But how many words actually make a novel? And how crucial is it to stick to word count rules? Well, if you're hoping to publish and sell your book, those rules matter quite a bit. In this post, we’ll be diving into the average novel lengths by genre and why they matter. How ...
As we’ve seen, the genre of a novel can determine its length. Sci-fi novels top out at 377,000 words, while short stories live up to their name, averaging 30,000 words. How many words is a typical novel?A typical novel is around 90,000 words. For reference, the average non-ficti...
I come as a global macro investor who for over 50 years has been through many debt cycles in many countries and has had to navigate and understand them well enough to bet on how they would go. I have carefully studied all the big debt cycles over the last 100 years, and superficially ...
Regardless, you needsomeform of structure to keep from burning out after so many pages. I’m a Pantser with a hint of Outlining thrown in, but I never startwritinga novel without an idea where I’m going — orthinkI’m going. Step 3: Create an unforgettable main character. Your most ...
Then count how many are left. You should have easily been able to come up with at least 15-20 ideas for scenes. If not, your story idea might not produce enough material for a novel. In that case, you might turn it into a short story instead. ...
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The network in question was built as virtual machines running in Microsoft® Virtual PC 2004 so that I can carry the network with me and use it for demonstrations. Realistically, I can only run two virtual machines per host computer. To run the entire network I need half as many hosts ...
When I make revisions, I copy and paste whatever I’m about to cut or change and save it as a file labeled ‘Scraps’ so I can access it later if I want to. So many scraps from so many different manuscripts! Some of my author friends prefer to write every chapter in its own ...
At this point I should note that many self-publishers will usebeta readers instead of hiring a developmental editor. A fully hands-on developmental edit is just so expensive. Which is because proper developmental editing is very time-consuming, not because such editors are some form of literary...
I come as a global macro investor who for over 50 years has been through many debt cycles in many countries and has had to navigate and understand them well enough to bet on how they would go. I have carefully studied all the big debt cycles over the last 100 years, and superficially ...