Archive for July 2021

Every age range, every genre, has a target word count you should aim for. It can be a pain in the butt, and there are outlier, but it’s industry standard: Adult fiction: 80-100k Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 90-120k Romance: 50-100k Crime/Mysteries/Thrillers/Horror: 70-90k Young adult: 50-80k But, when my finished my adult fantasy manuscript, it was 160,000…

When I wrote my first draft, I had an outline, character sheets, and everything I needed to get going. But once it was on paper, it lacked the magical appeal I saw in my head. I knew the story could be stronger. So, I stopped writing it before I even wrote the ending. All I…