Are short stories more similar to poems or novels?
Saturday, May 15th, 2010The Road goes ever on asked:
I have an anthology of short stories in which the editor claims that short stories are closer/more similar to poetry than they are to novels. The editor claims this because she believes that short stories, like poems, have to focus on language and telling a story in a shorter amount of space.
I have an anthology of short stories in which the editor claims that short stories are closer/more similar to poetry than they are to novels. The editor claims this because she believes that short stories, like poems, have to focus on language and telling a story in a shorter amount of space.
Do you agree that short stories are more similar to poems than they are to novels?
Joshua

