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 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: How long is/was your longest story? |
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So, how long (how many words) have gotten your longest story to be?
(This might not be in the right forum, but I was just wondering how long some could get)
My longest story - so far - would have to be about 60,000 words.
Also, how many words (at the least) would you consider a novel? |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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My novel (thus far) is around 20,000 words...that's eight chapters out of twenty-nine, though. But it is the longest story I've written.
I think 'novel' starts after 25,000 words...but I think that because 25k is where the 'Novella' category ends. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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FanFiction (not on here): 24,406 words (so far.)
Regular: About 5,000.
I REALLY need to write a novel...Jeez! I'm stuck in the short stories phase.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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I never counted the words, but the first draft of a novel I wound up chucking was about 180 looseleaf pages...averaging out at about 250 words per page...so....
45,000, give or take. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: ee |
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| My longest was about 22,000 but I was only halfway through the story. I say around 30,000+ is a novel. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I am currently at around the 20,000 mark, but I am aiming for around 160,000.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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66,000 words. Took my a year. I was a very happy 12-year-old.
Unfortunately, almost nothing had happened in those 66k words, so I got bored and ditched it. The closest I've come since is in NaNoWriMo where I got 50,042. Otherwise, my stories don't to hit the 20k mark. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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My ongoing novel right now is at 77,000 words--which is definitely the longest I've ever written. I've still got about 50,000 more to go :/
My average with all my other stories is probably like 20k, but then again I never do finish them. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm at like 38,000, but I'm on a sabbatical (lol, sounds so professional). When I'm finished it may be around 50,000. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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50,000 words is the acknowledged minimum count for a novel. So you're there.
My longest novel - Honor - is slightly over 80,000 words. As soon as I finished editing, however, that count will fluctuate.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Only like 70 pages. I am easily distracted. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Not that long.  |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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My longest is my first draft of my first novel.
It weighed in at about 49,000.
Re-drafting should take it to around 55,000-60,000.
Each word is like extracting a tooth. I'm quite a slow writer, seeing as I started it last september when I first started to give writing a go.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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My novel which I'm just about to finish editing (the end of the week I'm aiming for  ) is about 140,000 words. I've written a couple of others (which were rubbish  ) and they were all about 75-100,000 words.
I think a novella tends to be up to about 40-50,000. An average novel about 50-100,000.  |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| My longest (at the moment) is about 60k. Before that and NaNo last year, I could never stick with anything long enough for it to get past many 20(?) pages, so I was really proud of myself, even though the story that's 60k is in DIRE need of editing. I have to finish it first, though. I'm very excited, though! I've never finished anything before. |
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