Pulp Fiction, 1938 · page 60 of 64
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This page contains story prose alongside advertisements. The narrative text describes a man contemplating an idealized woman, referencing figures like Margarjorie, Cleopatra, and Rose Rossalin. He mentions returning to Hollywood by plane that night, with a sardonic comment about psychiatrists. Below is a cartoon illustration labeled "Just a little invention of my own dearie... it saves time," showing a casting director at a desk with a woman whose legs are mechanically kicking up. The page also features a large advertisement for "Trial and Error," described as a writing guide by Jack Woodford, endorsed by Esquire's editor, with a mail-order form at the bottom.
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INTRIGUING STORIES, SPICED WITH PRETTY GIRLS! 63 you've imagined a mentally created but regardless ot which is which or what’s what .. . forget Marjorie and her twins and go back to the woman who's willing to give up her career for you. Imagine her to be Marjorie imagine her to be Cleopatra or better still, imagine her to be the Rose Rossalin you met during that fan maga- dream woman zine interview, and if you’re as good at that sort of thing as you were with your first wife, everything will come back to normalcy. That is, blood pressure!” everything but your “She 1s a dazzling creature, isn’t she?” he asked, his mind far away. Whi’ “Rose Rossalin, of course!” he said, as he raised his third martini in the direc- tion of a mouth that was spreading into a smile of anticipation. “I’m returning to Hollywood by plane tonight!” And_ psychiatrists five bucks for it! get hundred “THE BEST D--- BOOK ON WRITING I EVER READ” Says The Edstor of ESQUIRE . . . Superlatives for that superlative book on writing by Jack Woodford. TRIAL AND ERROR Now in a completely revised and enlarged 7th Edition, with four new chapters added, this version was written in answer to thousands of requests by former readers, cover- ing what they wanted and needed. Written by the author of 2,000 stories and 35 books, who presents here all the formulas which helped him make those amazing sales, TRIAL AND ERROR, in former editions, was directly responsible for the making of hundreds of professional writers. Other writers at this moment are profiting by Woodford’s lifetime of information and experience. Can you afford not to know The easiest way to break into the writing game? The truth about writing for the movies? What sort of people editors and publishers really are. The taboos confronting you? How the beginner can best finance himself? What are the best story plots? ao can the same story be slanted for the pulps and slicks‘ What is the simplest method of writing a novel? THE INSIDE STORY OF THE WRITING BUSI- NESS? TRIAL AND ERROR has been praised to the skies by reviews all the way from ESQUIRE (see Burton Rascoe in the January issue) to the CHRISTIAN HERALD. The price of TRIAL AND ERROR remains at $3. Mail Order Department, Carlyle House, Publishers, P. 0. Box 162, Grand Central Annex, New York City Please send me TRIAL AND ERROR, price $3. I am taking advantage of your guarantee, and may return the book within 5 days for a complete refund if it doesn’t come up to my ex- pectations, oo Soe ee So [) Enclosed find check. [] Send C. Just a little invention of ny own dearie ... it saves time. Comicloeo C@