There were only a handful of historical fiction novels under 60,000 words, and the top 10 books in this genre averaged over 110,000 words. It’s a safe bet that you should have a solid word count if you write h
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 ...
Its average word count is 6023 words per chapter. 2. The Kite Runner: This 2003 New York Times bestseller by Khaled Hosseini divides its 372 pages into 25 chapters. Its average chapter length is 4282 words. 3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The iconic 1997 YA novel by J.K...
If you have no idea how many pages or words you typically produce per session, you may have to experiment before you finalize those figures. Say you want to finish a 400-page manuscript by this time next year. Divide 400 by 50 weeks (accounting for two off-weeks), and you get eight ...
How many words should your first novel be? What should be a picture book word count? What should be a fantasy novel word count? What’s the minimum word count for a novel? What should be the average chapter word count? There are no “rules” as to book length, nor as to chapter le...
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Understand the niche genre: Fantasy is a broad genre with many sub-genres—epic, urban, dark, to name a few. Zero in on the niche that interests you most. It will give you a sense of direction. Read those books: Don't just stick to the classics. Dive into your specific sub-genre....
What is an important fact in a chapter?Many children cannot distinguish between trivial facts and important facts. All facts seem important. Questions like this force students to rank facts. What can you inferfrom the frown on a character’s face? Or from a character’s silence? Or from a...
A quick tap onCmd/Ctrl+Shift+Tbrings up yourProject Targets.This window lets you know the total word count of your document, as well as how many words you’ve written during this particular session. You can adjust this window to reflect wordcount goals (total and per session), as well ...
and completing a longform piece of music literature like, well, a 33 1/3 (there’s an entire chapter devoted to it). It almost serves as a symbol of the series itself: a chapter in a book on how to write about a subject whose future existence is debatable. But how does suc...