This is from a 1939 advertising insert for The Regent Institute at Palace Gate, London. Other headlines in it include "Write for Profit: A Second Income in Spare Time," and "Earning While Learning: Striking Letters from New Writers," in which 'typical students' thank the Institute for being so effective that they had already made back their fees through lucrative sales before even completing the course.

I’ve not made a study of British attitudes toward writing in the 30s, but I admire the pragmatic tone of this little pamphlet. No airy-fairy towers and muses here, just writing = extra money. Sensible and sturdy; one expects no less from a nation on the brink of the Blitz.