Vintage Writing Instruction

"Plots the Triple-O Way" by John Nanovic. This work was originally published in the 1945 Writer's Yearbook. Extensive research uncovered no copyright renewal. The original printing has the following tongue-in-cheek introduction. "John Nanovic got a divorce but his friends think it's just temporary. John left Street & Smith, where he edited fiction from the time he came to work in short pants, and...

This episode is "Ego Makes the Character Go" by M. Scott Michael. This work was originally published in the 1945 "Writer's Yearbook". Extensive research uncovered no copyright renewal. Real people are motivated by hundred different things in every action of their life-whether it be scratching an ankle or stealing a kiss. Real characters that reach out and hold the reader's interest are complex peo...

"Road Map to a Novel" by Pauline Bloom. This work was originally published in the 1945 "Writer's Yearbook". Extensive research uncovered no copyright renewal. For those who study plotting, characterization and world building, but don't know where to actually start in writing a novel. Here are 20 steps you can take.

"What Makes the Action Story Go", By Lamont Buchanan, Editor Short Stories, Inc. This work was originally published in the 1945 "Writer's Yearbook". Extensive research uncovered no copyright renewal.

"May a Beginner Speak?" By Elizabeth van der Veer. Lessons learn from an author making a second go at publishing short stories. From the September, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest". No copyright renewal was found.

"This Modern Realism", by Thomas H. Uzzell. The Truth About the Strange Literary Story of Today and What We Ambitious Writers Should Do About It. This work was originally published in the June, 1933 issue of _Writers Digest_. Extensive research uncovered no copyright renewal.

The Literary Cliché, by Laurence D'Orsay.

"Sell Western Stories!" by Hamilton Crage.

"Color and Tempo" by Clarke Venable. Originally published in the June 1933 issue of Writer's Digest.

From the March & April 1923 issues of "Writer's Monthly." Here is "The Function of Setting in the Short-Story" by A.C. Allenson.

"Pessimism in Fiction" by A. C. Allenson. Originally published in the May 1922 issue of "Writer's Monthly". Now in the public domain.

"God's Gift of Words" by Major Arthur J. Burks. Not as much instructional this time, but more historical. Major Burks makes a plea for writers to use their skills to help connect military personnel overseas connect with people back home, and vice versa. It is a solid reminder of what well written fiction can do.

The Trick of Being Funny.

Let's Understand Short Shorts, by William Martin.

A reminder that not all artists must be tortured and miserable in order to produce good work. By Captain John C. Kofoed.

"Sport Story" by Talbert Josselyn. Originally Appeared in September 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest" now believed to be in the Public Domain.

Mystery Stories for Children, By Ruby Lorraine Radford. Originally appeared in the September 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest."

This is Chapter Seven of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, who was the editor of "Adventure," one of the highest circulating magazines in the heyday of the pulps. Originally published in 1922, now in the public domain. This chapter deals with "overstrain", which is what happens when you make your readers work too hard to understand your story.

This is chapter 6 of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, who was the editor of "Adventure," one of the highest circulating magazines in the heyday of the pulps. Originally published in 1922, now in the public domain.

This is chapter 5 of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, who was the editor of "Adventure," one of the highest circulating magazine in the heyday of the pulps. Originally published in 1922, now in the public domain.

This is the fourth chapter of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. Originally published in 1922, it is now in the public domain.

This is the third chapter of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. Originally published in 1922, now in the public domain.

This is the second chapter of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. Originally published in 1922, it is now in the public domain.

This is the first chapter of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. I'll be posting several chapters from this book over the next few weeks.

Thoughts on enlisting your subconscious mind to help you write. Originally published in a 1920 issue of "Writer's Monthly". Written by D. G. Baird.