It is said short stories are more difficult to write. Yet when I read any of Roald Dahl's (Kiss Kiss, Someone Like You) the simplicity of the form is excruciating.
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Excruciating you say? How so?
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Painful and agonizing to reproduce. Because short form imo requires a lazer focus to the finish line.
aug 1, 2025, 7:19 pm • 1 0 • view
I agree. Gotta keep the eye on the prize
aug 1, 2025, 7:32 pm • 1 0 • view
I can write shorts. have even published a couple. but yes absolutely they're excruciating, especially when you're a king-winded novelist
aug 4, 2025, 5:35 am • 0 0 • view
The thing about short stvs novels is that perfection is possible in 3000 words, but impossible in 100,000.
aug 2, 2025, 1:16 am • 9 0 • view