Front matter
Reading edition
By
ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN
INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN
Printed in the United States of America.
PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH &. CO. BOOK MANUFACTURERS. BROOKLYN. N. Y.
To JAMES H. GANNON Whose Understanding Cooperation Has Made the Application of These Principles a Pleasant Task
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I By Way of Introduction II A General Survey III Creating the Illusion IV Your Readers V Distractions VI Clearness VII Overstrain VIII Convincingness IX Holding the Reader X Pleasing the Reader XI Plot and Structure XII Character XIII Individuality vs. Technique XIV The Reader and His Imagination XV The Place of Action in Fiction XVI Adaptation of Style to Material Appendix: Your Manuscripts and the Editors Index
FUNDAMENTALS OF FICTION WRITING