Talk:Competent Short Story/@comment-131.252.46.154-20140129175609/@comment-1264592-20140129205806

Not that I know of. There is one exception, though: you need an An Exceptional Short Story in order to Advance from Journalist to Author. But if that career path doesn't interest you, or if you want to take the second approach to becoming an Author, then you don't need any short stories at all.