Show A Be beginner girner la in literature I 1 you were speaking what a beginner n c r s should bould do where can he get i a tra training irim in literary work there are no schools of literature what must he dol do asked a reporter of richard watson gilder century he must saturate his mind with the best literature and he must practice practice practice where will he get an op opportunity ty to practice write an all article and submit it to a magazine and if it is rejected writs write another my idea is that he should begin anywhere give away his contributions geff att used to seeing them in type get his own cn criticisms t of them in type and hit his neighbors criticisms of them it may spoil a weakling but it knocks the conceit out of a sensible ble man to see WEI his writings in cold type I 1 advise young men and women who are determined min W to be writers to write write write and if necessary to give away their writings until they finally become valuable they should not try however as some innocently do to give them away to tho the first class clam paying periodicals it is no inducement du to a magazine editor to be told that he can call have hare a contribution tor for nothing I 1 know a young man who he even give away his v Y stings to new york periodicals so I 1 advised him to try others out of town he then went to work writing editorials without pay for an out of town daily he soon got rid of his mannerisms and has become a most valuable salaried writer upon one of the largo large newspapers and also one of the best contributors tor for the best ma magazines ga A then there is a chance tor for a man to graduate out of every day journalism into the higher field of literature magazine writing inar it depends entirely upon himself nothing grieves an editor so much as having overlooked talent in its beginnings the bluest mome moments rits an editor has are spent in the recollection of some mistake in understanding talent at its start N stew evv york MAU mail and express |