for a novella? Novel? (Young Adult and Adult). Is there a standard limit for paperback vs hardcover?
Posted by Marva (Member # 3171) on :
I think we've gone over this before, but here are some loose standards:
Novel: 70K and larger Novella: 25-40K Novelette: 10-25K
Between 40K and 70K, it's loose. Quite often YA novels fall in this length. Some novels are less than 70K, but it's rare these days.
Top limit: Isn't any, but unpublished writers might consider no more than 100K. Any longer and you might run into resistance.
Anybody can correct this according to their own understanding.
Posted by MommaMuse (Member # 3622) on :
I'm a bit brain dead at the moment, but I asked this selfsame question a few months ago, so when you do your search, look for my name. There were a lot of good answers. I'd link to it, but as I said, I'm a little brain dead...ugh...