Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor (from Literature and Life)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920· 2 chapters· 4,834 words

One of the trustiest jokes of the humorous paragrapher is that the editor is in great and constant dread of the young contributor; but neither my experience nor my observation bears out his theory of the case.

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1. Part 1

One of the trustiest jokes of the humorous paragrapher is that the editor is in great and constant dread of the young contributor; but neither my experience nor my observation b...

2. Part 2

Therefore, I think that a young writer's upward course should be slow and beset with many obstacles, even hardships. Not that I believe in hardships as having inherent virtues;...