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12. SUSPENSE AND SURPRISE

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The Short Story
This chapter is in the book The Short Story

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. FOREWORD vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. PART I. TECHNIQUE
  5. 1. PREVIEW 3
  6. 2. TALK 33
  7. 3. ACTION 50
  8. 4. YOUR MOVE 60
  9. 5. “I” AS PROTAGONIST 82
  10. 6. “I” AS WITNESS 92
  11. 7. OBJECTIVE TELLING 101
  12. 8. STREAM OF EXPERIENCE 125
  13. PART II. CONTENT
  14. 9. READER’S NEEDS 149
  15. 10. EDITOR’S NEEDS 161
  16. 11. PLAUSIBILITY 172
  17. 12. SUSPENSE AND SURPRISE 189
  18. 13. CHARACTERIZATION 206
  19. 14. PLACE AND ATMOSPHERE 219
  20. 15. PLOT versus THEME 231
  21. 16. INDIRECTION AND RESTRAINT 239
  22. 17. BEGINNING 247
  23. 18. LIST OF SHORT STORIES 263
  24. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 267
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674497597.c15

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. FOREWORD vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. PART I. TECHNIQUE
  5. 1. PREVIEW 3
  6. 2. TALK 33
  7. 3. ACTION 50
  8. 4. YOUR MOVE 60
  9. 5. “I” AS PROTAGONIST 82
  10. 6. “I” AS WITNESS 92
  11. 7. OBJECTIVE TELLING 101
  12. 8. STREAM OF EXPERIENCE 125
  13. PART II. CONTENT
  14. 9. READER’S NEEDS 149
  15. 10. EDITOR’S NEEDS 161
  16. 11. PLAUSIBILITY 172
  17. 12. SUSPENSE AND SURPRISE 189
  18. 13. CHARACTERIZATION 206
  19. 14. PLACE AND ATMOSPHERE 219
  20. 15. PLOT versus THEME 231
  21. 16. INDIRECTION AND RESTRAINT 239
  22. 17. BEGINNING 247
  23. 18. LIST OF SHORT STORIES 263
  24. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 267
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