The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-19

Ils al very we'll having an Idea for
a story. but it's q very different mat.
ter writing It Three difficult parts Of
writing d STORY are the beginning oi
e, the going 0n with it, and the hn-
ishins Of IT. and even when these facts
have been accomplished to the sails
faction Of the writer he still has an
arduous task to perform which is TO
sell It There have been cases on rec
ord In which the last feat has never
been accomplished at all.
To the young writer, like Jones, for
instance. the beginning Of his story
appears the most painful Jones has
his idea, his story skeleton dancing
in his brain, but he cant get a holt
On any of it's limbs and lay # fat. y
eludes him and laughs him 70 scorn
as be tries to put paper and ink aesh |
on It's bones.
Jones thinks OF the various OPEN
ings OF stories be has read. The ro
mantle style, as adopted by Scott,
Dumas and G. P. r. James, comes to
his mind
Two solitary horsemen we're travers-
ing lonely wood at the end Of hot
July day. The steeds picked their way
carefully as they passed over the un-
derbrush and for an hour or two the
animals footballs we're the only
sounds heard AT length ives, Of
course) the elder horseman was the
FIRST to break the silence. 1.-THE elder
horseman always Is the first To break
the sllencel
But there aren't any horsemen in
Jones story, and It's a matter Of in
difference to him who breaks the ST.
lence first
The New England style next occurs
to him;
Louisa" called a hard, sharp voice
from the rear kitchen, you come right
in this minnitl Ipuisal Loo-ee-zeri
! Drat the gal, where Il she2 GalIivantin
araound them Hicks's medders reck-
on. Fer the lans sake, here she IL
naowl"
l. Jones realizes that this kind Of open
3 ing attracts attention from the start
and gives promise OF interesting do
D nestle trouble for Louisa. The pc
a culiar spelling Of rminnit," though IN.
a necessary, has a strong local color
|. and Il Jones has young girl and a
J, cross stepmother 10 Concord n II.
for his principal characters he will do
3 well to ponder this opening. But hs
Q hasn't
a He thinks and thinks All. here Il
4 the society novel style
9 Helen Van Mustard came down th'
sters Of Mrs Gallashin's house IN tn
i Seventies, near the park, with com
d pressed lips and cloudy eyes.
e Home. julius she said, as shl
Q. stepped into her limousine, and as tn
n well appointed machine few aloni
2 the avenue. barely within the limit
e of the law. she wondered dumbly ho'
e she was going 70 right herself wit
y her recent hostess. Helen felt col
at yineed that the Countess szlgzkzov
ie ski had cheated. but how TO prove it2
ID No. that won't do. There are no ore
fe moneyed people Ia Jones worl
le spending twice as much as they'g
q got
~ Once upon a time there was a.
y Ridiculous It sounds too much III
fairy story. Going to the other e
- IRENE suddenly. Jones cOnceives til
start.
n, The thousands and thousands Of c
ef facldences which occur in the dai
en- lives Of the present century toiler 1
le. fallibly lead to the conclusion TIL
y what we term accident or chance
really only
sr Hang IL That leads nowhere.
this time Jones has forgotten VII
y his story is about
Well, be must concentrate bis min
ne Let him think. There's a man and
woman who marry and who separs
'nt Immediately afterward. Why7 No
ok whyg Oh. yes. because they mu
On meet again 20 years later in order
threaten ruin 70 the lives Of the he
oa and heroine, one Of whom IS the CHI
les OF the woman by a previous maria
ne and the other the child Of the man
eH a subsequent and hlgamous marrlal
.oa And the point is-the point is--w
M what ID the pointg
The point might be several thin
n. but Jones hasn't got that Gar yet
Jones wants to do is to begin his sto
Inn but he cant decide whether TO bel
/ With the marriage Of the parents
me the lovemaking OF the youngsters a
- 60 backward when he's in the mid
nk- Of the narrative. He might start t
way:
ner Esther yawned and threw down
the book. The hammock felt uncomfe
able 10 her shoulders and she wish
oe- .lfe held more novelty. for her. oh.
ner the medieval days Of glory VII
ept knights came riding ZIP from the g
and threw down gauntlets. oh.
'Do the
20 Jones began to get nervous hlma
now. One more try:
hef wei. fer a newly married cou
ny Them two is the most businesslike p
'iea ties as ever seen" muttered
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