The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-09
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They were walking IN garden. Ihe
roses were IN fun bloom eonseq uentlE
you must know that it was June.
n wish yon would ten me how You
write these stones,s she rematked. Il
can't understand how Jon take per-
sons, make them talk and do things
lust as tf they were real,
ANYBODY who tries can DO #" he
replied.
II couldn't write . tine"
ssuppose you Try. I'll help you.
Take, for your characters persons you
know"
'eWho. for tnstanee9 80. ;
'sWelI, there's Ferguson.n
'.And you."
'.I don't think you. can make any
thing interesting OF me, but you are
welcome TO use me That's two men.
Now you need either one or two girls
Since this is your first story, perhaps
You had better confne yourself to a
few characters. One girl VIII do. She
shall be the heroine"
s'Is it to be love story"
'eVVeII, yes: a kind Of love story"
ssWhat girl Of my ACQUAINTANCE shall
I take for the heroine2'' ,1s 3t4
yourself. You'll do very well, = &
"Oh, dear; I'm afraid shall not be
have myself heroically." st
1.-THE heroine OF a story g AoE az
ways heroic. The words hero ana
heroine were used for the Aeaftpg
male and femaie characters n stories
when it was the Fashion 70 maize them
possess every humah heroic trait.
Then as d counterpart there Was al
ways a vilIafn-mhn or woman-whose
to counterfeit Our story will be q
plain, uneventful love tale"
'rWho is the heroine, as you call her.
In love witlFg'' say
'.Your question brings us to an ele-
ment that is always of assistance in
holding the interest of story curiost-
ty. 1t may be we'll in this case to con-
ceal her feelings from the reader for
time"
'.She has only two men to choose
from. you ana Mr.. Ferguson"
."Thefe may tie another who viii en-
ter Mt the cltmax-some one not men,
toned TN then-who will be q sur
ais he to be surprise to you and
Mr.. Fergusonses
Hell be aFsurIrise to me, for the
indications are In favor of Ferguson"
ayYhat' do you mean by that?"
at is difficult OF explanation, but
will try. " ben IN author sets out to
tell. a story IteIis like one moving to-
ward an Object 70 aistnnt thnthe can't
make it out. 1t may turn out to be
house or n windmill .nr''''---. 4, ss.s alS
IAN elephantH
AUST so. Now, the story In the nu-
thor.s mind is like that object, He
may suppose It to be a windmill, and
rs he s..itNdespite. his Preconeeived
notion. it may turn out to be-,
''An elephant" &, -
81 see you understand my demonstra-.
ton perfectlysSra
Partly. Do you refer to an ordi-
nary elephant or white one|
. why do you ask that2"
II was thinking that il the heroine
took either of the characters she might
GET
something she didn't want?'
There was no reply to this. He did
not seem pleased with the way the
story was getting on, In fact, he look
ed very glum. She plucked q rose that
leaned toward her from ''fts lovely
companions ana handed it to him.
Quite likely this was to encourage him
to 60 on with the construction Of the
story. 1t brought about the change in
him she desired. s
! eff you're going to Introduce. a third
eman to come iii and take. the heroine
sat the end OF the story snppose we'd
better settle on who lie IS 70 be. "
!. what need Of that ~ she asked.
'stVell. you see in story making you
must suggest faintly what you're go
ling to do The man should be in the
.sto3v. but you don't need to give away
the fact that he's to win the heroine in
the end
..But il we name some one Wen
know that hes Al dark horse, and it
will spoil the story for us"
ut wouldn't spoil it for me"
.'In other words, you take no interest
in whom the heroine murries."
There was a'slIght1 tfnge of reproach
in her tone rs she said this.
mot at all," he hustened to reply.
when l read other persons stories,
not my own. always look at the end
to see how 1t all turns out"
But this is your story. isn'titF"
land yours?"
THE lady, believe, has the privilege
of hearing the MINIS part of the story
before she tells her part ts &c.
Not when they are collaborating.
They must work together They would
never get. story made inothe world in
that way" II
'aThen I'm afraid" &c viii not be
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