I am curious mostly because my BF has challenged me to 2,500 words a day. I think he's nuts but then, he is a workaholic and I think he's trying...
I got curious as I often struggle to get my chapters over 2500 words and apparently most people recommend chapters be 5000 words long, which,...
I have to admit most of my writing comes up short of a novel word count. Most of it is in between 50k-60k but I've always thought that if you tell...
What does the forum think is the ideal word count range for a short story? What is too much?
I think I might've finally figured out why I have such a problem with trying to lower the word count in my manuscript. It's because it takes place...
I average about 120-140k words but recently I heard 90k is the new preferred word count. I've seen and read long books that I just can't put down...
I've read that if you were to send off a manuscript it's 250 words/ per page. So whilst writing in a mac pages document, should I section break at...
What would be a safe word limit per chapter?
So, my book's genre is YA fiction. For every chapter I aim to write at least 2,000 words, but I usually go over that at least a few hundred words....
I'm just finishing up the second draft of what I hope will be my debut traditionally published novel some day. I know that I shouldn't really be...
So my current project is sitting at 60k words; I try to keep my novels around the 100k mark, but it isn't hard and fast; I won't go below 80k...
I've been dancing around a topic whenever I work on my query letter -- my audience. I know that's a really bad sign. But, it's the truth....
Many writers join WF and have questions about word counts. This guide answers the following 12 questions: 1. Why does word count matter? 2. What...
I was wondering if anybody knew what the conditions were with length of books. I'm writing a series, and the first book is quite large. I was...
Hi everyone, I'm sure this question must be answered somewhere but I have not been successful in finding it. A year ago, when I first joined...
I just finished my first write with my first novel clocking in at 46K. I'm going to do an edit and I think I can beef it up to 60k. But I'm...
Hi! I am very obsessive over word count, to the point where I just feel frustrated writing you could say. I've shown different editors my writing...
I'm writing my first book currently and I'm at around 27,000 words now. I can't see it being any longer than 55,000-60,000ish words. I read on a...
Is it possible for a story to be impossible because it is the wrong length? I am not referring to publishing. I mean like is it possible for an...
Hi everyone, I've got a problem I'm sure many of you have faced before. I've written a book, shaved it from 200,000 to 181,000, and am now...
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