A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short Story By Charles
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE SHORT STORY
SHORT STORIES CLASSIFIED
THE PLOT
TITLES GOOD AND BAD
THE USE OF FACTS
THE CHARACTERS
METHODS OF NARRATION
THE BEGINNING
THE STORY PROPER
CLIMAX AND CONCLUSION
THE STYLE
THE LABOR OF AUTHORSHIP
THE QUEST OF A MARKET
APPENDIX "THE AMBITIOUS GUEST" (From Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Twice-Told Tales.")
INDEX
