Project Gutenberg 2011-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 59 Klickmann, Flora 1867 1958 The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors" by Flora Klickmann is a guide on writing aimed at aspiring authors, written in the early 20th century. The book is designed to assist beginners in understanding the nuances of writing and what it takes to succeed in the literary world, stressing the importance of training, observation, and reading. It discusses the common pitfalls faced by writers and offers insights into developing style, technique, and subject matter. The opening of this work introduces the author's perspective on the challenges faced by novice writers in gaining acceptance in the publishing world. Klickmann shares her experience of reading thousands of manuscripts and highlights that many are rejected due to a lack of training, originality, or cohesion. She emphasizes that writing is a craft requiring training and practice, just like any other profession. The introduction sets the tone for the subsequent chapters, which will cover essential lessons in observation, reading for knowledge, and crafting one’s unique voice and style. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. PN Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Literature 452592 452485 2024-09-15T13:28:14.733865 2023-09-16T06:57:26.719406 text/html text/html 450027 2011-07-24T15:01:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157695 2011-07-24T15:02:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228385 2024-09-15T13:28:26.084779 application/epub+zip 233214 2024-09-15T13:28:17.742827 application/epub+zip 233214 2024-09-15T13:28:16.082842 application/epub+zip 457995 2024-09-15T13:28:31.073743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417722 2024-09-15T13:28:23.945906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372866 2022-09-17T03:41:00.877802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378016 377952 2024-09-15T13:28:13.269852 2023-09-16T06:57:25.358357 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 377717 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143757 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377732 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143708 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19870 2024-09-15T13:28:31.213745 application/rdf+xml 15329 2024-09-15T13:28:16.475829 image/jpeg 3601 2024-09-15T13:28:16.278833 image/jpeg 211480 2024-09-15T13:28:14.770847 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog