Desired Word Count [moved from Ask The Agent]

AnthonyJones · Dec 16, 2011

What is the word count agents would like to see from a new author? I thought it was 90k-120k, but I saw somewhere else that 90k might be too long.

Mine is 90k. I'm wanting to know if any of my rejections have anything to do with that.

Drachen Jager · Dec 16, 2011

http://querytracker.net/newsletter.php?issue=1#qtnews_4

Everyone has a different opinion, the above is just one. But once constant is that every genre has a different preferred count. Check YOUR genre. There is no 'general' word count for all novels.

AnthonyJones · Dec 16, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
http://querytracker.net/newsletter.php?issue=1#qtnews_4

Everyone has a different opinion, the above is just one. But once constant is that every genre has a different preferred count. Check YOUR genre. There is no 'general' word count for all novels.

Thanks for this! I see that my word count is perfect for what I have.

Old Hack · Dec 16, 2011

This doesn't really belong in Ask The Agent. I think Novels might be more appropriate, so here we go... whoosh!

blacbird · Dec 16, 2011

AnthonyJones said:
What is the word count agents would like to see from a new author?

In my experience, zero.

caw

Grunkins · Dec 16, 2011

blacbird said:
In my experience, zero.

caw

Desired Word Count [moved from Ask The Agent]

AnthonyJones

Drachen Jager

Professor of applied misanthropy

AnthonyJones

Old Hack

Such a nasty woman

blacbird

Grunkins

Grand adventurer of the couch