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Word Count Matters

If you’re aiming to get your manuscript actually published, word counts are just one more thing you have to be aware of—especially in traditional publishing. Unfortunately, no one is going to publish a 100K children’s storybook, or a 40K high fantasy. That’s because each genre comes with its own expected word count, and while you might get away with being a bit under or over, you should be aiming for that ideal range.

Here's the genres and their typical word count ranges ~

Mysteries/Suspense: 70K-90K

Crime: 90K-100K

High-Fantasy: 100K+

General Fantasy: 90K-120K

Horror: 80K-100K

Sci-Fi: 90K-125K

Speculative: 75K-125K

Romance: 40K-100K

New Adult: 60K-85K

YA: 70K-90K

Middle Grade: 25K-40K

Picture Books: 50-1000

And some general guidelines for what counts as a novel vs a short etc:

Novel: 50K+

Novella: 20K-50K

Novelette: 10K-20K

Short Story: 1000-10K, but ideally 3K-8K

Flash fiction: 1-1000

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Dazai who after joining the ADA starting taking E (and by that I mean Yosano gives them their shots every time) claiming it would help them pull off disguises better, no one believed it. Everyone kinda notices Dazai's improved mood but Ranpo really noticed it, real smiles and more confidence. Some days Dazai does present fem but most days you couldn't tell they were genderqueer unless you already knew or was told

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I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????

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For your future information, here are medical innovations younger than both the basics of HRT for trans ppl & the first gender-reassignment/gender-confirmation surgery. I put together this incomplete list earlier today bc I was bored:

all organ transplants

most modern vaccines, including the polio vaccine

the gluten-free diet as a treatment for celiac disease

synthetic insulin

oral contraceptives

MRIs

the concept of a "blood bank"

pacemakers

hydrocortisone

ibuprofen

diazepam

artificial hearts

sumatriptan

naproxen (Aleve)

tramodol

dialysis

ECT

ondansetron (Zofran)

chemotherapy

IVF

CPR

CT scans

transdermal patches

liposuction

intravascular stents

penicillin

In case you run into someone talking about how 'experimental' HRT is.

I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????