Question

Why did john hallock write and why could not he gave his whole time to wrting?

Answer 1

John hallock wrote because it was the only source of income for him as only Jenkins published hallock's writings and find it interesting.

John worked as a bookkeeper in lumber company that's why he could not give his whole time to writing.

Answer 2

The narrator was a writer who used to work for Jenkins, a publisher. He wanted the narrator to write ghost stories as they were in more demand.Whereas the narrator did not want to write ghost stories as they were out of his choice. He liked the stories of other genres, but his ghost stories were more popular.

John had many responsibilities . He was doing the job of a book keeper in a lumber company.Thus he couldn't give his whole time to writing.

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