Writing fiction
Title:
Writing fiction
JLCTITLE245:
August Derleth.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : The Writer, Incorporated, [1946]
Physical Description:
201 pages ; 20 cm
Subject Term:
Contents:
sect. 1. The realistic story: The hardboiled story -- Regional writing -- The elliptic story -- In general -- A reading list -- sect. 2. The romantic story: A reading list -- sect. 3. The imaginative story: The ghost story -- The science-fiction story -- The fantastic story -- Other gambits -- A reading list -- sect. 4. Marginal notes: On the stream-of-consciousness method -- On taking issue with editors -- On autobiography as fiction -- On book reviews and their effect -- In fairness to the reader in detective fiction -- On the idiosyncrasies of fictional sleuths -- On writing discipline -- On vanity publishing -- On helps for the writer.