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Show HOW MRS. D ELAND WORKS. Among writers of fiction, Hrs. Msrgarat Dolaud.- author of "The Awakening ef Helen Richie." is one of the most msthedi-rl. msthedi-rl. Her favorite workroom Is a large and many-windowed room on the second floor ef hor charming house in Boston., and she makes a point of pending much. of becalm tiiere.- -She knows, that it is-aseleta te try to write well in imaciuative work anless, the spirit moves, but fhe gives the spirit every opportunity by bein- ner her desk for at least a portion rf every day. and often she spends hour at a single sitting. She writ her flm - draft of a aceae er a chapter in ths nrt fluh ef inspiration. Then the rewrite this with great care, making mak-ing numrrous alttratioas. Next she give it to her secretary to be typewritten. and in . this shape it i sent to the publisher. -Later she corrects snd recorrect ths panted 1 proofs with painstaking attention.. -f -' |