033: Why write novellas instead of full-length novels? 7 reasons...

Learn 7 reasons why you might want to write a novella instead of a full-length novel for your next book... 

If you’ve been following along on this book writing adventure for a while, then you’ll know that in the past year and a bit, I’ve written and published 5 novellas—with my next one in the Polyamorous Passions series coming out in a month! 

So, today I want to talk about why I bother writing novellas in the first place, and some of the benefits around writing novellas instead of full-length novels. 

First of all, what is a novella? A novella is a short novel. It’s about 20,000—40,000 words long, whereas a typical novel could easily be closer to 100,000 words. So, a good example of a novella is The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, which clocks in at 37,000 words. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, on the other hand, is 111,000 words. So far, my own novellas are all 23,000 to 30,000 words each.   

So hopefully that just gives you some context, moving forward for this episode.   

Okay, so why write novellas instead of full-length novels? What’s the point? Why could it be a good idea for you to do this? Find out in this episode—7 reasons why you might want to write a novella, too, instead of a full-length novel...   

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Learn more about Sagan’s books at SaganMorrow.com/books   Episode 16 of Indie Author Weekly: how to write a book series .  National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) . Get the writing prompts cheatsheet at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast   Access sample chapters of Sagan's novels, transcripts of each episode, cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics, and additional resources, at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.  Submit your questions for future episode topics at SaganMorrow.com/question   

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