Thread: The increasing trend in "serial" books.
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Old 03-30-2015, 12:20 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks View Post
I think that writers who tend to write lengthy books...are going to always write lengthy books. Writing a short story or novella is actually a different technique. Some writers won't even TRY writing a short story because you really have to think differently. It's like when novelist Richard Ford asked Mark Knopfler (song writer/musician) if he had any advice to share about song-writing. The answer: Stick to novels. Telling a convincing story in a song is an incredible talent that I'm sure takes practice. Just like novels or short stories. But they are different practices...
"I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter."
-- Blaise Pascal

(Seems to be the first person to say this now-common theme)
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