We typically put fiction into one of two categories: It’s either a short story, or it’s a novel. But there is another variation that lands somewhere in between the two. Yes, the novella.

Most prose fiction is presented in the form of a novel, novella or short story. The word ‘novel’ comes from Latin and Italian origin and means 'new’. Novels became popular with readers in ...

Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a cut-down novel. In a novel the author has time to develop characters and show us many events in their lives. A short story takes ...