For newby writers, a quick and dirty word count guide:
— Brit E. B. Hvide (@bhvide) May 27, 2019
short story: <7500
novelette: 7,500-17,500
novella: 17,500-40,000
Fantasy/Space Opera novel*: 80,000-130,000
SF novel*: 70,000-100,000
*but don't be afraid to break the rules if you want to! Exceptions are made all the time.
Two things I didn’t know until I was yesterday years old:
— Mira Jacob (@mirajacob) May 27, 2019
1) Memorial Day was started by African Americans honoring fallen Union solders
2) The Statue of Liberty was gifted to America to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants.
Erasure is real, you all. But that part we knew.
Picard management tip: Improve your vocabulary by reading books. Words can be your most powerful tools.
— Picard Tips (@PicardTips) May 26, 2019
There it is. pic.twitter.com/mTl6iJI9sU
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) May 24, 2019
A few words written is better than no words written.
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) May 21, 2019
Thirty minutes in the chair is better than no time in the chair.
Ten minutes of grappling with a scene and getting nowhere is better than not thinking about it.
Books get written in struggles.
