Story Length

I've had a few reviews on ff.net about sequels or longer versions and it's got me pondering...

I really have to try in order to generate a one-shot that's more than say a thousand words long.  As Shakespeare put it:  Brevity is the soul of wit.  Or, another quote I've happened upon that I also favor:  It is with words as with sunbeams.  The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.  ~Robert Southey

Maybe I'll put that on my ff.net profile...

But perhaps brevity is better saved for public speaking and not narrative.  In which case I definitely have a problem!

Nine times out of ten if I end up writing something longer, it's because I went back and added to what I originally wrote... and it feels like what it is:  padding.  At least to me.  Maybe not to you.

*insert thoughtful frowny face here*

I'm geek enough to perform an experiment now...