The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06
AMERICAS FASTEST AUTHOR.
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tN'N WIZ HAfA " ~ H"'f
eni-h. \ short story Is a short iay'- work
A hundr-i thousand word novel - a m"r"
matter ~ a few ws-.ks The Grip - Honor
VA written N tWo ~ a result, Mr i'redv
h looks-I utu,u ~ America most rapid
writer ~ romance
Tho pr.ach.r-author ayers that his works
write Themselves
when | grt an idea ! burn ~ put IL on
paper. I'm no, ,~nri"ut~i uu'ii y - ther". >
II his brief explanation
II l. thi. ruthu~ia-'i. ln'r { 'h" pen that
has enahl,,i h,nt ir f.ur y",rr '" put upon
the literary marA"t -N novels. 'Lr+ h'"g-
raphie-, two historical ,.~Av-. two aut".
~blogTaphie- thirteen backs .. all and
twen,y-eight short stories
II enAhl.si Mr.. Brady ~ 'le nine months
from July / last 10 ACCOMPLISH a literary
wonder. In this two-'hiris ~ a wear, h."
produced Woven with ~" ship a ga
story Of 4N,V M words The Souiheru"r-,
100 words In length, and shortly ~ ID"
rublished. Borier Fights AMI Fighters.
another iGO.O.1 WORKS, n boys story ~ $1,000
words. In m" Nasp'- Nre' which -
~ appear sn,u. sr'cral short stories az
ercgating t0!sO words nlor'. two book r"-
views a month, each containing ?ur words,
and thiri y sermons of i.2O words apiece Tor
IL. SUNDAY issue If a daily newspaper
In addition he completely '"Wru'"
sHohenzuIlcn.- n tO~.0Jrwurd historical
romance. carriei through IN" pr'r~ Hoh"n-
yoliern.' The Vuiher"n Touch and 500
lonial Fights and Fighter attended, {" a
large and Increasing correspondence. and
preached twiC,. every sunday
He alao KEEP, Ips,~i hI- cash book,
which on a moments examination tolls him
how his pen earns money and hoS his books
have sold Mr. Brady takes a vast amount
OF pride In this l"nk
Not MANY authors run ono n" saws,
n invariably add 'l'- hard work,
too. for q literary man
In fairness to Mr. BRADY. il should b"
added that during August and September.
included In tho min" months, h" did no' put
pen to paper ~ all "" has mad" u rule
never to work whil" IN vacation
But even all this does hot CIV" an ad"-
quate idea 81 the rapidity with which Mr.
Brady works Before Nc dictates a single
line or word he diSs.srts hundreds - refer
enc~ books. many of which h" finds ready
~ hand in his historical library ~ over
<,Oo volumes,
Then. when the ir>' '~vpaw-tt"n copy
Of the new book Ia ready, he sTnud~ hours
celebrating the spoken thought, that his
stsnographer. Miss lsat-l parrts, has caught
while her employer paced rarlilv bach and
forth in his workshop and a. rapidly spok"
In this elaboration much attention l.
given To the adiunct- ~ IN" conversations
Mr.. Brady docs no; ,i,c,a'r. Kicking IN. cat.
che yelled or Ssh. turned and said, or
Smiling r~eetly. she added ~" fires
straight dialogue az his ssCr"tarv -l'-
sYes, yo,i and no other " -Bu' ] don't
sec how | can do i, well. then, YOU'RE
no, the man | take YOU - 10"
In distinguishing hot v"en tho speakers.
Miss Paris -av- an. l. guided nv intuition
and the infection of MIR Brady'- voice
Mr. Brady contends that his s.Sr"'arv'-
h-s' guide for dl-Criminaiion lies In the
fac, that a heroine never SAYS damn
Re that a. y NAV. when the s~ronugraphic
notes are transcribed, M" author finds
N" dialogue properly raragraphcd and
spoken nv the right persons All b" has
to do il to write m the sad he's and -~sid
shes.
Nv this method Mr. BRADY believes that he
acts a. a sort Of human phunograph Tor HE
characters, with the result that 'h"ir com
verSaiion- are natural, l-Causa they hay"
not teen carried ou among literary I'M
I@dimenta.
After the copy j. worked over until the
a0e-sions fll margins aud spaces l-two.'n
lines. often getting 20 DO" hlauk ~id" ~ ne.
pages. Miss Parn- makes a revised copy
This IL subject - p~alu~'aklng "Noi-i"u.
When this PROCESS ha. been carried pl'
until the author l. satisfied thar what =
lef, L. absolutely necessary rn tell tu" STONY.
q third cnpy j. mad" lsuallv 'hl- r. a
rral copy the On" placed 30 "a" hands
Of the publishers
Resides dictation. addition ari o,r,~-
ion befall a novel a. 'hi- author hands
before the publIr -De ~ ~" r''l-os u
IN the serial gRll"v-, work. over - % tho
eeral pages, gives u a ~'rItmy ~ M" book
gallevs. and a final touch rer" and there
In the book page
Thus a novel from tie pen Il tNrus Town
send BRADY - r"v'-'-i. wholly or partially.
at least siN time, hrfn-r n j. plac-d t~-.tH,-sn
covers Something's thI- touching up proc
,ss l. extended, a. m %" a." 10 Huh"n-
Zollem. which Wa entirely row ritt"n
for t-puk form after running s"rialiv In
this instance M" story w1s subjected to
revision twelve tiiu-~
From all thus g. may %" gathered that
Mr.. Brady T"n hh"Il' stops long enough
Tor IT, wi"licr g. g-f u few ViukS - -l.-.p
a. nights VI BradN lsuRliuglv declares
that th'- i-ri iur" III Nprking hours.
he savs. are from \ VI 20 J. VI six
DAYS In "a week. dul"-~ there's = football
gam. -pnoN hero around, and then I'm
OF To- tho sccnr ~ 'aruags
His first daily task T. 10" clearing up
Of all correspondence. winch l. uu Juktng
matter. Then comes a. hpdT and q half
or two hours 81 dI"'aifuu This H. fol
lowed by revision and correction until
2 O'Clock.
The last hour 81 the working day il given
over To reference reading When IA.
clock strikes s Mr. Brady abruptly throws
aside all thought uf work and goes out.
seeking recreation
Frequently. hut, not ALWAYS. n b" returns
home at S o'clock, h" studies until dinner
time. an hour and a half later Every
evening i given over. absolutely, go amu~"-
msnt.
In such short working DAYS has h" pro-
dnc.d Ia four YEAR thirteen books and
tventy-cight stories. and has well under
way Al least two more t~r,ks several stories.
and "a dramatilcd version uf -Hoh"nzol-
lern This venture into realms theatrical
T. being made in~ collaboration with a friend
Mr.. Brady mod"sily declares hat h."
eannot bring himself to believe that he has
~--n doing ANYTHING h"rcuican
H. very .a-v. AMI simpl" q" ~" All ]
a. l. Ia cndcaNor ~ follow ~" motto ~ an
ancient man uf l"aruing u Wa 1acitus
~ho laid. No dav without u line
MY line - generally forthcoming. for
once | get a plot IA ny lead ] can't Rec,
until II il out and uu IuJsT. ftrSt thing |