Transcriber’s note
Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuationinconsistencies have been silently repaired. A list of the changes madecan be found at the end of the book.
SHORT STORY WRITING:
An Art or a Trade?
SHORT STORY-WRITING
An Art or a Trade?
by
N. BRYLLION FAGIN
Dean of the School of Literary Arts, Research University,Washington, D. C., and instructor in ShortStory Writing, University of Maryland.
NEW YORK
THOMAS SELTZER, INC.
1923
Copyright, 1923, by
THOMAS SELTZER, INC.
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Overture | 1 |
| II | Action | 12 |
| III | “O. Henryism” | 29 |
| IV | The Moving Pictures | 48 |
| V | Verboten | 67 |
| VI | The Artificial Ending | 101 |
| VII | Form and Substance | 114 |
| VIII | Finale | 125 |
| IX | Effect | 132 |
| Index | 137 | |
SHORT STORY WRITING:
An Art or a Trade?
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CHAPTER I
Overture
Moods may be uncomfortable, and sad, and painfullydisturbing, but, on the other hand, they makepleasant music occasionally. Here I sit in the dusk,looking out into the street that is