Kelly Abbott
Publisher, Great Jones Street, a place for high-quality short fiction on Medium. https://medium.com/great-jones-street
It’s a cliché that some writers are naturally built for either short stories or novels and many famous writers only really succeeded in one form or the other.
Should Literary Awards Do More to Recognize Short Stories?
Lincoln Michel
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It’s a cliche and it’s false. As you mention above, novelists who find an audience tend to also find an audience for their short fiction. Many novelists are prolific at both. I’m thinking of Stephen King and George R.R. Martin, as you mention above. I’m also thinking of Ursula K. Le Guin, Tom Perrotta and John Updike.
