What is the essence of short stories?

Structural design is very important, a scene, a turning point, an entrance, a suspense and so on. These are all attractive places.

Just chatting with a writer friend, it was his answer:

The most important thing is language. Language is something that meets the reader directly. It's hard to read without first impressions. Just like when you are in love, you must look at a person's appearance, speech and temperament. Then there is the structure and content of the novel, which directly affects the language, just as a person's temperament is influenced by cultivation, which means that the aftertaste of cultivation is endless and extensive, including language, structure, details, ideas, scenes and atmosphere.

Wordless beauty, after reading it, you only feel beautiful, excited and happy. However, it's hard to say that everything you say is right, just one-sided and inaccurate. This is a very good work. Moreover, good works are inexhaustible mineral deposits. Some works in China are like A Dream of Red Mansions and The Book of Songs, while some works abroad are great, such as Camus' and Merimee's. Narrow-minded people and people who turn their backs on morality are good.