I had to give up a ton of stuff to make the time.
Should iwrite short stories or novel full#
What are you going to do to make space for this hobby in your life? I work a full time job.Are you an outliner or a pantser? Do you sit down and just write or do you plan it out? This will determine how much you need to do before you start.You also are going to want to know the answers to these questions: (Google is your friend for word counts here). If you pick a shorter arc that will give you a novella, you'll be perhaps in a better position. Make sure that you are writing something fun. Figure out what the healthy habits for you look like. Which is to say, you're going to want to approach this with the right mindset.įirst, try something manageable. The short answer is that unless you are extremely unique and talented to the point of abnormalcy, your first book is going to be rough. You're basically asking if you should start with the marathon. Mine may be off putting, but it's not meant to be. (Of course, you could write both, but you probably want to get started with one project.) The ones above are what I tend to think about.There are different answers to this question. There are many questions you can ask yourself when deciding whether to write a short story or a novel. Some writers find one length suits them much better than another. But if you read mostly novels and love crafting cliffhangers, for instance, maybe you’d rather write a novel. If you’re pressed for time right now, maybe you’d rather work on a short story. You can try out new characters, settings, and concepts in short form to see if they work and get a sense of who or what they are. Sometimes a short story is a good testing ground for an idea that you might want to experiment with but aren’t sure you want to invest in. The idea and characters have to be compelling enough for me to spend lots of time with them, but when they are, I want to spend that time with them. When I want room to sprawl out and develop a longer story, I start a novel, a form where I can describe minutiae and include digressions without wasting page space. In these cases, I keep the writing process brief with a short story. Sometimes the plot I have in mind is a simple one that can play out over a few pages. Sometimes I have a brief idea or concept that I want to explore and not much of a plot. If you have a sprawling world or several points of view in mind, for instance, a novel might be a better storytelling vehicle than a short story. The more complex the tale you want to write, the more easily it will lend itself to a longer form. If you have a story you want to tell, here are some things to consider when deciding if it would work best as a shorter or longer piece. I’ve enjoyed writing in these forms, and my novella “The Cliffman” is published in both Hard for Hope to Flourish and Dream Signs. And let’s not forget about intermediate length forms like novellas, which have elements of both. The scope and focus of the story can (some would say must) change depending on the length.
The publisher, Read Furiously, is lovely to work with and has recently shared my author bio on their website.īoth long and short fiction are ways to tell a story. I also have a novel, Chasing Harmony, forthcoming this summer. I had a short story collection, Dream Signs, published by Lost Fox Publishing in December.
Should iwrite short stories or novel how to#
As I’ve worked on two books, each focused on fiction of a different length, I’ve been thinking about the contracts between these forms and how to choose the best length for a given project. If you write both long and short fiction, you’ve probably experienced differences between these two lengths of storytelling.
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