Short story writingA Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short StoryReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short StoryPREFACEINTRODUCTIONSHORT STORY WRITINGTHE SHORT STORYSHORT STORIES CLASSIFIEDTHE PLOTTITLES GOOD AND BADTHE USE OF FACTSTHE CHARACTERSMETHODS OF NARRATIONTHE BEGINNINGTHE STORY PROPERCLIMAX AND CONCLUSIONTHE STYLETHE LABOR OF AUTHORSHIPTHE QUEST OF A MARKETAPPENDIXINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (19)A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short StoryPREFACEINTRODUCTIONSHORT STORY WRITINGTHE SHORT STORYSHORT STORIES CLASSIFIEDTHE PLOTTITLES GOOD AND BADTHE USE OF FACTSTHE CHARACTERSMETHODS OF NARRATIONTHE BEGINNINGTHE STORY PROPERCLIMAX AND CONCLUSIONTHE STYLETHE LABOR OF AUTHORSHIPTHE QUEST OF A MARKETAPPENDIXINDEXBy Charles Raymond Barrett, Ph. B.title(FOURTH THOUSAND)New York: The Baker and Taylor Co. 33-37 E. 17th Street, Union Square NorthCopyrighted, 1898, by Charles Raymond BarrettCopyrighted, 1900, by Charles Raymond BarrettPREFACE →
