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abhijanu
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Graduate School
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mrs-campbell Teacher
High School - 11th GradeeNotes Editor
Posted by mrs-campbell on Friday December 19, 2008 at 10:04 PMNovels are long, usually with multiple chapters. Short stories are just that--short. They can be anywhere from 54 words, to 20 pages, to longer, but a novel is significantly longer.
Novels, because they are longer, have the time to create more characters, multiple important events, and to go into more in-depth characterization. Short stories are usually more focused, centering on one major conflict, or relaying a large amount of time in a more distant and summarized manner.
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silversinger Teacher
Middle SchoolPosted by silversinger on Saturday December 20, 2008 at 9:33 AMThe length is the biggest difference! In a novel, the author is able to give you an in depth look at what the characters are like and how they feel and how they affect others in the story. The setting and the plot are much more explicit. There is much more detail in a novel that there is a short story. A short story is just a glimpse. In "Exploring the Titanic," a non-fiction short story by Robert Ballard, the action is selective. We are only introduced to some of the characters and detail of the story, as to compared to the myriad of novels that have been printed about the tragedy.
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engtchr5 Teacher
High School - 10th GradeeNotes Editor
Posted by engtchr5 on Sunday December 21, 2008 at 4:25 AMShort stories focus upon one or two important events to drive their plot. Novels, on the other hand, may have many different sub-plots, twists, and turns to reach the climax and resolution of the story.
Short stories, as their name denotes, are shorter in nature than full-length books or novels. A novel may be several thousand pages, if warranted, whereas a short story is often measured by its word count.
Editors, in particular, if they are seeking a short story will set a limit of 5,000-15,000 words at the outmost. Novels, with their numerous pages, chapters, and events, can number into the millions for word count, if such length is warranted.
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here2learn Student
High School - 9th GradePosted by here2learn on Saturday January 3, 2009 at 9:06 PMa novel is far much longer than a SHORT-story and the plot is much more developed
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Posted by jhfgiuh on Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 4:11 AM
A short story is a short invented prose narrative usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity effect. Novel is a long invented prose narrative dealing with human experience through a connected sequence of events.
