How to Write Short Stories with Samples

by Ring Lardner

THIS 1924 COLLECTIBLE VOLUME, WRITTEN BY THE IRREPRESSIBLE RING LARDNER WHO, IN HIS PREFACE, MAKES THE FOLLOWING ". . .WHATEVER ELSE THIS COUNTRY MAY BE SHY OF, THERE IS CERTAINLY NO LACK OF CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS THAT LEARNS YOU THE ART OF SHORT-STORY WRITING. . . . HOWEVER, FR SOME REASON ANOTHER WHEN YOU SKIN THROUGH THE PAGES OF HIGH CLASS PERIODICALS, YOU DON'T VERY OFTEN FIND THEM CLUTTERED UP WITH STORIES THAT WAS WRITTEN BY BOYS OR GALS WHO HAD WIN THEIR PHI BETA SKELETON KEYS AT THIS OR THAT STORY-WRITING COLLEGE." (THE SPELLING IS LARDNER'S, NOT MINE.) SO, THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TENOR OF THIS WORK AND MAY WANT TO DIG INTO IT IMMEDIATELY, WITH THE FEELING THAT HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT WILL TEACH YOU MORE THAN YOU'VE LEARNED IN ANY WRITING CLASS.

Genres: Writing, Short Stories, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.

Father of author Ring Lardner Jr.

Reviews

[Lisa of Troy]

This is a book that F. Scott Fitzgerald recommended in his College of One, a set of 40 books he considered necessary for an education: https://www.listchallenges.com/f-scot...

Part of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal library according to Scott Fitzgerald: Romantic and Realist by John Richard Kuehl 1958
*These were books NOT given to Princeton. They were returned to Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald’s daughter, France Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan

[Calvin]

Very dated. Very.

[Timo]

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