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I've heard it said on here that 100,000 words is about right for a novel, 20,000 is about a novella and much too much for a short story... What are the sources for these numbers, are there more I ...
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2019-12-08T06:46:42Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:46:42Z (about 5 years ago)
I've heard it said on here that 100,000 words is about right for a novel, 20,000 is about a novella and much too much for a short story... What are the sources for these numbers, are there more I am not aware of, and is there any current debate on the validity of them?
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2017-07-17T07:55:54Z (over 7 years ago)
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