Vulgar words in Short Story Writing - A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story (Page 1)

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It offends greatly against naturalness, for however one may believe in the story of Balaam's ass, or delight in Æsop's talking brutes or Greece's talking statues, one cannot restrain a feeling of skepticism when a dog or a coin is put forward, given human attributes, and made to view the world through man's eyes.

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