NaNoWriMo Discussion '09

[tamwyn]

50k is a decent size I think. That's, what, 250+ pages in Word?

In related news, I might participate this year.

[Kaez]

Jul 19, 2010 7:50:44 GMT -5 @tamwyn said:

50k is a decent size I think. That's, what, 250+ pages in Word?

In related news, I might participate this year.

50k is a very small wordcount for a novel. That's like, those little D&D books.

70k tends to be the low end for real novels (DaVinci Code is around there, I think).

Most are 80 or 90, probably.

[tamwyn]

Hmm. If I'm right about the page count of a 50k, that's about the length of most young adult novels such as Percy Jackson and Pendragon.

[Jenny (Reffy)]

Jul 19, 2010 7:50:44 GMT -5 @tamwyn said:

50k is a decent size I think. That's, what, 250+ pages in Word?

In related news, I might participate this year.

You're roughly right! "Bel-Gonows: The Child" sits at 51,252 words. Giving it double-spacing lines, font Courier New, size 12, yields 252 pages.

I've been thinking and I might do it differently this year. I'll still do the 50k but instead make it a bunch of short stories and maybe one long story. Set it all in Qwibeth.

Maybe ... its a thought that hasn't yet gone away. It'd require a little planning to get right though! Either way, I will be writing!

[Kaez]

Jul 19, 2010 11:10:26 GMT -5 @tamwyn said:

Hmm. If I'm right about the page count of a 50k, that's about the length of most young adult novels such as Percy Jackson and Pendragon.

Yeah, you're right about the pages, but the first Percy Jackson book was 384 to 400 pages (paperback or hardcover). So 250+ pages is still really damn short for a novel. Not even young adult novels like that are 250 pages. Hell, Rise of the Horde is 350 pages long.

Possibly the -only- famous novel -ever- under 50,000 words was 'Slaughterhouse Five'.

[tamwyn]

Hmm, well then.

[ASGetty ((Zovo))]

Jul 19, 2010 9:41:04 GMT -5 Kaez said:

Jul 19, 2010 7:50:44 GMT -5 @tamwyn said:

50k is a decent size I think. That's, what, 250+ pages in Word?

In related news, I might participate this year.

50k is a very small wordcount for a novel. That's like, those little D&D books.

70k tends to be the low end for real novels (DaVinci Code is around there, I think).

Most are 80 or 90, probably.

Yeah, everything I've read says that, if you're looking to get published shoot for 80k+.

I'm sure this is partly, for shorter novels, to provide a little wiggle room in case your publisher/editor/who thinks some part or another should be cut or other changes need to be made.