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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
shades of grey:
--- Quote from: Darwinist on May 24, 2012, 01:35:43 PM ---I'll give it another pass, possibly adding in another subplot I've been sitting on for a potential sequel. I dunno, what's really the target for novels these days? I wanna say I heard it was 80k once. I know Nanowrimo aims for 50k and that's only supposed to be a stop gap to something larger.
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I'll be honest I don't know, but it would be nice to know what to aim for.
cenwolfgirl:
i got 20 words down so far to day
witch is way more then i have in the last two weeks
well progres is progress i soposes
baby steps ;D just waiting for this weekend it might actualy look like something to get exsited about ;D
(trying to be posertive about the low number here)
good luck everyone
CWG ;D
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: Darwinist on May 24, 2012, 01:35:43 PM ---I'll give it another pass, possibly adding in another subplot I've been sitting on for a potential sequel. I dunno, what's really the target for novels these days? I wanna say I heard it was 80k once. I know Nanowrimo aims for 50k and that's only supposed to be a stop gap to something larger.
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On C.J. Cherryh's website she says teh target for a novel is 120k give or take twenty.
I think the minimum to be considered a full length novel is like... 90K?
Anyway my first was 124ish.
The Deposed King
shades of grey:
Thanks. :)
All I have to do now is give up on work so that I can write full time.
I've noticed it dulls my thinking process. :-\
cenwolfgirl:
wow rely i am only a third of the way there then with one of mine
and thats the longest one
oh well must keep trying
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