The Advantage of Short Stories for Writing Humor

When author Chrome Oxide started his humor writing, he found out it was much easier to maintain his style over a shorter piece of work. He discovered that short stories are a better fit for him. A short story limits how much you can develop the plot and characters, so he is able to focus more on the punchlines. In turn, he says having the extra length to expand on story elements is one advantage to writing full-length novels.