# If you don't write fiction

Author: Cushing, Charles Phelps, 1884-1973

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26557

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=If+you+don%27t+write+fiction+Cushing&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A foxhound scents the trail of his game and tracks it straight to a killing. A lapdog lacks this capability. In the same way, there are breeds of would-be writers who never can acquire a "nose for news," and others who, from the first day that they set foot in editorial rooms, are hot on the trail that leads to billboard headlines on the front page of a newspaper or acceptances from the big magazines.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/if-you-don-t-write-fiction-26557/chapters/2/index.md)