50wordstories.ca » long https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Novel https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=401 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=401#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:50:31 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=401 “I’m writing a novel.”

“What’s it about?”

“Everything!”

“Must be pretty long, then.”

“Not particularly, no.  Actually, it’s probably going to be very short.”

“Then why aren’t you done yet?”

“It’s hard.”

“Ha!  What’s so hard about writing a short novel?”

“Well, you try writing a short novel about Everything!”

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