The change may be subtle or obvious, but it is definite and definitive. In the story's moment of time something important, something irrevocable has occurred. But while a photo may or may not suggest consequences, a short story always does. pscĪ short story is, in some ways, like a photograph- a captured moment of time that is crystalline, though sometimes mysterious, arresting, though perhaps delicate. The quotes presented below are answers to the question, "What is a short story?" that Marilyn Singer, editor of STAY TRUE: Short Stories for Strong Girls (Scholastic, 1998) and I BELIEVE IN WATER: Twelve Brushes with Religion (HarperCollins, 2000) asked writers who contributed to the two short story anthologies, and editors from various publishing houses.
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