Saturday, 9 March 2019

Short or Long Stories

I am curious as to what people prefer. I find most of my stories are in and around 30,000 to 40,000 words. Some like the recent Darkseid story are over 100,000. I find myself when I am reading others works I can find myself enjoying a longer story but also can find myself enjoying a very short story that is quick and to the point. For me as I have said many times it is the ending that makes it and the build up to that can be done in short or long ways. I ask you all, what do you prefer?
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  1. Anonymous11 March 2019 at 05:59

    Definitely longer for me!

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  2. Quadzilla11 March 2019 at 21:03

    Longer stories seem to allow you to provide greater detail.

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  3. Anonymous27 March 2019 at 14:26

    I like both. The short story is great for vignettes that put the heroine up against some rare or unusual character or event just for the encounter. Longer stories are great when there is a real story going on, multiple act structure, the heroine is a fully developed character with change and reflection on the changes. Long stories that just repeat tortures or events and the heroine is only a prop get pretty dull in short order.

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