Though factual, the personal essay, sometimes called a narrative essay, can feel like a short story, with “characters” and a plot arc. What is a personal or narrative essay? What is an academic essay? What’s the difference? Short Story Example two: A writer writes a story based on a made-up explosion, set in a made-up town, and showing the made-up experiences of his characters. He writes a story based on the real explosion and set in a similar town, but showing the made-up experiences of his characters (who may be partly based on real-life). Short Story Example: A writer is inspired by a car explosion in his town. A short story is a work that the writer holds to be fiction (i.e., historical fiction based on real events, or a story that is entirely fiction). Short stories may be literary, or they may conform to genre standards (i.e., a romance short story, a science-fiction short story, a horror story, etc.). Sometimes, the story can be completely made-up. Its characters may be loosely based on real-life people, and its plot may be inspired by a real-life event but overall more of the story is “made-up” than real. It’s important to understand the difference between the types of short prose, whether you’re writing an essay, short story, memoir, commentary, or mixed genre piece.Ī short story is a work of fictional prose.
To make matters even more complicated, a number of literary magazines are beginning to accept what is commonly called mixed genre writing.
For example, some writers will call their personal essay a story, and others will call their essay a memoir. The genres of short prose writing can be very confusing.
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