Subject: Um, no.
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Posted on: 2010-10-12 18:21:00 UTC

Nice try, sherlock, but a well-written short story is a rather good thing. I've got a pair of big sci-fi anthologies on my shelf and would love to add a third.

The point is, short stories don't free you from structure, they make it even harder to write. Structures that you would normally be free to spend chapters creating have to be constructed in paragraphs, without interrupting the flow of the story. It's very difficult to do well, and I am quite appreciative of the works of the real masters in the field.

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