The Technique of Fiction Writing
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Chapters (42)
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE WRITER HIMSELF
- CHAPTER II THE CHOICE OF MATTER
- CHAPTER III CONCEPTIVE TECHNIQUE: STORY TYPES
- CHAPTER IV CONCEPTIVE TECHNIQUE: PLOT AND SITUATION
- CHAPTER V CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE OF NARRATION[C]
- ORDER OF EVENTS
- PREPARATION
- PROPORTION
- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
- CHAPTER VI EXECUTIVE TECHNIQUE OF NARRATION
- MODE OF NARRATION
- STYLE
- CHAPTER VII EXECUTIVE TECHNIQUE OF NARRATION
- METHOD
- SUSPENSE
- EMPHASIS AND SUPPRESSION
- TRANSITION
- BLENDING OF ELEMENTS
- CHAPTER VIII DESCRIPTION
- DESCRIPTION OF PERSONS
- DESCRIPTION OF SETTING
- CHAPTER IX SPEECH
- CHAPTER X PORTRAYAL OF CHARACTER
- CHARACTERIZATION BY SPEECH
- CHARACTERIZATION BY STATEMENT
- CHARACTERIZATION BY ACTION
- CHAPTER XI ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER XII THE SHORT STORY
- CHAPTER XIII THE NOVEL
- CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- APPENDIX A SUGGESTIONS FOR THE STUDENT
- APPENDIX B SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS
- APPENDIX C TO WRITE A STORY
- CONCEPTIVE TECHNIQUE
- CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE
- EXECUTIVE TECHNIQUE
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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