Do you prefer writing long stories, short stories, or poems?

@coolcoder (2018)
United States
April 5, 2009 6:16pm CST
I used to be able to keep my concentration long enough to be able to sit and write relatively long stories, but as my attention span has shortened considerably, I write more poems than anything. Which do you prefer to write?
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@paid2write (5201)
6 Apr 09
I have written a few short stories and a number of poems. Some of the poems have appeared in small press poetry magazines and anthologies. None of my stories have been published. I have had hundreds of articles published. I greatly enjoy writing them and no longer write stories or poems.
@mcat19 (1357)
• United States
6 Apr 09
I only write sonnets and they are mostly about cats, mine and others. Many of these sonnets have been published in my book, Cat-House Sonnets, 100 poems celebrating cats. It won the Muse Medallion from Cat Writers Association and Best Poet from Preditors and Editors. You can check it out at my publisher's website: http://www.jorlanpublishing.com/Cat-HouseSonnets.htm I have never tried to write anything else.
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@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
7 Apr 09
Ooo, sonnets! :) I love them.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
6 Apr 09
I love to write novels and long stories. Now I do not sit down and write them all at once, because I would get wrist strain, but it seems that once I start a story, I just have to keep going, so the next day, I will write a little more and it just grows on you. Like there was this story I thought about a guy who was a character in a Dungeons and Dragon game, (It was a writing exercise), and it has stretched into a novel. Now if I was writing by long hand I would have a hard time, because after a while, my wrist would hurt. But since i am on the computer, I can always save and then continue. I am terrible at writing poems, although I did put some into my novel.
• United States
6 Apr 09
I think, that in regards to which I prefer to write, I'd have to say it depends on my mood. I have moods where free verse poetry is appropriate. Then, I have other moods where a short story cures my writers bug.
• Philippines
6 Apr 09
I prefer to write short stories,. I don't know how to write poems. I am not a writer actually, I just do it to when I have nothing to do.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
6 Apr 09
So far I hav e only written poems and short stories, but I would like to write a novel. I have written down some keywords and some ideas that I would like to use in my novel, but I didn't manage to start writing yet. It seems like such a big project, but at the same time the idea of writing novel attracts me, and I know that I want to write that novel one day I have written many poems, and I often feel that poems are easier for me to write than short stories, but I am interested in writing poems as well as stories.
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• Philippines
6 Apr 09
i prefered as short stories coz there's a lot of interesting, you'll feel what you want.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
9 Apr 09
I can't seem to come up with an idea that streaches more than a short story and I don't do poems.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
6 Apr 09
I don't really like writing poems. I enjoy reading poems, but not so much writing them. I prefer writing novels, long stories, with the occasional short story. I'm not sure which I prefer among the three, but I prefer to write these things more than writing poems, that I must admit.
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@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
6 Apr 09
I quickly write anything. But I weak in English.
@qinqinoen (127)
• China
11 Apr 09
I prefer to write short stories.Because i am a short fuse:)I want to do anything as quickly as i can.I often have no patience to sit down to write a very long story unless i ave to.
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
11 Apr 09
I've gotten to be that way in recent years. lol
@xhaylea (361)
7 Apr 09
hmm, i think it depends how im feeling at the time and how much time i have on my hands, i would love to write a long story, a short one, or a poem, im not too bothered which one, but id probably most likely write a poem, although a long story would be quite interesting to do sometime, but im not sure if i will have the time or something like that.