Project Gutenberg 2011-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 290 Klickmann, Flora 1867 1958 The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Lure of the Pen: A Book for Would-Be Authors" by Flora Klickmann is a guide on writing aimed at aspiring authors, written in the early 20th century. The book is designed to assist beginners in understanding the nuances of writing and what it takes to succeed in the literary world, stressing the importance of training, observation, and reading. It discusses the common pitfalls faced by writers and offers insights into developing style, technique, and subject matter. The opening of this work introduces the author's perspective on the challenges faced by novice writers in gaining acceptance in the publishing world. Klickmann shares her experience of reading thousands of manuscripts and highlights that many are rejected due to a lack of training, originality, or cohesion. She emphasizes that writing is a craft requiring training and practice, just like any other profession. The introduction sets the tone for the subsequent chapters, which will cover essential lessons in observation, reading for knowledge, and crafting one’s unique voice and style. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. PN Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Literature Category: How To ... Category: Journalism/Media/Writing 452723 2025-06-15T05:45:48.415319 text/html 450027 2011-07-24T15:01:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157695 2011-07-24T15:02:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 252068 2025-06-15T05:46:02.452746 application/epub+zip 256652 2025-06-15T05:45:53.546816 application/epub+zip 248575 2025-06-15T05:45:51.317314 application/epub+zip 488476 2025-06-15T05:46:07.767696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448221 2025-06-15T05:46:00.018790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372866 2022-09-17T03:41:00.877802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378016 2025-06-15T05:45:47.046317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 377717 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143757 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377732 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143708 2011-07-24T14:58:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20293 2025-06-15T05:46:07.918698 application/rdf+xml 15231 2025-06-15T05:45:51.949274 image/jpeg 3569 2025-06-15T05:45:51.642284 image/jpeg 231758 2025-06-15T05:45:48.459328 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia