Miniature novels, also called short stories. Generally a few hundred words, not more than two thousand words, generally not more than one thousand five hundred words. In artistic treatment, we don't elaborate on the plot and environment, but concentrate on depicting characters and deepening the theme. This kind of novel has existed in China since ancient times, such as Shan Hai Jing.
Short stories, usually thousands to 30 thousand words, are characterized by compactness, conciseness and compassion. They often write only one or a few characters, describing a fragment or episode of life. The life reflected by short stories is not as broad as that of novels and novellas, but it is also complete, and some of them have profound and rich social significance. Such as "necklace".
A novella, with 30,000 words to 100,000 words, can reflect a certain breadth of life, and the number of characters and the complexity of the plot are between long stories and short stories, such as Man to Middle Age.
Novel100000 words or more. The novel has the largest capacity, the widest length, a relatively long length and a relatively complex structure. Generally, social life is expressed through more characters and numerous events, such as A Dream of Red Mansions.