There are many definitions of a short story. Short stories are not novels in their scope.

Why Should You Write Short Stories?

If a novel is a house then the short story may be the cabinet. Despite that, short stories still say something, however narrow or small.

This was the basis of our idea. Can we write a short story in words with basic story structure and still say something? That is our daily challenge.

Short Stories Made Me a Better Writer

We still work on novels, poems, and screenplays but once a day we craft a micro story. We are exercising our creative muscle. Also, the endeavor is turning out to be research and development for our other work. With the short story, you are up writte mortality.

These days, I meet far too how to write a 200 word story young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. Short stories help you learn your craft. In this sense, too, my short stories and novels connect inside me in a very natural, organic way. Characters, setting, time, events, are bow subject to the mood. And you can try more ephemeral, more fleeting things in a story — you can work more by suggestion — than in a novel.

Why All Writers Should Learn How to Write a Short Story

Less is resolved, more is suggested, perhaps. You throw out your little story like a grenade. Just tell a story, an actual story.

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