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Is a novel normally about 50,000 words long?


I am participating in the challenge at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org and am going for 50,000 words…just wondering if a normal novel is 50,000 words long, or shorter, or longer…anyway, thanks in advance! :) Ah, actually I am just now at 513 words, haha, but I just learned about it last night. I will raise my goal, then! I think it would be absolutely fabulous to write my entire rough draft of my book in one month. Thanks so much for the quick answers. What is your NaNoWrimo username? I’d like to be your buddy. I’m Rosebud104. Again, thanks so much for the tips!
- S.

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Ah! No! I just got writers Block?


Okay, so I’m 79 (document word) pages into my story and BAM! Writers block engulfed me!!!! The main person just got kidnaped, and I couldn’t think of anyway to keep the story going from her POV, so I switched it to the second main person, and that’s when it hit me. I couldn’t write more then nine pages… I know once I get started I’m going to be able to write for hours nonstop but I can’t seem to start…. any advice? I’ve tried everything I can think of…. Thanks!
I’ve already described the kidnapping, but what after the kidnapping? I mean sure they try and kill her, but she isn’t the right age yet, she needs to be two weeks older, but in that time the other people in my story realize that she is gone and go to save her… But will they have enough time to save her? Or, what awaits them when they get there? Is there going to be a war? Idk… (haha, I lied, I do know there will be one) But I can’t think of what to write!! Like, I know what I want to write, I just don’t know how to write it, and whenever i go to write it down I forget…. Anyway, I’m going for a short walk around the block, see if that helps, thanks!
cbhovila Thanks for the advice! Your game sounds fun. But, I already have a person that knows her - her mom. She thinks that her mom is dead though… Not very creative but it was the best I could do.
- Nicole.

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