The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors

Beautiful and striking thoughts are a common everyday occurrence; the uncommon occurrence is to find the person who can reduce those thoughts to writing in such a manner as to c...

While a wide range of reading, and a general all-round knowledge of standard literature are essential, if you hope to become a writer, there are three directions in which you ca...

Supposing--that when you go into the fishmonger's, he offers you a cod that is slightly "off"; and, while apologising for its feebleness, begs you to take it, as he has an inval...

Begin your observation course by noting anything and everything likely to have a bearing on the subject of your writing, and jot down your observations in the briefest of notes....

The number that I buy does not indicate the number that I require. In normal times I could use at any rate double the number that I purchase. I never have an overstock of the ri...

Practice Precedes Publication 97 The Reader must be Interested 116 Form should be Considered 130 Right Selection is Important 139 When Writing Articles 144 Suggestions for Style...

The Bane of "Browsing" 35 Reading for Definite Data 41 Reading for Style 47 The Need for Enlarging the Vocabulary 58 The Charm of Musical Language 68 Analysing an Author's Metho...