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Have you ever published a 15-Minute Short Read??
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Christine
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Jan 20, 2022 12:34PM
I just read a FB post about a 15-Minute Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Read. I've never heard of this. Has anyone written in this format or read stories like this? It's all new to me.
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I haven't either. Personally, I don't even like short stories. But the reading habits of the youth are quite compromised. Attention spans in nanoseconds is my favorite phrase about that.
I recently attended a self-pub writing conference and short stories was one of many options the presenter said were selling and something to consider. However, she didn't call it a "15 min read" as this other author noted.
A 15 minute read is just about right for those travelling to work on the bus or train. Maybe we should all be writing 15 minute short reads. Amazon has a whole section on them and describes it as a book with 1 to 11 pages.
Yes. It's a challenge to write something that short that's a satisfying read.
Huh? I thought they were called memos. Something like that is more like a one or two minute read.
Hey, if you can write a memo that readers will love, go for it!
I'd be too embarrassed to offer something that short... I wrote a 16-pager in November, and just gave it away. I didn't know any company would publish anything that short.
It was just a little encouragement to the Bride, about looking forward to Jesus coming to get us. I called it Here comes King Jesus.
I gave it away on Gumroad, using a blog post. It's 19 pages.
Robert wrote: "A 15 minute read is just about right for those travelling to work on the bus or train. Maybe we should all be writing 15 minute short reads. Amazon has a whole section on them and describes it as a..."What was the search you did on Amazon to find that category as I'd like to learn more about it.
Here's how you can find these on Amazon... Best Sellers in 15-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads. Think of these as prologues to a longer book or a bonus epilogue. They are selling from .99 to $5.99 and my stats sales averaging 20 sales per month. It won't make you rich, but that's a lot better than giving away a story. And just like writing books, readership grows with books in a series.
Interesting. I have three NF short reads on Kindle which of course, would not be in the Lit & Fic category. One of them is a prequel to my memoir which I offered for free not long ago to my newsletter readers. Quite a few people took advantage of it. But did I garner any mew reviews for it? Nope. :-(
