The popular Swiss writer Peter Bichsel, who passed away on March 15 aged 89, was best known for his short stories, which ...

Short sentences are most effective when used rarely; continually using short sentences creates stilted, awkward prose. However, neither should you start writing paragraph-long sentences! Rather, you ...

Prose texts are usually defined by their length ... Are mid-way in length between short stories and a full-length novel. Usually have one plot-line. Are not always divided into chapters.

Prose simply means it is written in sentences ... though of course you can base your story on something that has really happened. Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a ...