Story Embers | Mariah Blanton | Mentions https://storyembers.org/members/mariahsummer4721/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Mariah Blanton. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c15de866008ebe4e190a3ccb4c498505 Arindown (Gracie) replied to the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/word-count-question/#post-152481 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:27:00 -0400 @mariahsummer4721

I think Rose is right…probably between 75k and 100k. If it’s under that it’s always okay to classify it as a novella, and if it’s over it’s just a big book (yay!) or you can probably cut the length down in edits.

Personally I like aiming for 80k (which is usually too short for me XD).

]]> 1 b6f803277115557fb97c32a494610e1c Rose replied to the topic Word Count Question in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/word-count-question/#post-152402 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:40:59 -0400 @mariahsummer4721

Hey Mariah!

From my reading and experience, 100k is a good average figure! I think the minimum is about 75k, but because it’s a fantasy it could easily go up to 150k, though that might be a bit harder to market.

However, if you’re a little under or over that, it won’t make a whole lot of difference.

I hope this helped!

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