tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2936202591231803874.post8612584779924660317..comments2022-07-28T11:48:32.322-07:00Comments on SASS - Society for the Advancement of Speculative Storytelling: The art of the short storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2936202591231803874.post-79614196693062818072013-06-02T11:56:22.343-07:002013-06-02T11:56:22.343-07:00That's a fine post, Lou, packed with a lot of ...That's a fine post, Lou, packed with a lot of fine advice for newer writers. <br /><br />The point about writing a million words to learn one's craft is also true. When I was a child my father, also a journalist, shared a London office with the New York Herald Tribune UK correspondent, a lean, soft-spoken ex-marine called Charlie Portis.<br /><br />Around 1965, Charlie returned to the US, literally holed up in a cabin, and wrote his first novel, "Norwood;" two years later, he published another. That second novel was "True Grit".Dariohttp://dariospeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2936202591231803874.post-4545037587226383182013-05-18T15:55:56.686-07:002013-05-18T15:55:56.686-07:00Thanks for such a great piece. As a writer who goe...Thanks for such a great piece. As a writer who goes back and forth between short stories and novels, it's fascinating to see both their differences (length, etc.) as well as their similarities (structure, etc.). I would say that some short stories can have as much worldbuilding behind them as some novels, you may just not get the chance to explore/see as much of it in action. JRVogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501549592361240370noreply@blogger.com