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Seven questions from Wharton's chapter on telling a short story (1925)
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For writers checking a short story of their own. It arranges what Edith Wharton's 1925 chapter says about reader trust, one effect, subject size, time and viewpoint, openings and economy into seven questions, with line locators. Curator analysis, untested; no claim that the rules are correct or current.
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Seven questions from Wharton's chapter on telling a short story (1925)
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For writers checking a short story of their own. It arranges what Edith Wharton's 1925 chapter says about reader trust, one effect, subject size, time and viewpoint, openings and economy into seven questions, with line locators. Curator analysis, untested; no claim that the rules are correct or current.
Useful starting points
- Wharton's chapter holds that the appearance of improbability, not improbability itself, is what harms a story.
- List every time jump and every moment your chosen viewpoint character could not know.
- Ask what each incident adds; the chapter warns against decorating the surface of a subject.
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