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Show Writing for the Newspapers. I am very frequently asked whether tho newspaper is the best starting point for young authors, and in this question lies, in nine cases out of ten, a grave misconception. Many young writers believe be-lieve that work rejected by the monthly magazine will find a market with the daily newspaper. It seems to be taken for granted that the same degree of care is unnecessary for newspaper work as for magazine writing. "The newspaper dies with the day, the magazine lives for a mouth," is tho general feeling, and hence the impression that ephemeral work will find a ready market with tho newspaper. It has been my pleasure to write for the newspaper press of America for six or seven years, and I give young writers a leaf from my experience when I ssy to them, do not allow yourselves to believe that minor work will find favor with the modorn American newspaper. There is just as much demanded of a writer in the newspaper editorial office as in that of the monthly nuigaziue. A writer commits the greatest mistake of her lifo when she looks upon the newspaper as a graduating school to tho magazine. The same standard of grammar and expression expres-sion set by the magazine holds good with newspapers. Edward W. Bok in Ladies' Home Journal. |