particular monthly instalment concludes with young Oliver being shot.Readers expected that they would be forced to wait only a month to find out the outcome ofthat gunshot.In fact, Dickens did not reveal what became of young Oliver in the succeeding number.Rather,the reading public was forced to 10 wait two months to discover ifthe boy lived. Another important impact of Dickens's episodic writingstyle resulted from his exposure to the opinions ofhis readers.Since Dickens did not write the chapters very far ahead oftheir publication,he was allowed to witnessthe publicreactionand alter the story depending on those public reactions.A fine exampleofthis processcan be seen in his weekly serial The Old Curiosity Shop,which is a chasestory.In this novel,Nell and her grandfather are fleeing the villain Quilp.The progress ofthe novel follows the gradual success ofthat pursuit.As Dickens wrote and published the weekly instalments,his friend John Forster pointed out:"You knowyou're going to haveto kill her, don't you?"Why thisend was necessary can be explained by a briefanalysis ofthe difference between the structures ofa comedy versus a tragedy.In a comedy,theaction covers a sequence"You think they're going to lose,you think they're particular monthly instalment concludes with young Oliver being shot. Readers expected that they would be forced to wait only a month to find out the outcome of that gunshot. In fact, Dickens did not reveal what became of young Oliver in the succeeding number. Rather, the reading public was forced to wait two months to discover if the boy lived. Another important impact of Dickens's episodic writing style resulted from his exposure to the opinions of his readers. Since Dickens did not write the chapters very far ahead of their publication, he was allowed to witness the public reaction and alter the story depending on those public reactions. A fine example of this process can be seen in his weekly serial The Old Curiosity Shop, which is a chase story. In this novel, Nell and her grandfather are fleeing the villain Quilp. The progress of the novel follows the gradual success of that pursuit. As Dickens wrote and published the weekly instalments, his friend John Forster pointed out: "You know you're going to have to kill her, don't you?" Why this end was necessary can be explained by a brief analysis of the difference between the structures of a comedy versus a tragedy. In a comedy, the action covers a sequence "You think they're going to lose, you think they're 10’