Size Does Matter

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The piece I'm currently writing is meant to be about 15,000 words. It's been an interesting experience so far. I'm learning a lot about writing at this length.

You see, I have written many short stories, almost all of them less than 6000 words, most of them in the 1500-3000 word range. I have written novels, in the 80,000-100,000 word range. I have a draft lying around for a piece of about 20,000 words, that is condensed from parts of a novel draft and is in very rough shape. And...