[Acorn Boi]

I think novels come in regular, big, and oversized or something IDK. What size should mine be? How many words or pages or summit?

[Matthew Brown]

Around 50,000 words is a novella (very short novel), but after that, “normal-sized” depends on the genre. Fantasy novels can exceed 200,000 words, whereas a comedy might range from 80,000 to 90,000 words, but again, it depends.

My advice would be not to worry about it. Just write the best story you can. Getting it to the right size can come later. I would say that a short but good novel is better than a long one with a lot of filler to hit a word count.

[Matthew Brown]

I found the post I was looking for: Here’s a list by genre:

How many words should a novel have?

[Jane Smith]

Your story should be as long as it needs to be.

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