Vintage Writing Instruction is a podcast of old writing articles, now in the public domain, on the subject of writing fiction. I've spent a lot of money and time collecting old writing magazines and books, and I'd like to share the best of what I've found with the world. It's definitely a process, reading, scanning, editing, recording, etc. If you'd like to say thanks, or you'd like to support the podcast, see the links in the sidebar.
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Episode 45: Overstrain
This is Chapter Seven of "Fundamentals of Fiction Writing" by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, who was the editor of "Adventure," one of the highest circulating magazines in the heyday of the pulps. Originally published in 1922, now in the public domain. This chapter deals with "overstrain", which is what happens when you make your readers work too hard to understand your story.