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What are the standard word counts for novels, short stories, et cetera?

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What are the standard word counts for novels, short stories, et cetera?

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• 0 – 250 words: Flash or sudden fiction • 0 – 2,000 words: Short-short story • 2,000 – 10,000 words: Short story • 10,000 – 40,000 words: Novella • 50,000 – infinity (or durned close to it): Novel A good length for a novel (by consensus of this newgroup) is 80,000 words. Certain genre publishers require a maximum word count because they produce a standardized paperback. Follow these requirements.