What is a brief story?

Answer 1

A short story is a work of prose fiction that is long enough for an average reader to finish it in one sitting rather than several as the longer novel or novella normally takes. This usually means it will be somewhere under 10,000 words. Edgar Allan Poe once described a short story, or 'tales' as they were then, called as a "...short prose narrative, requiring from a half-hour to one or two hours in its perusal . . . During the hour the hour of perusal the soul of the reader is at the writer's control. There are no external or extrinsic influences resulting from weariness or interruption." This was taken from a review Poe had made in 1842 of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Twice Told Tales." This is why it is common to say that a short story should be read in one sitting.

Answer 2

Short fiction, or short stories are a work of writing usually between 5 and 20 pages. They are made up stories, usually containing between 1,000 and 10,000 words.

Answer 3

a simple plot, setting, and characters and can range from 500 words to 20,000 words

Answer 4

Brief Means short. So when they might say "write a brief story" It means write a short story.

Answer 5

a simple plot, setting, and characters and can range from 500 words to 20,000 words

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