Project Gutenberg 2008-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 76 Smith, Lewis Worthington 1866 1947 03011265 The Writing of the Short Story Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Writing of the Short Story" by Lewis Worthington Smith is a guidebook on narrative composition written in the early 20th century. This instructional text focuses on the art of crafting short stories, emphasizing the essential elements that contribute to a compelling narrative, such as character, incident, description, and mood. In this book, Smith explores the fundamental components of a successful short story, breaking down narrative forms and discussing the importance of plot and character development. He highlights how a coherent sequence of incidents can generate emotional engagement and how descriptions contribute to the overall atmosphere. Throughout, he encourages writers to consider the psychological connection between characters and readers while providing practical suggestions for improving their storytelling skills. Ultimately, Smith aims to equip aspiring writers with the tools necessary to create impactful short fiction that resonates with readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short story PN Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Literature 123217 123218 2024-10-11T13:35:28.295682 2023-09-12T06:12:50.813351 text/html text/html 121099 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 41572 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 122066 2024-10-11T13:35:35.316131 application/epub+zip 121507 2024-10-11T13:35:31.628131 application/epub+zip 111444 2024-10-11T13:35:30.297669 application/epub+zip 272692 2024-10-11T13:35:37.819103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258482 2024-10-11T13:35:34.396119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216372 2022-09-12T13:25:05.244391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105227 105012 2024-10-11T13:35:27.764665 2023-09-12T06:12:50.373355 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 105119 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 39102 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 105114 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39073 2021-01-04T09:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20793 2024-10-11T13:35:37.960107 application/rdf+xml 15598 2024-10-11T13:35:30.856658 image/jpeg 3935 2024-10-11T13:35:30.571632 image/jpeg 118248 2024-10-11T13:35:28.307654 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog