The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08

~" W - AAfN aAAAN NNWNN NhON " ~
VOC" b~comes audible
y pot him In a dOs-n aittIations With
whirh I'm familiar aud watch biz actions
until know UhA, he will do under any
c,rcumsta nc~-. then must wait for the
circumstances, To turn up which uill give
him cha ncs IN amuss me not the reader
nor editor. nor a religion nor . faction
Rets consideration. I'm selfish then.
The hard part % writing. and. 10 10
keep the pictures In the tack part % NV
brain from exceeding the speed limit. I
wrote IOuO words on Nachstts' In one
day. hut as rule I write rather slowly
that -. there - often a long interval
ls-tWr''n words. as | don't try to influence
the characters aud much they do - CON
mnnplaCe. 80 that u resolves into dis
crimina ton. winch - the final touch tn
writing What shalt lie set down aud
what di ScarCi,,d'
character development u the river.
situations and incidents make up its
iSAnks, and plot j. merely the force ~
gravity which produces action. Where
th" hanks are "f granite the current -
d-r,.,t-,i, where the rush - stronger the
hanks are washed AwRv. but according
To INV theory plot should lie All unseen nut
Irresistible force.
I WAS ALWAYS given tn dAv dreaming
and before | tried u | fAncied that writing
would he much the same But u IL en-
trely different In the frSt place ! have
~ little control over my characters a. my
parents had over me. I can Law GOWN
certain points where they must touch.
but their own individuality colors every
thing. It Is holding that focus that makes
hard work 70 Il.
As neaV a. ! can como to II IL i- as
/ though the subconsciots part ~ me lives
ia a separate world behind that little win
dow IN the back ~ my head mentioned
and the conscious part Of me looks in and
Describes What II se~a. write on a type
/ writer direct. aud before begin ! get NV
body a. comfortable a. possible for as
soon a. the show opens IN sure To forget
everything else
I seldom TeViae and am never we'll
suited when do. for all normal people
have peculiar twists IN their makeup and
t I hate TO cut these perfectly normal twists
. ont ~ nv hc'ioniled characters to suit
some one who probably IL not we'll Ac-
quainted with himself. II . man IL thor.
oughly acquainted with himself he knows
heroes. Martyrs. thieves. towards and
explorers ~ heart. but ws live like ordi
ary. respectable people until We think
that we are ordinary. respectable people
10 the core and We come to believe that
custom u character. IL often produces
| a severe shock To expose hts own nature
10 a person who never Knew that ne poe
sessed Que.
Another thing to be counted on 10 the
breadth II hereditv. In counting back
forty generations We perceive that We
must have drawn the clay Of our makeup
; from q central bank. The man who sweeps
} the crossing had king for ancestor u
Won 90 back far enough. but the poison
81 u has long since been filtered from
his blood
3 but best 81 all in estimating humanity
think IL the ability 90 take Of the hat 10
nothing before intrinsic personality. re-
gardless 81 outward position. ] remsm-
Der once ! went out Of ChicaGo during a
storm. riding % the brake beam OF a
cattle car The beam was about eight
inches wide about a foot above the track
and the roar % the wheels was a thing
beyond the Imagination.
a man sltting on q porch caught sight
- me and I saw him point me out Va q
hoy who Sat beside him I've no doubt he
wove a fi'ing sermon about my suffer
Ings having been caused by idleness and
dehauchery. and that ! was getting nv
just deserts Hut vas singing a. con-
ten'edly a. 4 kettle
I'm determined 20 draw the thing a.
see ~ with truth. ~ least. even though |
ran expect 10 see only small portion Of
life
Despite this assertion most people
would consider that the author has
managed 20 obtain several viewpoints
Of life: even from the earliest manifesto
lions 81 his intended authorship when his
father took hIm AT the age OF ! or . TO
Delphi Ind 10 live.
Al that time. he insists. Indiana had
not attained lie present proficiency In the
incubation % writer's: so my father 10
free from all blame There may be a better
place than Delphi ia which 20 invest a
bovhood. Dut doubt Il.
Deer Creek flows through II and
ampties into the Wabash. a mile Lelow
the town: the Tippecanoe " five miles
distant and these streams still retain a
fringe % forest. Indian trails. pirate dens.
secret caves and the other necessities ~
the primitive life The bbys we're divided
into gangs. which maintained inces~ant
warfare; swimming, camping out. hunt
ing fishing. fruit ratding each did ha
part. 80 that the boy was not forced 20 miss
any ~ the more important details 81 the
early stages ~ evolution.
i started TO school IN the second grade
and was whipped AZ the close 81 the first
DAYS session Tor innocentlv twiIiing my
hat on a stick ] was never anerward
quite able to overcome tne resentment
aroused and many worthy teachers we're
made 10 suffer therefor
Teachers acre nv fret character
-fudie- studied school teachers a. an
entomnlogis studies bugs. al On AStrono-
rner studies the stars. a. an explorer
studies the surface ~ the earth, and !
found them ont The hrst whipping vas
Responsible for u
a school teacher makes Q more profit
able study than a schOoibook Spelling
I never could learn but ! nov knUv that
This proved me 20 pn-s~~s logical mind
over ~ enty million years are wasted
every generation m the vain endeavor
20 teach innocent and trusting children
how 10 spell Ian g,iaSe which cannot BE-
spelled
1T can he memorized We had ~ -'ay
in after school and write each missed word
a hundred times which kap' my revolu-
tionAry spirit IN training. but utterly
ruined my penmanship For ! soon dis
covered that no teacher would 60 20 the
bother ~ reading Q thousand or 30 words
and | formulated q near writing which ]
used on all bat the first ten words In
The end near ~ritine became a fixed habit
and nov no one. not even myself. can read
my script
But after leading th.s s'ci',nE life and
managing. despite all. 70 lead his class
for two successive wears IN the grammar
..,,y ,b. future author feaChera hailed