What’s the recommended word count for creative writing? Short stories: ~3,000–7,500 words (for most literary publications) Novellas: 20,000–40,000 words (depending on the genre) Novels: 70,000–110,000 words (varies by genre; literary and fantasy genres may be longer)
Short stories~7,500 Novellas~17,500-40,000 Novels~70,000-120,000 Popular Works Game of Thrones298,000 Animal Farm29,966 Infinite Jest483,994 Ulysses265,222 Of Mice and Men29,160 Atlas Shrugged561,996 The Great Gatsby47,094USE CASES OF WORD COUNTER For Students and Educators Whether writin...
Typical Word Count For Different Types Of Texts In the literary world, there are different ways to write a story. And with that, there are different lengths as well. You’ve probably heard of short stories and novels, and perhaps all that is in between. But have you ever asked yourself ...
Short stories 1,000-7,500 words Novellas 20,000-50,000 words Novels 50,000-150,000 words How to Use This Character Counter? Type or paste your text into the text area. Our tool instantly shows character count, word count, keywords, and more. Use the "Clear" button to remove text...
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Fantasy, historical fiction, and horror novels are about 15% longer than other genres. In one case, a fantasy book was in the top 25 best sellers with approximately 42,000 words (less than half of the average length for this category). Word count matters, but rules can still be broken!
The average word count for a novel is… Again, I won’t. How long should your first novel be? Each November, NaNoWriMo hosts a novel-writing challenge. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and the goal is for up-and-coming writers to create novels of50,000 words. That...
there are already enough hurdles to overcome. It’s rarely worth my time, with a first-time author, to try and overcome the word-count hurdle on top of everything else. So please, if you’re submitting your work to me, make sure it falls within the word-counts I represent. Thank you...
Her short fiction has featured inThe Stinging Fly, The Tangerine, the Irish Timesand many other places. Other stories have been selected for major anthologies such asThe Long Gaze Back, and have featured on RTÉ Radio.Nestingis her first novel. She lives near Dublin with her two children. ...
My panicky ass while composing the text:Can you even call it NaNo participation if you don’t sign into the site to announce a project and count your words? And without that day-to-day accountability, will you actually force yourself to accomplish anything? Yeah sure whatever, this isn’t...