What exactly separates a short story from a novella from a novel, you ask? As with most art forms, the label is somewhat malleable. When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about word count.

What exactly separates a short story from a novella from a novel, you ask? As with most art forms, the label is somewhat ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

This is the domain of the novella, ... (10,000 words) and the short novel (60,000 words). This is the 50,000-Word Abyss, and anything that falls within it is generally considered untouchable.

The nature of the term novella suggests something experimental, playful perhaps, travelling away from the narrative mores of a "novel"; the term short novel, in contrast, braces the reader for the ...

The writer defines the novella as being a work of 25,000 words. He is the author of several short-form books and two of his short novels have been shortlisted for the Booker prize. The 166-page On ...

Novella is on the short side but in fine form. DESCRIBED by Ian McEwen as the perfect form of prose fiction, the novella is undergoing a renaissance.