Which do you prefer - anthologies or short stories? (Mar '23)
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Which do you prefer - anthologies or short stories? (Mar '23)
What makes one better than the other or do you feel the same toward both?
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An anthology can be simply a collection of completed work, or it can have only passages of work. I don't often encounter anthologies in my book reading, and I'm not aware of OBC having that category to choose from. I absolutely love short stories, and though there are occasional books of short stories on OBC, they don't have their own category. I thought the reason must be that there are few short story collections, even if written by just one author. I suppose a publisher would be the key operative in the collaboration of several authors in an anthology of stories.
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Those are good points! I guess it does depend on the author's ability to write a short story with enough plot and character development to make it worthwhile.Patty Allread wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 15:23 My ideal scene is an anthology or collection of short stories! I enjoy short stories because, unlike an entire novel, the author has a brief opportunity to tell a story and bring characterization, scene setting and other elements into it. If the author is a talented writer and storyteller, a short story can strongly impact the reader.
An anthology can be simply a collection of completed work, or it can have only passages of work. I don't often encounter anthologies in my book reading, and I'm not aware of OBC having that category to choose from. I absolutely love short stories, and though there are occasional books of short stories on OBC, they don't have their own category. I thought the reason must be that there are few short story collections, even if written by just one author. I suppose a publisher would be the key operative in the collaboration of several authors in an anthology of stories.
I don't read many anthologies either. If I did, they would be a collection of short stories, but even then I don't think I've read very many. The books discussed here don't have to be exclusively OBC ones. There is one, though, that was featured as BOTD a few months that is a collection of short stories that I started and would like to finish it for this month.
Would you mind sharing a couple of your favorite short stories and/or short story collections here: viewtopic.php?f=282&t=289797 Maybe there will be one that I could try!
Thank you!
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I'm most familiar with classic short stories and haven't read any new ones except the recent book of the day by James Hanna.Would you mind sharing a couple of your favorite short stories and/or short story collections here: viewtopic.php?f=282&t=289797 Maybe there will be one that I could try!
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Exact same here! An anthology is a collection of texts. I think the question maybe referred to trilogies/series VS short stories?Patty Allread wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 15:23 My ideal scene is an anthology or collection of short stories! I enjoy short stories because, unlike an entire novel, the author has a brief opportunity to tell a story and bring characterization, scene setting and other elements into it. If the author is a talented writer and storyteller, a short story can strongly impact the reader.
An anthology can be simply a collection of completed work, or it can have only passages of work. I don't often encounter anthologies in my book reading, and I'm not aware of OBC having that category to choose from. I absolutely love short stories, and though there are occasional books of short stories on OBC, they don't have their own category. I thought the reason must be that there are few short story collections, even if written by just one author. I suppose a publisher would be the key operative in the collaboration of several authors in an anthology of stories.
I really enjoy short story anthologies. And I think short storie,s because of their limited space are so much more challenging to write than novels, for example.