Fiction Writing

The Three Modes of Characterization--Dialogue--Action-- Description or Direct Statement--Aims of Characterization-- To Show the Nature--To Show the Man as a Physical Being-- Charac...

Potency of Dialogue--Mechanical Distribution--Naturalness-- Directness--Dialect--Situation--Three Resources to Meet Demands of Situation--Physical Effect--Ellipsis--Elements of Lan...

Interest--Secondary Function of Description--Distribution-- Story of Atmosphere--Effectiveness of Distributed Description --Description of Persons--Example--Analysis--Accuracy-- Me...

Definition--Two Types--Dramatic Short Story--Atmospheric Short Story--Origins--Assumed Unity and Singleness of Effect of Dramatic Short Story--General Technique of Form-- Character...

Mode of Narration--First Person Narration--Variation-- Advantages--Disadvantages--Plausibility--Third Person Narration--Advantages--Avoidance of Artificiality-- Consideration of Le...

Narration Method--Story of the Commonplace--Story of the Bizarre--Vividness--Suspense--Emphasis and Suppression-- Matter of Weight--Expansion and Vividness--Primary and Secondary E...

Definition--General Atmospheric Value of Fiction--Tone of Story--Preparation of Reader for Climax--Examples--The Story of Atmosphere--Short Story--Setting--Slight Dramatic Value of...

Critical Faculty--Cultivation of Genius--Observation and Information--Open-mindedness--Attitude Toward Life-- Prejudice and Provincialism--The Social Question--Reading-- Imaginatio...

Importance--Plot and Situation--Spiritual Values of Story-- Order of Events--Introduction--Primary and Secondary Events-- Climax--Naturalness--The End--Preparation--Proportion-- Ge...

Novel and Romance--Romanticism and Realism--Techniques of Novel and Romance--Incoherence of Novel Relative to Short Story--Novel as Medium of Self-Expression--Interpolation of Pers...

Definition of Plot--Character and Plot--Dramatic Value of Plot--Complication--Interest--Plot as Problem--Three Basic Themes--Conflict Between Man and Nature--Conflict Between Man a...

Selection--Sincerity--Adventure--Common Problems of Life-- Originality--Novelty and Worth--Three Elements of Fictional Literature--Interest--Elements of Interest. Life is infinitel...

Conception and Execution--Utility to Know Types--Novel and Romance--Short Story--The Three Types--Emphasis--Three Elements of Any Story--Story of Character--Character and Action--S...