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

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FUNDAMENTALS OF FICTION WRITING