70,000 words would be enough for a standard religious fiction or erotica novel. However, most authors today are averaging 90,000 words in a novel, so you may want to increase the length. Formatting Has Never Been Easier Write and format professional books with ease. Never before has creating...
Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and 260 wpm for fiction. The difference can be predicted by taking into account the length of the words, wit...
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first novel, I started to worry that I was off the mark regarding how many words I had to offer. I was scared that agents would reject my book simply because I had got the length wrong. How many words are there in an average novel, how many pages in a book, how many words per ...
And I've discovered so many good books and so many average books through that recommendation process.通过这个推荐过程，我发现了很多好书和很多普通的书。So that's why reading faster can sometimes be helpful.这就是为什么快速阅读有时会有所帮助。I'm not saying you should do it all the time.我...
Chapter 18. How and What We Can Learn from FictionMitchell GreenA Companion to the Philosophy of LiteratureGreen, M. How and what we can learn from fiction. In A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature; Hagberg, G.L., Jost, W., Eds.; Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, UK, 2010; pp. 350-...
All in all,8,000 wordswould be a good average for this category. Middle grade (MG) chapter books (8-12) This is where young minds start getting serious. Middle grade chapter book word counts range from 20,000 to 60,000. And that is a length that many adults find comfortable, too. ...
Instead, try to lose yourself in the daydream of the story. If you do, the right words will often come on their own. Scenes versus chapters Most novels are divided into chapters. Chapter breaks give readers places to pause in their reading. ...
As Stephen King says, “Put interesting characters in difficult situations and write to find out what happens.” One or the other of these approaches will simply feel most natural to you. But, in truth, many of us are hybrids, some combination of the two — needing the security of an ou...