Narrative Quote by Kumail Nanjiani

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

— Lynn Abbey

A good sketch is better than a long speech.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air.

— Leslie Jones

Sketch comes from everyday life. You can see someone on the street, and it can turn into a five-minute sketch.

— Will Sasso

Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style…

— Charles Portis

“Yeah, apparently this chick didn’t know-“ He held up a hand. “Thank you, but I came to hear your story, not theirs,” he took…

— Melanie Fair

“Stories are no good, not even the short ones, because by the time you get to the second page he's forgotten the beginning. Where…

— Margaret Atwood

I don't think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.

— Bob Odenkirk

Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and…

— Elizabeth Sims

A sketch is just a mini movie.

— Jim Rash

The short stories tend to be a journalistic gathering of anecdotes that are put together to make something larger.

— Chuck Palahniuk