I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.
Peter OrnerWhat you can do with a short story that you can't do with a novel is punch someone in the gut, in the best of ways.
Peter OrnerTo me, and I'm sure for other writers, too, characters come back and they relive again, but what about those characters who only live for a page or two? Or for five pages or 10 pages. I like to think they're still out there - still living - but for me they kind of die, too. It's kind of sad. I don't think about them anymore unless I give them life again.
Peter Orner