Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — TO YOUNG WRITERS. [ARTICLE]

TO YOUNG WRITERS.

Mr. Luis Jackson, of the American Israelite, Chicago, a journalist of experience as well as ability, gives some excellent advice to young writers for the press. He says, among other things: Write for the press In a big, bold hand; remember that the compositor puts the copy at some distance from him. Do not try to write beautifully, but write plainly; a good, rounded lettei, with every letter distinct. Never crowd your paper with writing. Leave plenty of space between the lines so th»t the editor can make correctionsand alterations. Leave about three inches of space on lop of the first sheet for the headlines of the article and for the editor to write his instructions on to the printer in regard to the type and manner of setting. Write your own headline; if the editor does not like it he will change it. Leave only one Inchon top of all the other pages, and one inch at •the bottom. Number your pages consecutively. Put the number in the right hand corner, and not in the middle of the page. Never write on both sides of the paper if you do not wish your copy destroyed and yourself condemned as an ignoramus Into the bargain. The meanest cannibal—the man who .’ives on his friends.