I know this has probably been discussed many times in different threads, but a couple of people have asked the question again here recently.
Can anyone please give advice, or link to a previous thread that advises about the expected word count in the different genres and types for a first novel?
I have read conflicting advice in different places but had aimed for approximately 100k words for my first novel, high fantasy and potentially a trilogy. The first draft weighed in at just under 130k. Now I am completely rewriting it without reference to the first draft, just generally following most of the same plot arcs, but instead of condensing and tightening it seems to have spread nearly as much as my waistline over the Christmas festivities and is looking like it will finish around 200k plus.
Am I better to try and get two books out of it, or should I continue on with the one volume (bearing in mind I already have a second book with the same characters at first draft stage) and hope an agent or publisher is so knocked over by the incredible skill of my prose and the originality of my plots (ha!) that they offer me an incredible on contract based on reading the first sentence? Or maybe I should give up altogether and go find a job that actually pays money...?
Can anyone please give advice, or link to a previous thread that advises about the expected word count in the different genres and types for a first novel?
I have read conflicting advice in different places but had aimed for approximately 100k words for my first novel, high fantasy and potentially a trilogy. The first draft weighed in at just under 130k. Now I am completely rewriting it without reference to the first draft, just generally following most of the same plot arcs, but instead of condensing and tightening it seems to have spread nearly as much as my waistline over the Christmas festivities and is looking like it will finish around 200k plus.
Am I better to try and get two books out of it, or should I continue on with the one volume (bearing in mind I already have a second book with the same characters at first draft stage) and hope an agent or publisher is so knocked over by the incredible skill of my prose and the originality of my plots (ha!) that they offer me an incredible on contract based on reading the first sentence? Or maybe I should give up altogether and go find a job that actually pays money...?