Literary form (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">literary form</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for essay that I've seen before include "Try; a piece of writing" , "Make an effort to write one" , "School compeosition" , "Endeavour" , "Attempt - written work" .)
(Other definitions for short story that I've seen before include "Novella" , "not much material to take in" , "little romance, say?" , "That's hardly novel" , "tale" .)