Novella

I love a short story, and I love a good song

I love a great movie but a book is too long

Hop to it quickly or you're doing it wrong

I love a good story but a book is too long

A disjointed onslaught, a sailor who's tossed

Careless carved characters lost in their own thoughts

Can't find a meaning when it's buried in plot

There's no mystery in brevity, you get what you got

Novella, Novella, you're a short handsome fella

Gimme all of the plot with little dialogue

Novella, Novella, don't bother to dwell on a long winded picture

Each line quick and strong

My grandfather taught me, use words like a tool

I'd learn without knowing, at the foot of his stool

You can hammer and chisel a stone into jewels

Who needs symmetry and clarity when you write the rules

Novella, Novella, you're a short handsome fella

I want all of the plot with little dialogue

Novella, Novella, don't bother to dwell on a long winded picture

Make each line quick and strong

Fraught with Red Herrings

A flock for a fool

Not meant for seafaring

Force fed with a spoon

Novella, Novella you're a short handsome fella

Gimme all of the plot with little dialogue

Novella, Novella your words acapella

Now paint me a picture each line quick and strong

Just paint me a picture, make each line short and strong