HOW do I write something – short?
(As in average novel length-300 pages)
Interesting question and whether you usually write long or short reveals a lot about your writing habits.
First of all, I never worry about the length of a story until I've gotten it all down. What's more important to me is to tell the whole story.
After there's a first draft and it's spent time on editing and revising--that's when the number of pages come into focus.
If it's too long for the market you're considering, then you go over the whole thing looking for scenes that don't contribute to the story line and start cutting
When I consider publication is the time to consider the story's length mainly because most publishing houses has pretty specific word-count ranges for their different genres.
Interesting question and whether you usually write long or short reveals a lot about your writing habits.
First of all, I never worry about the length of a story until I've gotten it all down. What's more important to me is to tell the whole story.
After there's a first draft and it's spent time on editing and revising--that's when the number of pages come into focus.
If it's too long for the market you're considering, then you go over the whole thing looking for scenes that don't contribute to the story line and start cutting
When I consider publication is the time to consider the story's length mainly because most publishing houses has pretty specific word-count ranges for their different genres.
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