The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11

~ Nhlle Ne was TAXING about people on
the other side he was asked about the
Russian writer's
Well there's TurgenieH NV reason
faT mentioning his name IL that in Spring
Torrents the whole scpne SON comea ID,
te described ~ n percplyed entirely
through the eyee Of the young hero. Sanin
This ] believe IL tho proper form for a
book which "a M whole a study ~ One
character
You see Two been talking continually
about foreigners, but that's natural after
all Young men artistically inclined. u
thoroughly serious 60 to Europe To learn
painting Art h older there The Romans
Tor long time we're m busy empire
building that they had 10 learn from
GreeCe The Greeks learned sculpture
from the Egyptians. who were the older
race. but ono day Greek sculpture sur
passed Egyptian Some day our de-
scFndnnts won't have IN look aheId Tor
Their traditions regarding art
About this time Mr. Whitman WAS
reminded thrt no perfectly good inter-
view with q new end successful author
would he complete without a few remarks
m the mechanicFl side " his writing
The public was anxious n know. he was
assured, whether he always wrote IN he'd
IN a typewriter or whether he used "a
fountain pen aud wrote N horseback
'Oh, this ~ easy said he In the
first place I work very slowly. and find
that ] cen do better work by sprinkling
IN a good deal Of travel When I'm az
home, though. have regular hours
from to T. and ! stick 70 them I have
discovered thRt II You wait around for
thPt inspiration u never comes
The whole thing IN me ~ like putting
together llgsaw puzzle. The first book
] wrote fell naturally into four parts.
and five chapters was enough for each.
! didn't want to make II too long. no
cause somebody said Oh. don't write
long book or nobody will read % and
thought he was right
blocked ont the whole hook nv narts
and chapters with Pll the eptsOtns !
wanted IN each chapter and later IN I
added a schedule ~ the number % words
] vi MED IN each episode Now. about
mapping II out A good hook IL ~ course
Just "a carefully balanced and composed
- q good painting You should know
hefore sitting down n write what every
character Is 10 do A. every point
II hiss been aid nv some writers that
- 4 CaTtain point the char 'Rrs seemed
10 sweep me aside and tai The action
into their own hands There - nothing
mysterious m that, II happens only be-
Cause the writer hadn' made up his mind
what n write before he sat down ~ be-
ca use n he had mPds mp his mind he plan
didn Z aiterWard appear logical Co him
4 allow certain number ~ words ~
~ On episode and gener lly p number shat
seems inadequate. ~ that III he forced
- compress nv matter IN the utmost
The smallest numbered words tells tn story
most effectively Stevenson said IN sub
stance II know Whist u omit. ! know an
81. aNUHaaa kUaH
On PNaEgeratI0n. hut verbosity makes no
points 10 Slelk II
Mr. Whitman was asked whore no got
hl- intimate knowledge II New WORKS.
many sides Some ~ q cane m the
four years after he left college when ne
WIS IN THE EVENING SIN hut most 4
hl- work there. he said vPs writing
sketches for the hrck ~ ge IN Saturdays
Ne hid looked around god deal more
since he left newspa per work
There very little romance about ge'
ing me- teri'l for a book a hs Won
z ab1ui y - YOU g about anvlhIAg ei-"
Won figure ouf Just Whit eris0tes vuu
want your ch1rcters 90 e. through md .
then Won ind tho best places i'r thIsa
episode
4 wanted rn &C. French resi- no
for rus p.r, - nv hook so went uver .
tD tho West Thi-tIes and found Iusi Do"
rort vt place ! Was rfter nd l0rkat 90 %
a few fines md then came hnN end
wrote o bout n u wsS tho s7me way vita
"a ho- ri'rR nDuse
went t1see pie oes ~ the tyre wanted
Tho h'tle yrudasilla rrtress WIZ comes
int tho hpns 81 on tho se1t sNe'd n mo
BOZ % gen n.r ne try Sle VEs liking
'nr ..rpl" ~ urn- rrd gll Z nd 20 a. vs.
'D listen mi wv 900 .'err| VS. ftni .
mint % mo NHfIlug ptsis-
I I"reun' one dav when went 'o
$50 q Aa' in second avenue That wa
where 7 vas gong % have Felix and 'Ie
widow he married set up Housekeeping
! found = building Sith lust th" kind ~
outside that ! wanted and ! vent ln 20
,ep he agent told nm ! had come 20
80 about renting a dat
In this plares he asked and when
/ rold HIM that ! did he looked a. me- a.
though he hnew ! was = lar
he took No upstairs lust no same
and showed ne a furnished nai which
was precisely what I wanted 20 40 There
u az va. the way ! had hoped ~ find rt.
tOEs heads painted on the chair hack,
and an
I could write about that dal WItbOui
INV PISS hiltiss ~ future trouble because
hs agent would never knov hut some
lines us had idea 10 20, ton definite
WIN NfNNN NFN htaNMNH NINN NNN|F N.A
,cuiITate Dissertation ~ n place. pariicu- .
arlv n ~ isn't a complimentary de,cnp- .
ion IN that tho proprietor can FAT Ia -ee ,
no piCture
~ Won ~ YOU may have restaurant /
toepar. wanting to knOS why Won said .
her food was rotten and propristors .
10 isrting 90 tho things Won laid about
heir Haoe. None ~ these thinEs has
happened tu re hsrauEe moved my
restaurant a fsW blocks away and re-
painted my hotel
Mr. Whitman had said that he eNpected
% .tay around the Italian lakes for a while
md u vas suggested that IN such an a.
uo-phere tho work no Intended tp DO
would ba loss shadoved than -Prede--
lined
You mustn't think have anv idea
hat az Impressive novel cant he full
4 sunshine he hurried 10 sav I'm
Iulta ~ fond a. any one n brilliant day
ight IN charming PLACES. ~ amusing
.er-ons and ~ succcssful and vigorous
haracters
-Of course Il Prpdesiined' Is largely
n twilight. ~ must 10 because u J. ~
hat Felix Piers sOon CONES 10 49, the
World II u soon leaves many CAV things
,ehind that's becau-e M" Young man
az laft them behind him
Another novel would not be % and
90 could he quite ~ muCh m the realis-
It, style IN NV next hook ! hope 90
rove. that brilliant sunshine 10 not out
4 Glaze whils flooding = realistic novel
when will D. he rnished?' he was
sked
well. Predestinsd from hrsi N last,
attended over something more than tWo
aars. but ! wasn't worhing IN " some
mes for weeks A. time The mapping
~ PROCESS is all done Tor this look. N
have jtlst 20 write t
III hasn't been mapped out a. infinitely
= I understand charles Dickens used