Writing
  Thought for the Writer's Day: How Long
Should a Short Story Be?
How long should a short story be? Jerome Stern's excellent
book,
Making Shapely Fiction, contains some interesting comments about short stories.
"Most short stories published today seem to run
between 2,000 and 7,000 words. The longer the story,
the more space it takes, and the more editors have to
love it to make that committment."
This strikes me as sound advice, but there's more to
it than that. In a sense, stories define their own length.
How much can you fit into 1,000 words? Try it. Write
a 1,000-word short story. It's harder than you think.
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