Short Writing Novels & Stories

So gentlewolves (this is my nickname for my readers. I just came up with it, what do you my gentlewolves think?) So on to the reason why I am writing this note before the start of the chapter... I was wondering that maybe my chapters are too long So I'll be making it shorter Now instead of the 1k+ words I usually write I'll be writing 600-700 words from now till further notice That is if you my gentlewolves are happy with it

“You okay with short.” “I’m okay with short. Short is not a freeze. Short is a man who still doesn’t know how to talk to me about my life without bracing. He’s trying not to brace. I’m trying not to read every brevity as a door closing.” “That’s the work.” Troy dried his hands and pulled Alex in by the front of his shirt, forehead to forehead. “Both of us. Every day we don’t interrupt the peace, we win something his map never accounted for.”

The Scottish brief takes three months, which is fast for the complexity involved. Not because Valentina rushes — she never rushes — but because the principle was clear from the warehouse window and the rest was architecture: how to build outward from the sound in the whisky without diluting it. The brief she produces is seventeen pages, which is the longest she has written, and which is justified by the specificity of what needs to be said.

"Besides, what would we write about? He and I are both entrepreneurs and we both invest in real estate, but his financial statement has a few more zeros in it than mine." "Oh cut it out," said Danny, "you've sold over 26 million copies of your books. You're well known all over the world. You've been in The New York times best seller list for five years. Five years! Only three other books have been on that long. Don't sell yourself short. You are both best-selling authors." "Yeah." He responded sheepishly. "But he still has more zeros and commas. His buildings are taller. He has a prime-time television show. We both play Golf - but he owns golf courses. What would we write about?"