What's the difference between short stories and novels?

The main difference between short stories and novels lies in the number of words.

Novels with an average length of about 10 thousand words will be classified as short stories. Short stories are very popular in modern times. The foundation of all novels is not different in the initial stage of development, and it is different from the times. Nowadays, many short stories need writing practice, which is influenced by the concept of the western trinity law, making them more vivid and detailed, but also limiting their development.

Novel, a style of novel. It is a novel with long length, large capacity, complex plot, many characters and magnificent structure. It is suitable to show the broad social life and the growth process of characters, and can reflect the major events and historical features of a certain era. In chapter structure, it is generally divided into many chapters according to the development of the story; Especially long, it can also be divided into several volumes or parts, episodes and so on. Such as war and peace, a dream of red mansions, human comedy and so on.