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Fundamentals of fiction writing

Fundamentals of fiction writing

by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman

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Author
Hoffman, Arthur Sullivant, 1876-1966
Original Publication
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922.
Credits
Al Haines
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Fiction -- Technique
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76688
Release Date
August 16, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FUNDAMENTALS OF FICTION WRITING — CHAPTER I BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER II A GENERAL SURVEY — CHAPTER III CREATING THE ILLUSION — CHAPTER IV YOUR READERS — CHAPTER V DISTRACTIONS — CHAPTER VI CLEARNESS — CHAPTER VII OVERSTRAIN — CHAPTER VIII CONVINCINGNESS — CHAPTER IX HOLDING THE READER — CHAPTER X PLEASING THE READER — CHAPTER XI PLOT AND STRUCTURE — CHAPTER XII CHARACTER — CHAPTER XIII INDIVIDUALITY VS. TECHNIQUE — CHAPTER XIV THE READER AND HIS IMAGINATION — CHAPTER XV THE PLACE OF ACTION IN FICTION — CHAPTER XVI ADAPTATION OF STYLE TO MATERIAL — APPENDIX YOUR MANUSCRIPTS AND THE EDITORS — INDEX

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