Welcome to the seventh edition of the WattyWarriors Fan Magazine; a magazine where you can find recommended authors of Warriors fan-fictions, short stories, and even contests! If you are looking for some good fan-fictions, this is the place to be.
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Today I'd like to share my opinions on a kind of story that's been trending in the Warriors community for the past year or so. These have commonly been referred to as "short stories", but as they don't fit the actual definition of short stories, I've taken to calling them one-liners. I understand that sometimes they might be a little longer than one line, but I'm afraid I can't think of anything better — do suggest other names that might be circulating if you know of any!
Often, these stories start out looking like this:
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I hope you're able to understand what I'm referring to? I'm going to assume you do, and continue my talk.
This really is an interesting idea, whoever first came up with it. I do think copiers should've been crediting, because it's quite unique. There's a certain power to one-liners. Each word is more important, more impactful to a reader. There's more of a shock element, and often more of an urge to read more. Usually with a normal book, you might stop at the end of a chapter because you view it as a stopping point for a break, but with a one-liner, every chapter's so short that you're going to want to finish it all in one go.
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I don't like them.
And the primary reason is honestly just because I get so tired of clicking and waiting for the next chapter to load and then clicking again and it's very repetitive and reading turns into a chore. But there are also some other things that bug me — for example, they've all kind of gotten cliche. I haven't read very many of them(because I got tired of all the waiting), but it generally seems to follow the same plotline. There's two ways they start; either with a sudden, big secret, or just with a normal opening. And then it'll go on to describe things that the main character discovers, and generally leads to a climax in which something major like a character death or a big reveal happens, and the story ends. To be frank? It gets boring.
Of course everyone has preferences, but personally I just think that it's a better use of a writer's skill and time to truly write out a story and flesh it out. With one-liners, it might be difficult to make a character interesting, because you have to start a new chapter every few sentences. You can't drag out descriptions for very long. But with a normal novel, you're able to go more into depth and allow the reader to form a closer connection with the story, which often is essential towards good writing.
In conclusion, while one-liners may be a distinctive style of writing that some are partial to, I personally think that they don't allow for enough character description and therefore result in a lack of reader attachment. What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
