SEAN PATRICK O MORDHA

A Celt's Passion is to tell Stories

How Long Should a Novel Be?

Monday, November 15, 2010 5:55:55 PM

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NaNoWriMo (the National (now International) write-a-novel-in-a-month challenge) is set to a mere 50,000 words. Why not 100K? Or 150K? After all, look at those shelf benders and shopping cart wreckers that weigh in at obesity levels. Robert McCrum of the UK's Observer discusses literary bloat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/14/why-books-are-too-long-rober...

Point taken.
Sean

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