Foreword
I find, in going over the following pages, that I have taken a most authoritative position; that, in some cases, I have written with apparent conceit and even apparent arrogance. I shall not change the passages which might seem to justify such conclusions. I have tried honestly and earnestly to set down the results of my experience in such a manner that they should be of actual help to those who wish to make a success of short story writing, and so have written frequently in the first person, and with vigorous decisiveness, wherever I wished to impress very forcibly certain points. It would be possible to remove my personality from these pages, but in doing so they' might be made less forceful; accordingly they shall remain as they are, without apology and without appeal.
GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER.
Contents
I. The Sordid Side, n
II. Apprenticeship, 16
III. Mental Equipment, 24
IV. Creativeness, 26
V. Imagination, 32
VI. Observation, 36
VII. Democracy, 42
VIII. Sympathy, 46
IX. Humor, 54
X. Industry, 57
XI. The Business Story, 60
XII. The Political Story, 64
XIII. The Detective Story, 67
XIV. . Stories for Children, 70
XV. Stories About Children, 77
XVI. Stories of Adventure, 79
XVII. The Love Story, 81
XVIII. The Historical Story, 88
XIX. Dialect Stories, 90
XX. Stories Not to Be Written, 92
XXI. Construction, 94
XXII. The Beginning, 98
XXIII. Development, 112
XXIV. The Ending, 119
XXV. Description, 120
XXVI. General Observations, 122
XXVII. Condensation, 125
XXVIII. Length of Stories, 128
XXIX. Editing, 130
XXX. Preparing a Manuscript, 132
XXXI. Marketing, 138
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