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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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.
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I switched phones, it's good to be back
Do you think animals other than humans understand the concept of kinship, is it a great tragedy for the lions when brother turns on brother, or is it simply the fact of the matter
Ceaseless watcher, play witness to this
Ceaseless watcher turn your gaze upon this fuckin thing
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™️????
🏳️⚧️ it/she // 19 // something something American Gothic
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