Word Counts?

by Ritesh Nimmagadda
20th April 2014

What is the genre and word count of your work? And what audience are you primarily aiming you work towards?

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ummm...Fantasy aimed at Adult/ Young Adult market. First manuscript 120,000 second 95,000 third 220,000 (split into two parts now) and fourth is 185,000

then I have a black comedic adult work that is at around 55 at the moment but unfinished.

Currently compiling shorts for character development and these are usually around 5000 words.

the first manuscript is in its seventh draft now, its unlikely to change its content drastically so i'm guessing that it will stay around 120 but the other three are all still being tweaked so likely to change.

How are you getting on with yours Ritesh? I have read that a standard novel is usually around 85000 words, depending on genre this will very.

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My first manuscript, which is in the final rounds of editing, is around 85,000 words and is a piece of Fantasy aimed at the New Adult/Young Adult market

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