As an adjunct to the question: short story vs novel(la)? Too many stories end up as lame-ass one-liners ("and it turned out he was Hitler!"), but the best are jewels of rare price, whereas novels allow writers to develop more of what they're really about, for better or worse.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 08:45 (nineteen years ago) link
No finer twist exists.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 08:51 (nineteen years ago) link