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Stephen King’s book,Bazaar of Bad Dreams, is a collection of short stories. He says in the introduction about the stories, “You’d be surprised- at least, I think you would be at how many people ask me why I still write short stories. The reason is pretty simple; writing them makes me happy because I was built to entertain.”
He refers to the short story as a more intense experience. He adds, “short stories require a kind of acrobatic skill that takes a lot of or tiresome practice.” Short stories are not forgiving. Your mistakes are just right there in your face. In a novel, you work past them.
Stephanie Valente, in October 2018, wrote an article in Melville House titled “Stephen King on why writing short stories is important” and said, The author argues a solid point for short fiction writing: it’s excellent practice and endurance for more extended form writing. King feels that more writers should be working on short fiction instead of only penning novels.