William Wallace Cook (1867–1933) also known by the pen-name John Milton Edwards, was an American journalist and writer of popular fiction. His works include westerns, adventure stories, dime novels, serials and screen and stage plays.[1] He is best remembered for his science-fiction works.[2]
William Wallace Cook
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| Born | (1868-04-11)April 11, 1868 Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States |
| Died | July 20, 1933(1933-07-20) (aged 65) Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Westerns and Dime novels |
Cook also created Plotto, a system for plot suggestion and content structure that fiction writers can use. This came out in the 1920s, and in 1934 came out with a 7 part instruction guide.[3]
As by John Milton Edwards he wrote The Fiction Factory: Being the Experience of a Writer Who, for Twenty-Two Years, has Kept a Story-Mill Grinding Successfully in 1912.
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