"How I did it," ([c1922])

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00081
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"How I Did It" through lack of support. It discovered that not all writers turned to facts for fiction. Some writers can read every publication in the world without getting many impressions. Some writers are dreamers. They can lie on their backs in quiet, deserted places and have perfectly good ideas come to them. For some it is the inspiration of the ocean; others seek the seclusion of the mountains, while others do their best work on the desert or in the forest. The matter of taking advantage of happen- ings in real life is something which does not always work out for the beginner. He is usually inclined to take the printed situation too literally and fails to dress it with flights of fancy and activity that are demanded by pic- tures. Very often, the resentful aspirant who declares that his returned story happened in real life, does not realize that true occurences sometimes violate logic to a great degree. Then there is the writer with the radio mind. He is ever on the alert, and his hear- ing is highly sensitive, and attuned to catch phrases or sentences as they waft through the 48