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I don't like your example. You're kinda making it look like showing requires a lot more words, while most of the time it can be comfortably fit into a similar length of text. Longer telling is an extremely useful tool when we want to convey specific detail. Something like "[...] Lisa shuffled...

Got inspired a while ago while going through bingo threads, but only had time today to make this high-effort masterpiece.

It won't be a one-shot if you split it into parts.

The most common classification, iirc, is up 17,5k words for a short story, then up to 40k for a novelle, and anything longer is a novel. Oneshots don't really have any limits for length, I believe they came about for magazines, where a one-shot was published as a whole in a single magazine, as...

Both. :blob_salute:

Just need to get lucky and receive one that fits your story. I had two matches in the fantasy one. You would do great in a forum bingo.

You aren't horny enough for this kind of bingo.

There isn't anything that can be done about that. In a world where, say, bloodline and ancestry determines power, there is no way to become powerful unless you have that bloodline, or find an alternative way to obtaining strength. Effort and determination can take people far, but some barriers...

Covers matter a LOT. When I look back at my own stories, I heavily suspect a certain cover was one of the main reasons for the number of readers I got. When I'm looking for stories, the cover may not be the most single important thing that draws me in, but it's the first and by far most...

The Ship of Theseus does not simply appear, nor does it disappear.

Dude type it into the dictionary. a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed. an author's handwritten or typed text that has not yet been published. the original copy of a book or article before it is printed. The modern definition can be a bit vague...

Everywhere you are, you'll find some toxic people whatever that is supposed to mean. On Scribble, there may be slightly more people like that now than some years back, but it's still a very, very small part of the total reader base, both in general and compared to some other sites.