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I've written short stories before (around 6,000 words), and I know what I have outlined is longer than a short story. But, I cannot decide if it is "novella length" or if it will break into "novel ...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:08:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Dean Cook
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2019-12-08T04:08:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've written short stories before (around 6,000 words), and I know what I have outlined is longer than a short story. But, I cannot decide if it is "novella length" or if it will break into "novel length". (I'm calling it "novel length" if it is more than 40,000 words. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word\_count](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count)) It will certainly be the longest thing I've ever written, but I am not sufficiently experienced in longer works like this to know exactly how long it will be. Is there any good way to estimate how many words an outline will translate into when it is actually written? [edited: typo]
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System
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2015-03-25T21:23:03Z (over 9 years ago)
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