Adventure Magazine Cover, June 18, 1921 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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Why Don't YOU Write Stories? Maybe you think you CAN'T write when youreally CAN. Thousands of people of ordinary education who ‘‘didn’t think they could,’’ now write stories and photoplays in their spare time! Why not YOU! By the New Irving System men and women everywhere are finding out it’s as easy to learn story writing as it is arithmetic or grammar! And all these people formerly thought they had to be literary geniuses in order to WRITE! Lots of those thrilling movie plays you see—endless magazine stories you’ve read—were written by people LIKE YOURSELF, who took up writing simply because they liked it and wanted to see tf they could doit. Why not find out if you, too, can write? How do you know you really can’t? Maybe with the New Irving System you would surprise yourself, your family and friends! Wouldn’t you like suddenly to develop a fine, new talent like this? It is sofascinating! It gratifies, it enthuses, it thrills you! It makes you happy—it elevates you. You Jearn to move people to laughter or tears—to ‘‘paint pictures in their minds’’—to deeply interest them— and your story or photoplay has as much chance of greatness as those of any other author. hy not? It has happened before—time and time again. Sometimes the simplest stories catch the popular fancy. Often the unknown author eprings to fame overnight. Out of tke Sree Out of the unknown—have come our famous authors and play- wriphts. You can study story and play writing after your working hours, or even in the street car going to and from your work. Think! Instead of wasting that time in your trips backand forth you can be learning something wonderful—something that may mean a New Future for you! Join the ambitious ones Who no longer waste their spare hours. And don’t hesitate because you have an ordinary education—that may be a HELP instead of a hindrance. Brilliant people have really done less in writing than the plainer, persistent ones who had common sense and determination. ' he Authors’ Press, of Auburn, N. Y.,{shelp{ng people succeed as writers-- people of small means and modest occupations who thought {t impossible for them sete at all--who now sell their stories and plays to magazine and scenario re e Since the advent of the movie, the sclence of story writing has made big strides. You owe it to yourself to find out all about this. Through this New System you wre readily taught the correct way to write a story or play. The Authors’ Press, Auburn, N. Y., will send you, absolutely free, a beauti- S fully illustrated pook you will be grateful for---a book for people who don’t know whether or not they can write. It is filled with helpful suggestions fer everyone seeking self-advancement. This book {fs something you may have long leoked _ for---it_explaina many things about Writing Plays and Stories: how to begin; how to find {n- cidents and people to write about; how to originate plots: how to weave ro- mantic situations: how to construct dialogue; how to perfect your manu- script; howto submit it to magazine and pbetoniny companies. This book, with ts many ‘teresting Hlustrations, will prove a revelation to you in, many ways. Don’t hesitate. Send ferit. No charge, You are not under the slizhtest obliga- tion. You haveas much chance of learn- txg something mew ee anybody else---~ through this simpte mew system you may accomplish wonders! It doesn’t hart to find out, anyway. The coupon below is for convenience---it opens a New Door to ertunity~---it paves the way to something worth while. USE IT. THE AUTHORS’ PRESS, Dept. 188, Auburn, N. Y. I would like to havea y of your free descriptive itustrated booklet for those aspiring to write. 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