A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
A lot of time, with stories, I'll start out with a title and try to dream myself into the story that it evokes - a kind of subconscious exercise in w… - Dan Chaon
A lot of time, with stories, I'll start out with a title and try to dream myself into the story that it evokes - a kind of subconscious exercise in w…
- Dan Chaon
In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books. - Dan Chaon
In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books.
You can go on like this for a very long time, and no one will notice. You keep thinking you're going to hit some sort of bottom, but I'm here to tell… - Dan Chaon
You can go on like this for a very long time, and no one will notice. You keep thinking you're going to hit some sort of bottom, but I'm here to tell…
Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future. - Dan Chaon
Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.
Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic. - Dan Chaon
Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic.
In the end, there probably isn't much difference between being in love and acting like you're in love. - Dan Chaon
In the end, there probably isn't much difference between being in love and acting like you're in love.
Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story. - Dan Chaon
Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story.
The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids. - Dan Chaon
The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.
At a certain point, you must be able to slip loose. At a certain point, you found that you had been set free. You could be anyone, he thought. You co… - Dan Chaon
At a certain point, you must be able to slip loose. At a certain point, you found that you had been set free. You could be anyone, he thought. You co…
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