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Originally Posted by Interference  Am I totally wrong in saying that (and I read this somewhere) 80,000 was about the average acceptable length for a first novel? |
It must have been very old advice (which can be a problem with things you read on the internet)or referring to some other genre, or just general piffle. Practically no one is writing 80,000 word fantasies for adult readers these days. Those longer novels we've been talking about may be problematic for first time authors, but I'm sure you're quite safe in the 100,000-120,000 word range. I wouldn't worry about that at all.