A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF FICTION CHAPTER II A GOOD STORY TO TELL Where do Novelists get their Stories from? CHAPTER IV CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION The Chief Character CHAPTER V STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE Narrative Art CHAPTER VI STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE Colour: Local and Otherwise CHAPTER VII PITFALLS Items of General Knowledge CHAPTER VIII THE SECRET OF STYLE Communicable Elements CHAPTER IX HOW AUTHORS WORK Quick and Slow CHAPTER X IS THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF NOVELS EXHAUSTED? The Question Stated CHAPTER XI THE NOVEL v. THE SHORT STORY Practise the Short Story CHAPTER XII SUCCESS: AND SOME OF ITS MINOR CONDITIONS The Truth about Success SUCCESS Minor Conditions of Success APPENDIX I THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION [175:1] By Edgar Allan Poe APPENDIX II BOOKS WORTH READING APPENDIX III MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON WRITING FICTION Transcriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation are as in the original. Ellipses match the original. A complete list of typographical corrections as well as other notes follows the text.
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