmann

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface to the American Edition
  2. 2Part One — The Mss. That Fail — Why They Fail
  3. 3Three Essentials in Training
  4. 4A Course in Observation
  5. 5The Assessment of Spiritual Values
  6. 6The Bane of “Browsing”
  7. 7Reading for Definite Data
  8. 8Reading for Style
  9. 9The Need for Enlarging the Vocabulary
  10. 10The Charm of Musical Language
  11. 11Analysing an Author’s Methods
  12. 12Practice Precedes Publication
  13. 13The Reader Must Be Interested
  14. 14Form Should Be Considered
  15. 15Right Selection Is Important
  16. 16When Writing Articles
  17. 17Suggestions for Style
  18. 18The Ubiquitous Fragment
  19. 19Concerning Local Colour
  20. 20Creating Atmosphere
  21. 21The Method of Presenting a Story
  22. 22Fallacies in Fiction
  23. 23Some Rules for Story-Writing
  24. 24About the Climax
  25. 25The Use of “Curtains”
  26. 26On Making Verse
  27. 27The Function of the Blue Pencil
  28. 28When Offering Goods for Sale
  29. 29The Responsibility

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