The Second Step To Writing A Book: Part 3 Novella

What Defines A Novella?

    A)  Mostly fiction as it's genre.     B) Usually above 7,500 words and under 40,000.    C) Longer than a Short Story but shorter than a Novel.

Why Would I Like To Write This?

    A) It is a good mixture between long and short. (I honestly think this is a good start for beginners who want to end up writing long Novels.)

         B) You have (what I would say) just enough space (in words) to build the plot and execute it, without and confusion. (As long as you plan it right.)

    C) You have more main characters then you would have in a Short Story, but you can only afford a few.

Why Would I Not Like To Write This?

    A) I have been told that you don't usually divide a Novella up into chapters. (I, -for one- like dividing my books into chapters.)

    B) You can have more subplots but only a few, there for it will take up the words set aside for the climax.

    C) Most likely a Novella won't have plot twisters, since it already takes up so many words to write the plot itself.

It all depends on what your comfortable writing and how you are comfortable writing it. 

Well, I'll write back soon!

~Bethany