Writing the Short Story
Publisher: Hendricks House
Published: June 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780875321677
Copyright date: 1953
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The writer in search of a self; title: What is a short story?; title: Beginning the short story; title: Sensory details and documentation; title: The use of dramatic immediacy; title: Filling in the background; title: The art of dialogue; title: Suspense and planning; title: Characterization; title: Motivation; title: Points of view in fiction; title: The theme and the plot; title: Naturalistic detachment and restraint; title: Preachment and propaganda; title: Matters of style; title: Reading for writers; title: The romantic myth of inspiration; title: Writing for money; title: The writer's block; title: Psychological motivation of the writer