Tobias Wolff Quotes
The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form. There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody. There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else. Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community. You don't teach information in a writing workshop. You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.
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