Looking up something for something, I came across this list
of quotations about writing short stories, and they are so brilliant and so inspiring,
that I absolutely had to drop the something I’m working on and share these
IMMEDIATELY. I suggest that you drop everything and read them right now!
Here are few of my favorites:
A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick – a
couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.”
– Neil Gaiman
“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then
stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.” – David Sedaris
“Most stories we tell in real life are under 500 words.
You’re at a party, everyone has a glass of wine, and suddenly you have the
floor. You throw out your little story like a grenade. ‘Once I knew a guy who…’
And if you have any social graces at all, you probably keep it under 500. So my
advice would be this: Don’t get all up in your head thinking short-short
stories have to be poetry without the line breaks. Don’t put on your beret.
Just tell a story, an actual story. Quick, while they’re still listening.”
– Rebecca Makkai
Now, read the rest: http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/06/25/35-beautiful-and-insightful-quotes-about-short-stories/
