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How many words should a novel that is targeted at a YA audience be? Also, what's the difference between a novel and novella?
Would a YA novel be sellable at 200,000 words?
Ah... if the story needs 200K, and a publisher gets through it all without complaining, anything is possible. Chances are probably nil though. 200K is 800pages, and I've never seen a YA that long.
I'm guessing that this is your first draft? Possibly first novel? I'm certain you can cut that down. I've seen people with 300K MS take a chainsaw to them and afterward, struggle to meet 100K. Otherwise, if the story is as compact and concise as you can get it and everything has been boiled down to the point that there is absolutely no way you can cut it down further, you can always break it up into 2 books of 100K, but each book needs to act as standalone novels, as apposed to 2 volumes of a book.
You make a point. How many pages would 100K generally equate to?
You make a point. How many pages would 100K generally equate to?
Would a YA novel be sellable at 200,000 words?