Comments on: May is Short Story Month on EWN – so let’s talk stories http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/may-is-short-story-month-on-ewn-so-lets-talk-stories fiction matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:57:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Laura Roberts http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/may-is-short-story-month-on-ewn-so-lets-talk-stories/comment-page-1#comment-2392 Laura Roberts Fri, 01 May 2009 17:19:32 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=3107#comment-2392 Whoa! That's an ambitious goal. I know I do like to read short stories, as they are short enough to finish on the metro, and good to read when you don't have a ton of time to get through a novel, but it's hard to think of any SPECIFIC stories I've read lately. However, my favourite all-time short story has to be Breakfast at Tiffany's. Truman Capote just really gets the character of Holly Golightly so right. You don't even care that she's basically a jerk, since she's got so much personality. Plus it's all about the romance of New York City, how anything can happen, and you can make a name for yourself even if you come from nowhere. Brilliant. I will have to read another Capote story now, although Breakfast at Tiffany's is a tough act to follow! Whoa! That’s an ambitious goal. I know I do like to read short stories, as they are short enough to finish on the metro, and good to read when you don’t have a ton of time to get through a novel, but it’s hard to think of any SPECIFIC stories I’ve read lately. However, my favourite all-time short story has to be Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Truman Capote just really gets the character of Holly Golightly so right. You don’t even care that she’s basically a jerk, since she’s got so much personality. Plus it’s all about the romance of New York City, how anything can happen, and you can make a name for yourself even if you come from nowhere. Brilliant.

I will have to read another Capote story now, although Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a tough act to follow!

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