Often, the main purpose of a piece of writing is the desired effect that the author has determined it to have on the reader, so every element of the story must contribute to that effect if the author wishes it to have the greatest possible outcome. This was called the unity of effect and was the primary philosophy of the esteemed author Edger Allan Poe and is often attributed to why his works tend to have such a powerful effect anyone who reads them. He believed that if a story didn’t do this then it would distract the reader away from the feeling that it was intended to have on them. The length of a story is also an important factor that is heavily influenced by the unity of effect. If a story was too long, meaning it couldn’t be read leisurely