I'm sure Ray's answer will be a richer one with the benefit of years of industry experience, but as a newbie, I think I can safely tell you not to worry too much about exceeding 120k. The fact is that fantasy is just as receptive to long works as the "literary genre." If you look at some of the longer works our there, you'll find them MUCH longer than that. If my math is right, The Wheel of Time books average 286,632 EACH.
Write hard, write well and write as much as it takes is my advice! Logan L. Masterson Agonyzer.com On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I search online for information, I'm hearing different numbers when it > comes to a target word count or page count for new fantasy authors. So far > I've heard everything from 80k words, to 120k words (which worries me, > because I'm pushing 112k already, and have only completed about 80% of the > prose. True, I will still need to go back and revise, but I'm beginning to > wonder if I'm going to overshoot a recommended word count and have my > manuscript tossed out before it's even read. > Can you offer any advice, Ray?
