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O. Henry Quotes about Writing

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I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

Writing, Giving, Secret

O. Henry (1993). “Collected Stories of O. Henry”, Gramercy Books

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Writing

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

Writing, Stories, Forget

O. Henry (1993). “Collected Stories of O. Henry”, Gramercy Books

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

Writing, Yarn, Stories

"Treasury of World Masterpieces O.Henry".

Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can't turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on I quit trying to work and go out and see something of life. You can't write a story that's got any life in it by sitting at a writing table and thinking. You've got to get out into the streets, into the crowds, talk with people, and feel the rush and throb of real life-that's the stimulant for a story writer.

Real, Writing, Thinking

I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

Writing, Giving, Secret

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

Art, Writing, Drawing

O. Henry (2015). “O. Henry's stories: Short Stories and Classic Literature”, p.429, 谷月社

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