The Art of Fiction Fiction

The Art of Fiction FictionBy Ayn Rand Edited by Tore Boeckmann Introduction by Leonard Peikoff Subtitle: A Guide for Writers and Readers In 1958 Ayn Rand gave a series of extemporaneous lectures, to a handful of people in her living room, on the nature of fiction. This book is the edited transcript of those sessions. Miss Rand presents her distinctively enlightening views, as she explains the four essential elements of fiction: plot, theme, characterization and style. The book

and explains at length the destructive repercussions of altruism

encouraging children to make their own

the philosophy that holds man's life - the life proper to a rational being - as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature

intellectual acuity and passion available to them

She addresses mistakes commonly made in the implementation of this theory and explains how to avoid them

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Note: This lecture is adapted from an essay in Essays on Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged

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are essential reading for someone interested in fighting for capitalism