Manual of the Short Story Art (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This 1922 how-to textbook, intended for teachers and students, includes exercises to get a writer started; lessons in visualization, dialogue, and theme; a list of thirty-six plot situations; and, as examples, short stories by Anthony Hope, Gertrude Hamilton, Edna Ferber, O. Henry, Beatrice Walker, and Wilbur Daniel Steele.