McCarthy & Poe Argue on the Ideal Length of Fiction - ZipMinis: Science of Blogging and Writing

On the surface, the issue seems silly - a work of fiction should be however long the writer wants.

But, Poe and McCarthy engage in an age old argument about the ideal length of a written work.

McCarthy sides with the classical Greek ideal that a work should be epic - long, thick, and time consuming. Think of the Odyssey and the Illiad.
McCarthy & Poe Argue on the Ideal Length of Fiction - ZipMinis: Science of Blogging and Writing