Short story writingSHORT STORY WRITINGReading 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 MARKETAPPENDIXINDEXPrevious chapter ←INTRODUCTIONNext chapter →THE SHORT STORYAll 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 MARKETAPPENDIXINDEXI← INTRODUCTIONTHE SHORT STORY →