Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

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,he,ves and girls where tba VI Oos
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girls OF the British emplre en- 10 u
queen OF authors. '' she s d
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an over Europe Tho Wing cyau
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s .. breezy Dulwich Common on wy ~. ea
SKIRTS OF southeast london =" en- ,ne oz
IN a great deal for socIetv a one 81
noted bridge player. Desnlte , Sna q
one or the hardest working ~ wv Ss sas
When interviewed. she MA.
over the last proofs az wa" vas iooEl
or The Blue Diamond IN n'w eaila
iorta pie library The walls v nra cos
eseo TO the ceiling win q. I
OF DOCKS while several '"svs
portable leather arm chairs ma CON-
nat top desk completed the room 'an
This is my study. NV un.s.,
said Mrs. Meade, yet 7 SSo's s.p
down here much, simply n ~ s, IVY 81
mornings mail or 10 revlso a.Aa ny
a an1 NY ,, Work' | dictate all my sto1s,
ana novels to my stenograpbsy ''O''a
Il work regularly every wo.,
morning from $3.50 to p. rn.--tbrS. @ aa
a half hours altogether. r.oS S'.eo ana
ters and dictate answers Are, u, el'
Then ! revise the previous dov'. =, az
script. Then ! am ready 10 GlS,a manu.
do this walking arou1d ~ 'a'e !
someone's standing at the window !.
IN front OF a picture. alwavS M
something to look at, although / h aas
dictated. while lying on az ui,b 'ase
eyes shut when have been m va ny
walking about helps to bring n.,,
Suppose ! want a new story 7 to oieas
girl and two men. ] hunt IN naros se 81,
these characters, Reneraly from i Trh VT
Who or a city directory. | lot down
score OF names on slip 81 psper
and mix them up. Next choose h.
cality-London. the country. Franco
Germany, whichever / happen to thnSj
VIII serve best. Now ] am ready IA /
start debating. Plot? No decidealy|
no. | have no plot. and as a rule no
the slightest idea Of what the story win
be. / just make a beginning and a,
my stenographer takes her Shorthand
notes the story begins to unwind Itsol,
and grows by degrees. The incIdent,I
and local color come as inspirations
from moment TO moment. The blot
unfolds itself quite easily. At O'Clock
we stop. I have dictated perhaps 1Ol
words, 7 cannot work slowly IL 7 tried
] average 1000 words a day during INA
three and n bali hours, II a publisher
Is In n great hurry, can DO 5000, but
! prefer not to as a rule.
sometimes. Of course editors AMI |
publishers ask for plot and then
I have TO send them skeleton, lH
I cannot remember ever having hs
to Il when ] have written the IaT
It's very much easier not 10 thkS
any plot. but let the book writ fsi.
professionally 4 publisher has ssni
for a novel IN a hurry. on one GA.
scion they wanted Il within the week
did it-S0.000 words-and really ons
OF nv most successful stories. Il wi
finished In heaps Of time but, OF coufs,
/ had to work morning and night a.
And that's rather too hard work yhel
one Is growing old"
GAS a matter OF fact, Mrs. Meade
40, and as youthful looking a matron
ever came out Of the County OF CORK
Her hair is sunny, her eyes blue, he7
pleasing features typically IRISH"
CHARLES 0GDENs