This week we were supposed to google short stories. The first thing that caught my eye was this link here The Short Story Library at American Literature. It says that you can find some of the greatest short stories of all times in that link. That is actually pretty great. You just go online, pick a story and read it in one sitting! And that link also has a short story of the day!! This one also caught my eye Classic Short Stories. Every thing that starts with "classic" is always classic! How about that! It is also easy to use, for example if you know some authors you just press By Author on the front page and there you get a list of all the authors they have. And the same goes with By Title, but as you know that goes for the title of the book :)
This one 100% Free aaa.. not so much! Notice that at the top of the page it says 100% FREE! Ughhh... I dont like websites that use that to try to get people to visit their site. These are the websites that usually cost something! But maybe not this one.... but I still dont like it because it has some blinking thing on the front page that says "new". I think that is cheap!
This website says that the short story is more suitable for the modern life than a novel. That might be true if you think about it.... I personally always think people are in soooo much of a hurry! dont you? and then of course.... it fits better to have a short story than a really long one. I know you can always put a book down even if you dont finish it... but I agree that short stories are more suitable now a days!
A short story is just as much of a story as a novel, it just has not all the descriptions and stuff as the novels, to make you imagine everything as it should be imagined.
And to sum this blog up..... Here you can learn to write your own short story! It has all the steps from gathering ideas to revise and edit. It actually also has a step called keep writing! haha, what is up with that! This one on the other hand is muuuuch more basic ;) Which one is better?
-Until next time
yeah, i like the short story of the day pop-up...very clever. and i like the second "how to" site better...Keep it Simple is the way to go, yes?
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