Comments on: Thinking About and Writing the Long Short Story http://philipfdeaver.com/2009/11/thinking-about-and-writing-the-long-short-story/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:09:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jim http://philipfdeaver.com/2009/11/thinking-about-and-writing-the-long-short-story/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jim Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:09:50 +0000 http://philipfdeaver.com/dev/?p=983#comment-65 I've always considered the short story as a higher art form. It's a challenge to be able to hit someone memorably within the space of a few thousand words, or even three lines. Keep up the good work ! I’ve always considered the short story as a higher art form. It’s a challenge to be able to hit someone memorably within the space of a few thousand words, or even three lines.

Keep up the good work !

]]> By: Foust http://philipfdeaver.com/2009/11/thinking-about-and-writing-the-long-short-story/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Foust Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:58:28 +0000 http://philipfdeaver.com/dev/?p=983#comment-48 Hi Phil-- Little late to the table here--it's a snow day in Richmond and I'm luxuriating in visiting blogs I enjoy. Needless to say, I loved reading this piece in particular, as the short form keeps being my fiction method of choice. I think that in writing--like in many other things(ha ha)--we need to get past our fixation on size. Sometimes a story can be so force-fed in pursuit of page quantity that it topples under its own weight. Maybe the trick is finding what works for each piece without resorting to using word counts as a gauge. Stories will be the length they will be. Cheers! Foust Hi Phil–
Little late to the table here–it’s a snow day in Richmond and I’m luxuriating in visiting blogs I enjoy. Needless to say, I loved reading this piece in particular, as the short form keeps being my fiction method of choice. I think that in writing–like in many other things(ha ha)–we need to get past our fixation on size. Sometimes a story can be so force-fed in pursuit of page quantity that it topples under its own weight. Maybe the trick is finding what works for each piece without resorting to using word counts as a gauge. Stories will be the length they will be.

Cheers!
Foust

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