Short Story Writing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short Story by Charles Raymond Barrett (PDF)

Short Story Writing

A Practical Treatise on the Art
of the Short Story

By Charles Raymond Barrett, Ph. B.

(FOURTH THOUSAND)

New York: The Baker and Taylor Co.
33-37 E. 17th Street, Union Square North

Copyrighted, 1898, by Charles Raymond Barrett
Copyrighted, 1900, by Charles Raymond Barrett

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Preface    7
Introduction    11
I    The Short Story    15
II    Short Stories Classified    26
III    The Plot    45
IV    Titles Good and Bad    64
V    The Use of Facts    78
VI    The Characters    94
VII    Methods of Narration    119
VIII    The Beginning    132
IX    The Story Proper    149
X    Climax and Conclusion    171
XI    The Style    189
XII    The Labor of Authorship    209
XIII    The Quest of a Market    222
Appendix    "The Ambitious Guest"    234
Index         251
Copyrighted, 1898, by Charles Raymond Barrett

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