Writing - As long as it gets (2)

Yesterday, we looked at the problem of not having ‘enough’ words for a given novel, and how to rectify this without simply inserting padding.

Some writers have the opposite problem, however – they write, write and write until their tome is well beyond the usually accepted 100,000 words. There’s nothing wrong with this – a good number of debut novels have exceeded this word-count. But you’re bucking against the standard requirement of publishers and agents by writing such a thick novel, thereby lessening your chance of acceptance.

If you see your book growing to huge proportions, then you might like to take a look at this blog I posted in 2014:

http://nik-writealot.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/writing-tip-its-too-long.html

 

 

Good luck!

 

My book Write a Western in 30 Days has picked up a good selection of reviews, and many of the reviewers on Amazon sites state that it's useful for writers of any genre, not only westerns.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Write-Western-30-Days-bullet-points/dp/1780995911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428845583&sr=1-1&keywords=nik+Morton

 

http://www.amazon.com/Write-Western-30-Days-Bullet-Points-ebook/dp/B00D6E3T6O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1428832391&sr=1-1&keywords=Nik+Morton