Addison
Auror
Today I'm close to finishing a short story first draft. But I was a little anxious about my word length. It's currently 7,700 words. I typed "Short story word length" in google search. Wikipedia says a short story is under 7500 words, and a NOVEL is as short as 40,000 words. Yeah I leaned closer and muttered some choice words.
Going on Writers Digest, written, read and respected by real writers, I was relieved to find the actual recognized length of a short story to be between 1,500 and 30,000 words. Novellas are 30K to 50K words, and Novel length starts at 55K.
I also read that a short story basically has seven scenes. Or seven core scenes. THAT info has been very helpful in the last ten minutes, I kid you not. Try it out. Happy Writing!
Going on Writers Digest, written, read and respected by real writers, I was relieved to find the actual recognized length of a short story to be between 1,500 and 30,000 words. Novellas are 30K to 50K words, and Novel length starts at 55K.
I also read that a short story basically has seven scenes. Or seven core scenes. THAT info has been very helpful in the last ten minutes, I kid you not. Try it out. Happy Writing!