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🌎 “The Third and Final Continent” by Jhumpa Lahiri (7,700 words) 👒 “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado (8,000 words) And there you have it — the long and short of how long and short these three types of story should be!
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and academic publishers long having derived some 90% of their revenue online, it is a travesty to describe all this as the publishing world being "in denial" about digital.
Ideally - and this is very important with short stories - something should happen. This doesn’t have to be a huge, dramatic climax or a crazy twist, but it does have to be interesting. Short stories don’t take long to read but they do require an investment for the reader so it’s...
How Long Is a Novel? What’s the Average Word Count of a Book? How ProWritingAid Can Help You Hit Your Word Count Readers want books that hit a perfect sweet spot in terms of length. Short books can leave readers feeling like they didn’t get their money’s worth, while long books...
While you get a snooze(打盹), your mind is very busy so you can’t get a good rest like a long see. Scientists have found that it’s easier to learn after a good night’s rest. So, it’s no surprise that students who get enough seep can get better grades than those who don’...
D.GPS navigation apps have come a long way in helping with our memory.(2022·北京朝阳·九年级期末)Do you ever feel like you are running from one activity to another, or studying a mad rush of one subject after another? When things happen at such a fast pace (节奏), it is easy to ...
2 | Discover thebest time to post on LinkedIn. How Often to Post on YouTube 2025 Consistency is key to how often to post on YouTube. You should aim to upload a new YouTube video once per week. If you create a stash of videos before uploading, you’ll get an idea of how long yo...
Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast. One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him a meal. In return, he gave them a coffee mill (磨粉机) and said, “Say, ‘Mill, please grind (磨粉)’,” and it’ll make whatever you want, to stop it...