How Long Should My Novel Be? (word count by genre, examples, tips & tools)
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- How long should my novel be? I'm sure you've asked yourself this question at least once. I'll show you some general targets for word-counts based on genre, with examples, and also discuss some tips to keep in mind when drafting, as well as how to find out the word count of published books.
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0:00 intro
0:44 book classifications
1:22 why word counts are important
3:31 YA Contemporary
5:09 YA Fantasy & Sci-Fi
6:48 Epic Fantasy & Sci-Fi
7:30 Romance
7:50 Thriller/Mystery
8:46 Literary Fiction
8:53 Historical Fiction
9:15 Middle Grade Fantasy
9:42 tips & tricks
12:33 useful word count tools
16:14 outro
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I hope these tips help you guys, I know I had to search a lot in the beginning of my writing journey to find the answer to this question. That's why I make these videos, to share all the knowledge I've learned the hard way myself 😄
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Thanks for the video :)
Thanks for these tips, I feel reassured to continue querying my epic fantasy. I was worried the massive count of 220k would be an instant rejection, but now I am hopeful
So, so helpful. Thank you. Always a pleasure listening to you 🥰
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I have always wondered how CZcamsrs got the word count info. Thanks, Iasmina. :) Oh yeah, very pretty thumbnail. 👍
I really appreciated the get-right-down-to-business bullets at the beginning of the video. It makes easier to digest the essential pointers of what the video is intended for. 😅
Awesome video, Iasmina. Thanks for the great tips. 🤓🥰🙏
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Awesome job! Thought this was really good and helpful
This will help me a lot. Thanks Ias ❤❤❤
This was really useful and concise. Thank you so much!
This was really helpful. Thanks.
Come up with similar ideas cause they help newbies.
If you have any suggestions for topics, let me know. I have some but I'm always looking for other ideas.
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Did I do that right? Anywho, I actually didnt know, the works are classified by wordcount o.O Which means all the messages and fanfictions i have written in the past were... Flash Fiction. Interesting. Now I also know, why the book I wrote my A-Levels about was called a Novella :D
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Hello! I know you spoke about Literary Fiction being between 80k-120k. However, the book A Little Life is I believe 180k and that falls under the category of Literary Fiction. Would you be able to confirm how the author managed to surpass the guideline? Thanks.
Science-fiction is a big genre, some of the books are really big a bit like Adult fantasy, because usually people like the world building aspect of science fiction and world building takes times.
Thx, from france.
Agreed, I actually should have mentioned sci-fi but yes, it's very much like fantasy in that aspect so you could clump them together as SFF 🙂
@@IasminaEdina I always forgot that SFF exist, I have always separated the fantasy from the science, but it made lots of sense to regroup both indeed ! :)
Hi
I'm a young writer in the beginnings of my first novel (yay!) genre is ya fantasy. Based on how long my chapters are and how far I am through the plot it looks like the word count will be around 50,000-60,000 words which is kind of short. Although I am not concerned about publishing (my writing skills are far from it, i write as a hobby) I would like to get the word count around 80,000-90,000 words. What are you recommendations to make the book longer? I am planning on going back and adding more details about lifestyle, setting descirption and fleshing out transitions, however I don't think it will significantly add to word count. I just don't want to add any unneccssary and boring scenes that disengage the reader.
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Would the 100,000 word count rule apply when querying agents for an epic fantasy novel if its your first ever novel? Thanks for the vid. I've heard of not tying to query over 100,000 if you can but what about in the epic fantasy genre?
Any suggestions of an ideal length for a first book that is an Epic Fantasy novel? How much would be too long?
My book is 42000 words. It's a Mystery/Syfy/thriller. Is it a bit of a stretch to call it a Novel?
Not at all. In that case you could describe it as a short novel 🙂
Im writing my debut books. Its a fantasy novelette and im almost done with its final draft. Its word count is currently 23415. For double spaced that equals 96.7 pages. But when I found out the industry standard for books is SINGLE spaced I checked it out and that brought my page count down to 58.8 pages. This really pissed me off because I wanted my book to be anywhere in 100 to 200 page range at least. I mean thats already much shorter than I originally envisioned. My word count has to be at least 39840 to be 100 pages. That means I need like 16425 more words.
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