THE LITERARY APPROACH

ARTICLE

Virginia 5-P-1 FPE

I was sitting thoughtfully at my typewriter where I had just banged out the first half page of a "think piece" on transvestism which I had been commissioned to write for a new magazine in the sex field, when someone knocked on the door.

"Come in," I yelled, not wanting to break into the continuity of my thoughts by getting up and going to the door.

"Don't mind if I do." a cheery voice replied, and I looked up to see my buddy Tom walking into the room and flipping the door closed behind him. “Well, what are you cranking out this time, Professor," he asked with a grin. Knowing that I frequently wrote on rather far out psycho- logical subjects which were generally a bit beyond him, he protected himself by giving me the sarcastic and still grudgingly complimentary title of "Professor." Actually I had no such position or degree, but I had developed a knack of studying up on a psychological subject and writing about it in a way that ordinary people could understand.

"Oh, I'm trying to get off the ground with a write up on a new story, but I've got the opening scene on paper and am kind of stuck as to where to go from here,” I explained. "Here, read what I've written and it will save me explaining it to you this far,” I said and handed him the paper from the machine. He sat down on the couch and started to read it to himself.

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The new black hard top drove up to the motel on the outskirts of the city about 6:30 in the evening and a young man of perhaps 35, tall and

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