I address myself to the man or woman of talent-those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points with which I shall deal hereafter. Although no school could turn out novelists to order there is yet enough common material in all art-work to be mapped out in a course of lessons. I shall show that the two great requisites of novel-writing are a good story to tell, and ability to tell it effectively.
Briefly stated, my position is this: no teaching can produce "good stories to tell, " but it can increase the power of "the telling, " and change it from crude and ineffective methods to those which reach the apex of developed art.
I address myself to the man or woman of talent-those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points with which I shall deal hereafter. Although no school could turn out novelists to order there is yet enough common material in all art-work to be mapped out in a course of lessons. I shall show that the two great requisites of novel-writing are a good story to tell, and ability to tell it effectively.
Briefly stated, my position is this: no teaching can produce "good stories to tell, " but it can increase the power of "the telling, " and change it from crude and ineffective methods to those which reach the apex of developed art.