tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post8789224406180227538..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Instant GratificationLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-49808899442862463732008-04-08T08:10:00.000-04:002008-04-08T08:10:00.000-04:00I'm with Joe.I'm with Joe.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-18221963338553939262008-04-03T10:10:00.000-04:002008-04-03T10:10:00.000-04:00I've written short stories off and on throughout m...I've written short stories off and on throughout my life, but the form was never first on my life. In tenth grade I handed in a 27 page story when the assignment called for 3-5. I was always working on a novel, even if I had to buckle down and write a short story for various writing classes or what have you.<BR/><BR/>Every now and then a genuine short story idea would pop into my head, and I'd write it without losing control of it and having it start to go long. I "wrote" one short story into a tape recorder on the drive from my apartment to the airport one morning. When I transcribed it a month or so later, it was pretty much done. Minor futzing and, damn, the piece found its way into a journal.<BR/><BR/>But that's rare. Usually it's painful. And even then, my stories are often long. I just submitted to an anthology, limit 5,000, but I couldn't get it below 5,600. So far they haven't said anything, but of course they might not take it.<BR/><BR/>I admit I've actually found myself a little more interested in short stories lately. In the last year or so, I've written five, an output that would normally require a decade. And I'm working on a new one, though I may or may not ever finish. Or, it might explode into a novel.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-2107073623506416552008-04-02T17:38:00.000-04:002008-04-02T17:38:00.000-04:00The next novel I write (if I ever finish the one I...The next novel I write (if I ever finish the one I'm working on) began as an idea for a short story. Then I envisioned it as a novella. Finally, I quit resisting the facts and have been conceiving it as a novel.<BR/><BR/>I've written some short stories, but they are so demanding. Still, some stories are best told that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-59139713456823275312008-04-02T13:38:00.000-04:002008-04-02T13:38:00.000-04:00I know we have to write and it's a compulsion, etc...I know we have to write and it's a compulsion, etc. But I want to make a living at this writing gig and novels seem a better way to go by that criterion.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-55631822161836427102008-04-02T13:09:00.000-04:002008-04-02T13:09:00.000-04:00I'd rather write a 100,000-word tome while having ...I'd rather write a 100,000-word tome while having a root canal than face the task of composing a short story. The only thing more frightening than a short story is a 2-page synopsis of a 500-page novel.Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-30881913658087926302008-04-02T12:50:00.000-04:002008-04-02T12:50:00.000-04:00It's a procrastination thing for. You can't tell ...It's a procrastination thing for. You can't tell someone that you aren't finished yet when refering to a short story. Heck the dang thing is only a couple pages long. How long can that take? But a novel...yeah, I've got good cover there when I say "I'm still working on it."Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78701331926300725572008-04-02T12:33:00.000-04:002008-04-02T12:33:00.000-04:00I'm with Joe on this. I love staring at a blank pa...I'm with Joe on this. I love staring at a blank page on the computer knowing I have 400 pages to "spread out" on. I've written a couple of short stories, two of which have been published, and will probably write more in the future. But my first love was and always will be the novel.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.com