tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post5614007857443406040..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Writing Short Stories: Part 2 - guest post by Art TaylorMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-60517896350808929012021-08-23T10:53:58.068+01:002021-08-23T10:53:58.068+01:00Thanks, Michael. I don't know that story, thou...Thanks, Michael. I don't know that story, though I've read some Saki, e.g. Sredni Vashtar, and I'll seek that one out.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-59541719494297643342021-08-22T23:12:50.195+01:002021-08-22T23:12:50.195+01:00Martin, an interesting pair of articles; thank you...Martin, an interesting pair of articles; thank you to Mr Taylor. The short story is a strange form, far more flexible than the novel and, occasionally, more intense than poetry. Mr Taylor just confirms that like long fiction and poetry, short stories are the product of hard work, not just thrown off in an idle hour.<br /> <br />I think my favourite short story (present company excepted) is by Saki, “Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse that Helped”. A lesser writer would have turned the idea into a trilogy of novels.<br />Michael Lydonnoreply@blogger.com