It’s a question often asked by aspiring authors wondering if their manuscript is several thousand words too long or short, but it’s also an intriguing one for readers to consider: is there an ideal length for a fantasy novel?
Every book is different and for any suggested word or page count you see, you are likely to encounter several popular fantasy books that are outside of it. Nonetheless, as someone who reads a lot in the genre and has also submitted work to competitions, agents and publishers, I thought I’d tackle this topic from three different perspectives:
- how long popular published fantasy novels are,
- how long the industry (agents, publishers, competitions) prefers them to be,
- how long readers prefer them to be.
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Maria Sjöstrand 
I go by 50,000 word check of NaNoWrMn.
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Personally I go after 80.000 words to 120.000 🙂
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wow I will get there some day. Have you attempted NaNoWrMn I am looking for something to attempt a graphic novel.
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Yes, but during NaNoWrMn I write fanfiction and I go after 50.000 🙂
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Now that is really interesting, maybe I should try it this year.
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Are you on wattpad? As I’m in the midst of first writing my romance novel there and then I’ll see if the next step.
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I literally just became a member: if interested I think my username is @MariaSjstrand 🙂
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So did I, last week only.
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Cool. What’s your username? 🙂
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Bhuvan mishra or moderndayrake
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You have two? 🙂
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It’s @bhuvanmishra
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Found you 🙂
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