Impacts Short Stories have

Impacts Short Stories have


Natasha Collins
Natasha Collins
Impacts Short Stories have

Short stories normally create mixed emotions. For example in form whenever we find out what book we would read. When we find out it’s a book compiled from short stories, you would be able to hear sighs or hoorays. But why is this, well some people might find they don’t go in-depth enough and only scratch the surface but, others may feel that since it is short stories that it would be fast-paced and get straight to the point.

 

Short stories can come in a mixture of ways: by itself, in a collection of other stories, or multiple short stories that are interlinked. An example of these are Look Both Ways , Being Various , Lamb to the Slaughter. For example, Look Both Ways is a collection of short stories that are interlinked. Whereas Lamb to the Slaughter is a short story that doesn’t need other stories to make sense. These both have their positives and negatives but they both set different moods and atmospheres. Whereas one is a more comedic piece the other is the polar opposite.

 

Short stories are able to create everlasting effect on people while only being able to use a limited amount of words making it incredibly hard to write. If you think you can create one the BBC have a Young Writers’ Award for short stories.

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Luxman Aravindan

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