![]() ![]() ![]() Writing shorter pieces of prose before commencing a lengthier piece of work gives them an opportunity to hone their writing skills and get an idea about the readership for their works. Many novelists begin their career as writers of short stories. However this categorization is also subjective, there is no concrete definition of what constitutes the time limit for one sitting. Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American author regarded to be one of the earliest writers of short stories defined a short story as a short piece of fiction that can be read in one sitting. ![]() There is considerable debate surrounding what should be the appropriate word limit for a piece of fiction to be considered a short story it is generally considered to be between 1000 to about 20,000 words. Short story writers write short pieces of prose fiction that generally focus on a single theme, simple plots and few characters. ![]()
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