{"id":25,"date":"2022-10-14T13:57:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/?p=25"},"modified":"2024-01-08T10:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T10:10:54","slug":"how-long-is-a-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialoguebooks.org\/how-long-is-a-short-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Is A Short Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A short story is the shortest way of writing prose, however, it is very difficult to know just how long or short a story should be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is difficult to understand how long a story can be before it is not a short story anymore. It is also hard to distinguish the length between a short story, a novella and a novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This article will help you to understand the ideal length of a short story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is A Short Story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is difficult to define whether your story is a short story or just a series of random thoughts. In a short story, the length of the story isn\u2019t the only characteristic that categorizes the story as a short story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most short stories will have the length of about 7,500 words, but this isn\u2019t a written rule, it is flexible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can have a short story that is only 2000 words long. Anywhere up to 7,500 words will count as a short story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Many Pages Is A Short Story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Short stories are focussed mainly on word count, rather than on how many pages the story fills up. This is because the page size can vary, and the way that you format your short story will have an effect here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does A Short Story Have Chapters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A short story doesn\u2019t usually have chapters because it is too short to accommodate them. Often, short stories will have scene breaks or transitions, but they won\u2019t have chapters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These will be placed in the story to signify a change of setting or scene, or to show that some time has passed. Short stories will display these page breaks in their own ways, and this will be down to how the author chooses to implement them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Long Is A Novel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to understand how long a short story should be, and to give some context to the question, we will have a look at thelength of a novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A novel will usually be 50,000 words and above. There are many different length novels, and the fantasy and science fiction novelsare usually the longest ones, sometimes reaching as many as 100,000 words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery books<\/a> tend to only be around 50,000 words long, a shorter novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is The Difference Between A Short Story And A Novel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of differences between a short story and a novel. While word count is one of the key differences, there are also many other differences between the two that set them apart from one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These differences include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n