How to Tell a Story

Download or read book How to Tell a Story written by Mark Twain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1905 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Humorous Story an American Development.-Its Difference from Comic and Witty Stories. I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years. There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.