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How many words are in the average novel?
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How many chapters are in an average novel?
Typical novels are about 260 pages, 65,000 words, and 18 chapters, about 14 pages a chapter. But for suspense novels you'll be going up into 50's and even to 90 chapters… with only 3-4 pages a chapter. Romance novels have less chapters with typically more pages per chapter. But really, chapters really depend. But a novel should be about 65,000 words and the chapters shouldn't go over 20 pages unless your writing something historical. (MORE)
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How many pages are in the average novel?
It will depend on which genre you read (fantasies are typically quite large compared to genres such as mystery), but 400 to 500 is common.
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How many words in an average children's novel?
Set a gold for lets say 50,000 words, then put a piece of tap over the word count, and pull it off when your done and you'll have your answer! The store is what's important,… not the word count, I have read good stories that were only 30,000 words and stories of 100,000 words that were a wast of time! (MORE)
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How many words are in a 300 page novel?
75,000 give or take a few. This is what you would expect to present for a PhD thesis. Thanks.
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How many words does it take to have a novel?
Generally over 40,000 words and no more than 120,000 (that's getting a bit over the top). Under 40,000 is a Novella. If your looking to publish, most publishing people want ov…er 60,000. Hope that helps. (MORE)
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How many words are in an average children's novel?
It really depends on the age. An average adult novel is about 60-80,000 words and a children's novel can be from12,000 to 80,000 depending on the age group it is aimed for

