Word Count

[JillStar]

After searching around the internet a bit today, I came up with a few word count ideas. Comment below if you find any other information on word count or types of writing and the word count that applies.

Flash Fiction - 100 to 1000 words

Short, Short Stories - up to 2500 words

Short Stories - 1000 to 7500 words or [2500 to 7500]

Novelette - 7500 to 20,000 words or [7500 to 17,000]

Novella - 20,000 to 50,000 words or [17,000 to 40,000]

Novel 50,000 to 110,000 words or [40,000+] or {70,000 to 90,000}

Epic or Sequals - over 110,000 words

Science Fiction and Fantasy can easily run up to 125,000 words

[JillStar]

Here's an articleI found online while searching for Flash Fiction. This gives you some ideas on how to write Flash Fiction.

Here's a brief of the article:
1. Start in the middle - You don't have time in this very short form to set scenes and build character.
2. Don't use too many characters - You won't have time to describe your characters...
3. Make sure the ending isn't at the end - ...place the denouement in the middle of the story, allowing us time, to consider the situation...
4. Sweat your title - Make it work for a living.
5. Make your last line ring like a bell - The last line is not the ending ...but it should leave the reader with something which will continue to sound after the story has finished.
6. Write long, then go short - Create a lump of stone from which you chip out your story sculpture.