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3 Reasons that Writing Short Stories is Important for New and Published Novelists
Keep your mind sharp, explore new characters, and keep your readers entertained
Short stories. Jump in, write ’em up, and write the next one.
Reading literary short stories was part of my high school English curriculum and part of my short story writing classes at the University of Pittsburgh. I was introduced to authors Eudora Welty and William Faulkner among others.
Most everything I’ve written in the early part of my career was short or brief.
The early part of my career was in radio news and radio features where a one-minute script was long.
I also wrote flash fiction segments for a special-interest publication that went to local churches and I later wrote copy for brochures and similar marketing materials.
Short and sweet. And useful.
My fiction writing went by the wayside until several years ago, when I started co-authoring a fictional detective and crime series. We’ve turned out several novellas and novels in nine years.
Not bad.
We have more planned, although I’m also wanting to get back to writing more short stories. Here are reasons why and…
