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Elements and Characteristics
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The short story is type of fictional writing that tends to be more
brief and to the point than longer works of fiction such as and
novels.
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Short stories tend to be less complex than novels. Usually, a
short story will focus on only one incident, has a single plot, a
single setting, a limited number of characters, and covers a short
period of time.
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Short stories have their origins in oral story-telling traditions. They
also developed from the prose anecdote, a swiftly-sketched
situation that quickly comes to its point.
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The term short story most often refers to a work of fiction no
longer than 20,000 words and no shorter than 1,000.
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Stories less than 1,000 words are usually referred to either as "short short fiction,“ "short shorts,” or “flash fiction.”
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A short story is one that should be able to be read in one sitting,