World Literature Today, November 1st, 2006
Now that I'm forty-four years old, I'm going to offer some advice on the art of writing short stories:
1 Never approach short stories one at a time. If one approaches short stories one at a time, one can quite honestly be writing the same short story until the day one dies.
2 It is best to write short stories three or five at a time. If one has the energy, write them nine or fifteen at a time.
3 Be careful: the temptation to write short stories two at a time is just as dangerous as attempting to write them one at a time, and, what's more, it's essentially like the interplay of lovers' mir...
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