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Length
Aakaakaak:
If it comes up short of a full novel it comes up short. Market it as a novella. Consider it a stepping stone to writing a full blown novel.
SCARPA:
Typical minimum length of an adult fantasy novel is 100,000 words or 400 pages. If its shorter also look into whether it can be marketed as YA, which typically have shorter lengths. My novel, Veil of the Dragon turned up short on page count and so I am following an agents direction and filling it in a little more. Important to remember the people we are wanting to publish us have to sell it and there will be inevitably certain rules of the market they have to follow.
Der Sturmbrecher:
--- Quote from: SCARPA on May 25, 2010, 04:09:29 PM ---Typical minimum length of an adult fantasy novel is 100,000 words or 400 pages. If its shorter also look into whether it can be marketed as YA, which typically have shorter lengths. My novel, Veil of the Dragon turned up short on page count and so I am following an agents direction and filling it in a little more. Important to remember the people we are wanting to publish us have to sell it and there will be inevitably certain rules of the market they have to follow.
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I hadn't heard that figure before. Thanks!
Enjorous:
Remember the immortal words of Stephen King (quoting a rejection slip he once got)
Second draft=first draft -10%
Kali:
But Stephen King also is a "big" writer. I don't mean famous, I mean he naturally writes excessively. He writes a WHOLE lot of words in his first drafts, so he has to trim. I write lean. My first non-NaNo draft came in around 66k words. I need to loosen up, not subtract 10%. All depends on what your natural inclination is.
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