Novels, novellas, short stories are all known as forms of literature. This means that stories and writings can come in these forms, though not only these forms, for there are many other forms of literature but overall these are the major ones you’re likely to find in a bookstore or library. Novels are probably the most well known, and they’re oftentimes the longest of these forms, but the forms are not decided by length, only the number of plot points. Novels have many plot points, which is to mean they have a complex story line, while short stories normally have an extremely simple story line with only one or two plot points, and this rarely leaves any room for character development or even background development, so they are normally not stand offs and are instead something that happens in an already successful series of novels. Not only that, but are normally sold in collections of short stories. These are both true for “The Last Wish” in the Witcher book series, or “Armageddon Outta Here” for the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Novellas are ill defined, and are normally considered simply as longer than a short story but less complex than a novel. There are many books like this, and quite often the first book in a series will be a novella, but they are often mistaken for novels, such as “Call of the Wild”. Personally, I favor novels, but I do enjoy short stories, with novellas mostly being too simple to interest me.
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