I wish I could say I have no idea why novelettes and novellas are not popular, but unfortunately, I think I know why. But I’ll skip over that and return to this point at the end of the post. Regarding reader experience, I believe that you can offer a full story in a novella, and while more difficult in a novelette, I still think it’s possible. I like to think I’ve written some pretty complete stories in short form, but I’ll list some famous examples first: The Fall of the Ho

For long fiction (for me that is anything from a novelette to a novel) I start with an idea. I don’t plot out before I start writing, but if it is longer than a short story then I definitely will switch to outlining my story. I find that for longer fiction (novelettes, novellas and novels) this usually means that the first part of the story needs to be completely reworked, but I don’t see it as a waste of time. Writing without a clear destination gets the process going withou

This post is about creative writing and probably wouldn’t apply to professionals that have to meet a minimum word count per day. As a fiction writer, I haven’t set a minimum and I think this is why I’m able to write a fair amount in different genres. The low stress approach means I don’t look at the word counter and panic if I only see double digits. To be honest, I really don’t even understand why a word count per day is important. Sure, if you write only one word per sessio