Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
SYSTEM IS SECRET
Of HER SUCCESS.
Gifted Young Authoress Does Not
Depend on Flashlights in
Her Work.
SHE MAPS EVERYTHING OUT.
IN, She Does Not Allow Literary Work
TO Interfere With Her House,
hold Duties.
s.,,ol correspondence.

sDecial correspondence
ONION. March IL think the
author Of "The Masqueraders"
oupht TO be an American.
- For system Is a watchword of
vo,,erne Cecil Thurston's work, one
,.,sbt even say of her life. Hers Is
no, tho sudden literary inspiration,
which selzes authors unawares and
dr,ves them breathlessly through
reams Of paper until the end of their
,,io ia reached. Rather IL the method
NJ This young writer to be compared
IN that of a skilled architect, who first
copcelves his plan, then lays the foun-
da,lon. dovsing for each part of the
structure the exact proportion which
win make It most useful TO the whole.
and finally building on this careful
foundation aud framework an exterior
that appeals TO the eye. Youthful
writer's, IN fact. authors of any class
who are anxious TO attain career,
would do well TO profit by Mrs, Thurs
toms example in conducting her liter
arywork.
FINISHED MORNINGS WORK.
When l saw her the other day in
her home In Kensington she had just
finished a mornings hard work, and
while perhaps a bit tired her brow
eas unrunled. her mind clear She
vas looking forward keenly to the
afternoon and evenings engagements
1T seems 20 me that careful fore
thought and preparation should be
taken with books Just as much as with
paintings" said Mrs. Thurston. IAN
artist spends weeks, and even months
n making preliminary sketches and
occurring the information necessary to
paint a successful picture. | think IL
is due to the public that the author
should be just as painstaking In pre-
pairing his books"
Would you care to let me tell your
American readers Just how you set
to work 10 build the super structure
Of your books" | asked For in
stance, what was the book architecture
1T Is not easy to describe how the
plan took shape. You have perhaps
teen something of our London fogs.
lt was ono OF them that suggested TO
me the thought OF how easy It would
We to mistake the personality Of q man
IN such surrounding.
when once the primary idea, the
dramatic center YOU might say, OF
tle story has occurred TO me II often
nes IN my mind for weeks and months
before word Is written. II grows and
ueVeIOps, characters and Incidents are
auued ana the balance Of things Is adj
lus'ed' Everything IL carefully work.
ed out before the paper is touched"
FOUNDATION FIRST.
I infer that you build your founda-
uoh and then complete your frame
work Just as an architect does before
he begins the actual work on the super
sructure?"
rhat is Just IT," said Mrs. Thurs
lon' the framework is all complete
sllu tne whole story Is in my mind al
.lO'l 70 the smallest detail before L
start to write at all.
you see she added, II have so
many social and other engagements,
'snAt unless l worked systematically |
vVuid never get anywhere at all, but
having 1t all In mind before | begin,
am ready 10 go on with the story
whenever the opportunity offers, with
ty" ''
III Is not to be thought from Mrs.
llurstons business-llke way of doing
a,lngs That she is in the slightest UNI
Sl,lhlhe' Rather, the system that she
ulaAes use Of enables her to preserve
lsr nome life almost intact.
l 40 not believe In letting the work
interfere with the duties which every
sspnlah owes to her home" said she.
START early every morning, and keep
my work until noon. and that An
snts me writing for the day the rest
~ the time belongs to my husband and
MIS- Thurston Is now engaged in
writing new novel. She IL not pre-,
tafed yet to say just what its charac-
u 10 he, although she has already
Hlacuuealiy thought out the book IN
DELINQUENT CHARACTERS.
But | will tell you something about
~. ~ pyiHb 10 NOrk out In Il the
ss1,airacter of man, as ATTEMPTED TO
iIeunyate IN The Gambler the charac-
,'tp " woman, the scene OF the story
society novel" 'S
ished?" 'Npeo' 10 nave IL mn
mo Can hardly say. | am lust start.
MOI W. Nllte 1t out now, and II will no
satilaaoly a year or more before / am
", 'rhea 10 give 1t TO the public"
SIRE, We vide sale Of The Masauerad-
bra, ana The Gambler must have
bs V1sHt you interesting experiences
hos one Of the most interes,inp
Of ' ',rS zen the oddly diverse criticisms
tho t w. Masqueraders' that appeared i'm
has, nlted states and In England I
inp ,,, eiNed great many letters AJAX.
Tbo ' w. why the book ended as n ala
mo Huglsh critics have even talsen
toder 500 deal to task for allowing
tion ia take advantage of the situn-
nm winch he finally found binsslf
voulS american critics said that Il
aud ,ro m1ie done no good to any one
f,r g would only have caused rmcs s 80
Other c ,or MN to have followed any
mnLuurse' | must say that nv
Ipect"' " with America in this re-