"This practical, easy-to-follow handbook shows exactly how to write saleable stories by using the proved techniques of successful writers. It covers the plot structures of commercial and literary stories, tells how to create plot complications, how to choose a point of view, how and when to employ exposition, description, narrative, and symbolism. In addition to many technical problems analyzed, the book offers precise definitions, rules, and principles for every element in the short story."
"This practical, easy-to-follow handbook shows exactly how to write saleable stories by using the proved techniques of successful writers. It covers the plot structures of commercial and literary stories, tells how to create plot complications, how to choose a point of view, how and when to employ exposition, description, narrative, and symbolism. In addition to many technical problems analyzed, the book offers precise definitions, rules, and principles for every element in the short story."