What is a short story, a medium-length story, a medium-length story, and a long novel?
Short story, medium-length story, medium-length novel, and full-length novel were all terms used to define the length of a novel. Short stories were usually tens to hundreds of words long and were suitable for headlines or body parts of storybooks, magazines, newspapers, and other media. Short stories usually focused on plot and character creation, emphasizing a compact plot and intense conflict. A novella is usually between a few hundred and a few thousand words long. It is a genre between short and long novels. It is broader and more complex than short novels, involving more characters, backgrounds, plots, and topics. The novella is usually regarded as an important genre of novel creation with higher literary value and artistic achievements. A long novel is usually between a few thousand to a few hundred thousand words in length. It is a larger genre between a novella and a short story. A long novel usually involves more characters, backgrounds, plots, and topics, and has more narrative perspectives and emotional depth. A long novel usually required the author to spend more time and energy to create, and it needed to be revised and polished repeatedly before it was finally completed.
