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Show ENTERTAINMENT JACK LORD: Painting or Performing, He's a Perfectionist Tells How to Make Money Writing Short Paragraphs Chicago Man Reveals was a pouk vg outside ITthe converted warehouse Short Cut to Authorship in Honolulu where interiors were being filmed for tv's "Hawaii Five-O.-" Discloses beginners often gel paid five to ten times mere per word than the rates The company was only four days into its second season, but the pressure was already building: up. And Jack Lord, pacing the floor and nervously cracking his knuckles, didn't help at all. "He always drives himself like this," a production assistant told and years a relatively few FOR yearshave had a "comer" on one me. 30-fo- ot trailer. When I made comments about the trailer, he volunteered: "It cost $35,000 to build. I had it made even before dressing-roo- m I knew the show was renewed for a second year because I had confidence in the show." Even in his early youth, New n York Jack was restless. He shifted from painting to seasummers faring. His were spent at sea, working on freighters. In his spare time, Jack sketched and painted. When he returned from the sea one year, Lord met and married fashion designer Marie deNarde. "We've been married 18 years," he said. "Meeting her made all the difference. I might have sailed on merchant ships for the rest of my life. She gave my life a purpose." Lord said that he turned to acting because he could never get on canvas what he felt and wanted to express. "I kept looking at French Impressionists and couldn't achieve the quality they had, so I decided it was time to change my mode of expression. "Encouraged by Marie and my old friend Gary Cooper, I gave up an $18,000 job as a Cadillac salesman," Jack recollected. 'The next year I barely earned $1,100. That's what we lived on. I wouldn't take my wife's money." Giving me a City-bor- high-scho- ol iter paid to famous authors. Now anyone who can write a sentence in plain English can write for money without spending weary years "learning to write." of the most profitable authors' markets "It's hard on him. Harder on the crew." The producer added: "But having a star like Jack is like having money in the bank. He's always on time, no bags under his eyes, and always knows his lines. He's a perfectionist." "It's the character I play that makes me edgy," Jack explained during lunch in his luxurious angle by which little-kno- rare smile, he added, "I've been poor and rich in my life, and believe me, rich is much better." Jack's acting career hasn't been sensational. He has done some tv and Broadway roles, supporting movie parts, and his own, shortlived "Stoney Burke" series. The star of "Hawaii-Five-0who works hard at keeping himself in top physical shape, has established himself as a dedicated, somewhat humorless professional actor. It has reaped Jack a solid financial harvest. He owns property in Los Angeles, Australia, and Hawaii and has heavy stock investments. But he is not a happy man because he takes himse'f and everything too seriously. Lord would rather be acclaimed for his painting than for his acting. He sold his first painting at 18 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which has since purchased three more. His works are on exhibit in more than 40 private collections in the U.S. As with his acting, Jack is his own severest critic, destroying more than 30 percent of the paintings he does. Will Jack Lord ever let go and relax? Will he ever consider his painting or acting good enough? I doubt it. He is a perfectionist. And perfection is an elusive goal to achieve. PEER J. OPPENHEIMER ," ever known. They've been going quietly along selling thousands and thousands of contributions. None of them has had to be trained authors. None of them has been "big name" writers. Yet, in hundreds of cases they have been paid from five to ten times is much per word as was earned by famous authors. The successful men and women in this field had such r. good thing that they kept it pretty well to themselves. Mr. Benson Barrett was one of these people. For years he enjoyed a steady income made enough money in spare time to pay for a fine farm near Chicago. Finally, Mr. Barrett decided to let others in on the secret Since then he has shown a number of other men and women how to write for money. He has not had to give them any lessons in writing. He has not asked them to go through any long course of study or practice. In fact, most of his pro teges have started mailing contributions to magazines within two weeks after starting with his plan. Mr. Barrett says that the only skill required is that the beginner be able to write a sentence in plain English. Almost anyone with a grade school education can write well enough to follow Mr. Barrett's plan, because the contributions you will send to magazines are almost never more than one short paragraph in length. Mr. Barrett does not teach you to write. He shows you what to write, what form to put it in, and whom to send it to. He shows you a simple method for getting ideas by the hundreds. He gives you a list of more than 200 magazines whose editors are looking for this kind of material and who will buy from beginners. In other words, he teaches you a method, an angle, a plan for starting to write for money right away. would like to see your writing IF you print and get paid for it just send your name on coupon to Mr. Barrett. He will send full information about his plan of coaching by return mail postage prepaid. He makes no charge for this information. And, no salesman will call on you. You decide, at home, whether you'd like to try his plan. 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City Family Weekly, September 28, 1969 s, housewives, folks who are retired on small incomes, even employed men and women who like to use idle hours in a constructive way all types are making money on short paragraphs. Shut-in- -- State. Zip |