/lit/ - Literature

While I am trying to work on a novel, would it be suggested to STOP work on it to write/publish a good array of short stories first or do it whilst writing the novel?

Would the novel take away from the time for other pieces? Would writing a major piece among other smaller pieces allow me to stretch my talents and improve?

Knuckles down pitched, deep sodden,
in dirty sailin' entrails, knocked down,
ballasted for better, bombarded best
when crests tipped, a-crashin';
The scurvy knights

No, the flag waves under,
signaled on fer' the fall!

Her strong kicks knick, knock floors,
reavealin' empty treasure whores,
swinging the doors, swelled up
from mutinous cups, a-knockin';
A captain's music

Dun' shot our first mate;
he ain't got place with men!

Yon' jailed cores, rotten now,
lax cross the boards, shaped all mad,
deaths of fury, whirlpools spillin'
on fear and loathing, a-killin';
The lost sea crew

Land, ho;
and so onward to hell, dogs.

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