Comments on: Popcorn Fiction

By: jason

jason — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:02:35 +0000

4 Franz Kafka has short stories with a just few paragraphs.

By: Vlad M.

Vlad M. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:36:49 +0000

Hi Mr. August,

I am curious about something. Does the length of a short story have any impact on the decision to have it published or not?

I've written some stuff, short stories, some were taken under real and serious consideration for publication (some even got published), while some of the other stories I've written were not even considered (without even being read) simply because they were deemed too short. The difference between the longest story of mine that got refused due to a lack of length and the shortest story of mine that got published was 1-2 pages maximum. And there never was a question of "them" looking for something with a fixed length, it wasn't the same situation that applies to a script.

Just curious about this as sometimes the decision seemed to be entirely arbitrary and I couldn't get a more detailed reply other than "it is too short".

By: Johnny Hartmann

Johnny Hartmann — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:57:56 +0000

Talk about oft delayed…what’s going on with that screenwriting documentary? The title escapes me… Pass?

By: Aaghaaz Madan

Aaghaaz Madan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:58:29 +0000

Well, that was depressing, which I find is strangely fitting for something written with so sweet a cadence. How much do you wanna bet Scott was listening to “Clowny Clown Clown” by Crispin Glover when this idea struck him? How much you wanna bet?

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:31:10 +0000

Sex and trapeze artists?

I hear trapeze artists swing both ways.