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HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL
HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL
- A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF FICTION
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL
- CHAPTER I
  - THE OBJECT IN VIEW
  - An Inevitable Comparison
  - A Model Lesson in Novel-Writing
  - The Teachable and the Unteachable
  - FOOTNOTES:
- THE OBJECT IN VIEW
- An Inevitable Comparison
- A Model Lesson in Novel-Writing
- The Teachable and the Unteachable
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II
  - A GOOD STORY TO TELL
    - Where do Novelists get their Stories from?
    - Is there a Deeper Question?
    - What about the Newspapers?
  - Where do Novelists get their Stories from?
  - Is there a Deeper Question?
  - What about the Newspapers?
  - FOOTNOTES:
- A GOOD STORY TO TELL
  - Where do Novelists get their Stories from?
  - Is there a Deeper Question?
  - What about the Newspapers?
- Where do Novelists get their Stories from?
- Is there a Deeper Question?
- What about the Newspapers?
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III
  - HOW TO BEGIN
    - Formation of the Plot
    - The Agonies and Joys of "Plot-Construction"
    - Care in the Use of Actual Events
    - The Natural History of a Plot
    - Sir Walter Besant on the Evolution of a Plot
    - Plot-Formation in Earnest
    - Characters first: Plot afterwards
    - The Natural Background
  - Formation of the Plot
  - The Agonies and Joys of "Plot-Construction"
  - Care in the Use of Actual Events
  - The Natural History of a Plot
  - Sir Walter Besant on the Evolution of a Plot
  - Plot-Formation in Earnest
  - Characters first: Plot afterwards
  - The Natural Background
  - FOOTNOTES:
- HOW TO BEGIN
  - Formation of the Plot
  - The Agonies and Joys of "Plot-Construction"
  - Care in the Use of Actual Events
  - The Natural History of a Plot
  - Sir Walter Besant on the Evolution of a Plot
  - Plot-Formation in Earnest
  - Characters first: Plot afterwards
  - The Natural Background
- Formation of the Plot
- The Agonies and Joys of "Plot-Construction"
- Care in the Use of Actual Events
- The Natural History of a Plot
- Sir Walter Besant on the Evolution of a Plot
- Plot-Formation in Earnest
- Characters first: Plot afterwards
- The Natural Background
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV
  - CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION
    - The Chief Character
    - How to Portray Character
    - Methods of Characterisation
    - The Trick of "Idiosyncrasies"
  - The Chief Character
  - How to Portray Character
  - Methods of Characterisation
  - The Trick of "Idiosyncrasies"
- CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION
  - The Chief Character
  - How to Portray Character
  - Methods of Characterisation
  - The Trick of "Idiosyncrasies"
- The Chief Character
- How to Portray Character
- Methods of Characterisation
- The Trick of "Idiosyncrasies"
- CHAPTER V
  - STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE
    - Narrative Art
    - Movement
    - Aids to Description
  - Narrative Art
  - Movement
  - Aids to Description
  - FOOTNOTES:
- STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE
  - Narrative Art
  - Movement
  - Aids to Description
- Narrative Art
- Movement
- Aids to Description
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI
  - STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE
    - Colour: Local and Otherwise
    - What About Dialect?
    - On Dialogue
    - Points in Conversation
    - "Atmosphere"
  - Colour: Local and Otherwise
  - What About Dialect?
  - On Dialogue
  - Points in Conversation
  - "Atmosphere"
  - FOOTNOTES:
- STUDIES IN LITERARY TECHNIQUE
  - Colour: Local and Otherwise
  - What About Dialect?
  - On Dialogue
  - Points in Conversation
  - "Atmosphere"
- Colour: Local and Otherwise
- What About Dialect?
- On Dialogue
- Points in Conversation
- "Atmosphere"
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII
  - PITFALLS
    - Items of General Knowledge
    - Specific Subjects
    - Topography and Geography
    - Scientific Facts
    - Grammar
  - Items of General Knowledge
  - Specific Subjects
  - Topography and Geography
  - Scientific Facts
  - Grammar
- PITFALLS
  - Items of General Knowledge
  - Specific Subjects
  - Topography and Geography
  - Scientific Facts
  - Grammar
- Items of General Knowledge
- Specific Subjects
- Topography and Geography
- Scientific Facts
- Grammar
- CHAPTER VIII
  - THE SECRET OF STYLE
    - Communicable Elements
    - Incommunicable Elements
  - Communicable Elements
  - Incommunicable Elements
- THE SECRET OF STYLE
  - Communicable Elements
  - Incommunicable Elements
- Communicable Elements
- Incommunicable Elements
- CHAPTER IX
  - HOW AUTHORS WORK
    - Quick and Slow
    - How many Words a Day?
    - Charles Reade and Anthony Trollope
    - The Mission of Fancy
    - Fancies of another Type
    - Some of our Younger Writers
    - Curious Methods
  - Quick and Slow
  - How many Words a Day?
  - Charles Reade and Anthony Trollope
  - The Mission of Fancy
  - Fancies of another Type
  - Some of our Younger Writers
  - Curious Methods
  - FOOTNOTES:
- HOW AUTHORS WORK
  - Quick and Slow
  - How many Words a Day?
  - Charles Reade and Anthony Trollope
  - The Mission of Fancy
  - Fancies of another Type
  - Some of our Younger Writers
  - Curious Methods
- Quick and Slow
- How many Words a Day?
- Charles Reade and Anthony Trollope
- The Mission of Fancy
- Fancies of another Type
- Some of our Younger Writers
- Curious Methods
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X
  - IS THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF NOVELS EXHAUSTED?
    - The Question Stated
    - "Change" not "Exhaustion"
    - Why we talk about Exhaustion
  - The Question Stated
  - "Change" not "Exhaustion"
  - Why we talk about Exhaustion
  - FOOTNOTES:
- IS THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF NOVELS EXHAUSTED?
  - The Question Stated
  - "Change" not "Exhaustion"
  - Why we talk about Exhaustion
- The Question Stated
- "Change" not "Exhaustion"
- Why we talk about Exhaustion
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI
  - THE NOVEL v. THE SHORT STORY
    - Practise the Short Story
    - Short Story Writers on their Art
  - Practise the Short Story
  - Short Story Writers on their Art
  - FOOTNOTES:
- THE NOVEL v. THE SHORT STORY
  - Practise the Short Story
  - Short Story Writers on their Art
- Practise the Short Story
- Short Story Writers on their Art
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII
  - SUCCESS: AND SOME OF ITS MINOR CONDITIONS
    - The Truth about Success
  - The Truth about Success
  - FOOTNOTES:
- SUCCESS: AND SOME OF ITS MINOR CONDITIONS
  - The Truth about Success
- The Truth about Success
- FOOTNOTES:
- SUCCESS
  - Minor Conditions of Success
- Minor Conditions of Success
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I
  - THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION[175:1]
  - FOOTNOTES:
- THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION[175:1]
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX II
  - BOOKS WORTH READING
- BOOKS WORTH READING
- APPENDIX III
  - MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON WRITING FICTION
- MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON WRITING FICTION
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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