Chapter By Chapter

One question that I get asked from time to time is how to go about writing a full-length novel. Now, novels can vary quite drastically in size. A shorter novel might come in at 50,000 words whereas longer novels can be more than 200,000 words long. However, the answer to the question remains the same.

Chapter by chapter.

That’s how you do it.

Let’s say you’re writing a novel for the first time. The length of the average novel varies by genre with some genres (e.g., horror) generally being shorte...