| Re: Novel Word Count
No, no, word count does matter, because that's how much story you're going to deliver, and long stories are what sell now.
How long the book will be in print is determined by the book design and all sort of other things that come into the production of the book.
Even in the US, 94,000 words is a bit scant for a fantasy novel aimed at adults, except for specific sub-genres, so if the book can be made longer without compromising the quality, you should probably try and do so.
But don't try to inflate the word count with rationalizations about the amount of dialogue and the number of printed pages. When an agent or an editor realizes that you've fudged the word count by something on the order of 13,000 words, he or she is not going to be favorably impressed. |