Sentences with phrase «longer than a short story»

Shorter than a novel but longer than a short story or novelette, novellas typically dramatize individual events or a short series of events.

There are those who say you should never sell anything longer than a short story for less than $ 2.99 and a novel should never be sold for less than $ 4.99.

The word «novella» is derived from the feminine derivative of the Italian word «new» and the reference source, wikipedia.org, defines «novella» as «a written fictional prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel».

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Long story short, the IRS is more serious than ever about cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders, and it has three ways of getting its fair share from virtual token users.

Long story short — she insisted we sell everything the next day (which was also a significant down day); we eventually re-entered the market; I retired at age 53 in 1995; and today, my IRA is 3.5 times greater than at retirement (in spite of zero new $ $ $, 2 more market crashes, and 2 significant RMDs).

Long story short; banks are faster to increase interest rates on mortgages rather than paying higher yield on deposits.

These days, the Waukegan, Ill., native is even busier than he has been for a long time — as one of the editors overseeing the recent rebirth of one of America's great magazines, The Saturday Evening Post, writing regular short stories for them and for another revived literary mag, The Strand.

The cycle of stories collected around his name and exploits testifies to his impact on Israel over a long prophetic career; but elements in the cycle partake of the stuff of sheer legend far more than in the shorter Elijah cycle (I Kings 17 - 19,21; II Kings 2 and even II Kings I are of different origin).

Stormy with freezing rain, heavy snow or just glacial with sub-zero temperatures — long story short, we are more often than not staying indoors, except for the necessary grocery trips.

To make a long story short, the movers had trouble with parking the truck, neighbors, and stairs on both ends, and ended up taking more than three times as long as they'd estimated (and quoted me for).

Long story short: With the biggest workload of his career, Bridges has been better and more efficient than ever.

To make a long story short m8 city iz way better than us do nt try to sugar coat it, u have to face reality when it comes to #AFC

Long story short, it isn't pleasant: I would probably undergo a proctology exam than recount our recent history with them.

So long story short, do not offer more than very small amounts of water (if any at all) to your baby before starting with solid foods.

Long story short, the administration was less than helpful, and that's being polite.

The woman didn't speak English, so getting information from her took a little bit more time than it would have otherwise, but long story short, we got a description of her car and found her baby unattended in an alley.

Long story short, sitting kills and over the long term it can be worse for your health than smoking or eating donLong story short, sitting kills and over the long term it can be worse for your health than smoking or eating donlong term it can be worse for your health than smoking or eating donuts.

Long story short, I had a banner month and decided that the thing that would make me happier than anything else would be to treat my husband and two best friends to this once - in - a-lifetime experience.

Long story short: there's far more evidence in opposition to the claim than evidence in favor of it.

So to make a long story short, I probably wouldn't go more than 48 hours to ensure you don't sacrifice muscle.

To make a long story short, you can roll away aches, sore muscles and strengthen them in less than 10 minutes a day.

Long story short, this week included more rest days (days sans a structured workout) than I would have liked.

Long story short, I ran across H and M and actually purchased a couple, surprisingly well fitted, jackets and matching dress and pants, all for less than $ 150.

Long story short, I stayed longer than planned after much persuasion from one of her now husband's friends and eventually went to dinner with them at Blu cabana.

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Long story short: The average human attention span is about eight seconds — that's shorter than the attention span of a goldfish!

One typed, double - spaced page is enough because a short news story stands a greater chance of being used than a longer one.

coming home from canada last year we were stuck in some bad traffic as both nearby borders were on major delays... long story short, some asshat didn't stay off my bumper far enough and was trying to get around me, in bumper - to - bumper traffic, moving less than 2 miles per hour on average for about a mile stretch.

Long story short, Volkswagen has a plan: to saturate its lineup with no less than 19 crossovers in the coming years.

In a season filled with long - awaited novels, this just might be the juggernaut — Salter's last novel, Solo Faces, was published more than 30 years ago, and it's been seven years since he published his last work of fiction, the short story collection Last Night.

Pew found an average of 123 seconds of interaction time (scrolling, clicking, and presumably reading) for stories longer than 1,000 words compared with 57 seconds for stories shorter than 1,000 words.

I tend to read short stories rather than novels when I'm doing a lot of writing because stories that can be consumed in a single sitting are easier on my attention span after a long writing day.

Rather than give Rachael everything she asked for, which would require a much - longer article, I'm going to concentrate on the last part of her question / request, a query letter for a book of ten short stories.

To answer your question, I haven't written any flash fiction, and all the short stories I've read are longer than this, but my attempts to emulate the genre have left me with new respect for those who write it and do it well.

I acquired and edited three of his humor books at F+W (though only two were published — long story), and we partnered on a short - lived humor imprint that deserved more attention than it received, like so many things in publishing.

To make a long story short, the camera is not so awesome at video, but the snappy response, lightweight feel, and features like HDMI out for the price I paid more than makes up for it.

Pretty sure Salter wins the «most long - awaited» award: His last novel, Solo Faces, was published more than 30 years ago, and it's been seven years since he published his last work of fiction, the short story collection Last Night.

She brings the readers attention to their surroundings and follows their lives longer than many short story writers do.

Her writing pedigree is too long to list here, but it includes numerous short stories and more than a dozen novels.

Yet, as Dvorak also notes, the Kindle seems particularly friendly to shorter works, including novellas and short stories, rather than the ever - longer books publishers have been pushing for the past decade or two in an attempt to equate value with tonnage.

Unlike printing where there are limitations on the length of stories that can be economically printed and distributed, digital works can easily be shorter (or longer) than the limited range of traditional novels.

Thus, it's primarily the most useful for blog posts and other articles — nothing really longer than serial short stories.

When you decide to move up to writing a complete book which is actually so much more than just a long Story, you also have to understand that you must now write at a higher level than you did with your shorter works.

The idea was to reward reader engagement with longer works, rather than pay short story authors the same amount as novelists.

It's a collection of longer - than - short science fiction stories (does that make sense?)

There are three submission categories: 1) short stories of any genre ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words, 2) flash fiction with a word limit of either 55, 250, or 500 words, and 3) poetry no longer than three pages.

I can craft stories as long as I wish (for instance: the first The 33 adventure is a four - part story, to accommodate the high stakes, larger - than - life narrative), or as short as I wish (one - shots are great for smaller, more contained tales).

Etries from any genre are eligible — including fiction, non-fiction and collections of short stories — so long as they are more than 5,000 words and previously unpublished.

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing * No Extra Words a flash fiction podcast featuring short stories less than 2,000 words long.

DM: Other than those long thank you notes that I wrote as a kid, and a short story that I wrote in high school that made my classmates think I was contemplating suicide (I wasn't.