Story Embers | Mariah Blanton | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/mariahsummer4721/activity/ Activity feed for Mariah Blanton. Mon, 25 May 2026 03:00:53 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2cdc964a24060715b7a8b6034a695753 Mariah Blanton replied to the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104603/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:54:57 -0400 Thank you all! This was super helpful!! I think I’m going to plan for hitting 80,000 words since that seems like a solid average length for this genre. Thanks again!

Mariah

]]> 0 fa03742e466d64e31c27aab6323b622c Mariah Blanton replied to the topic POV+tense for individual books in a series.. in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104277/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:43:42 -0400 Thank you so much for your reply! It’s still relevant!! That really helps me a lot!

]]> 0 2db05c75e9f52a083aa30a9a9e68ea8e Mariah Blanton started the topic POV+tense for individual books in a series.. in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/103775/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:56:15 -0400 Hi! I have a question. It might be a silly question, but I am planning a trilogy and I’m wondering if the POV and tense of the narrative have to be the same for each book in a series?? I know that consistency is really important in a series. My second book in the trilogy I’m thinking I want to be in first person, past tense, because the…[Read more]

]]> 0 117674e2131b885f23f3b1807f2d46e1 Mariah Blanton posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102734/#acomment-103194 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:42:02 -0400 Thank you!

In reply to - Rose replied to the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers @mariahsummer4721 Hey Mariah! From my reading and experience, 100k is a good average figure! I think the minimum is about 75k, but […] ]]> bfbbfcef5c2bfe32f80c4da69a89ea9a Mariah Blanton posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102819/#acomment-103193 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:41:45 -0400 Thank you!

In reply to - Arindown (Gracie) replied to the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers @mariahsummer4721 I think Rose is right…probably between 75k and 100k. If it’s under that it’s always okay to classify it as […] ]]> 6016494785486afc3c9936a6a574eb20 Mariah Blanton started the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102726/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:50:18 -0400 Hi, everyone! Quick question, what is the average or ideal word count for a YA fantasy novel? I found conflicting information online (I guess it is somewhat subjective??) and want to know what benchmark or range to aim for with my current WIPs. Thanks in advance for your input!

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