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Old 12-27-2023, 01:16 PM   #2318
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Originally Posted by maddz View Post
In a way, we're going back to Golden Age novel lengths. They were, what, 40-45K words? The 100K blockbusters from the 90s onwards seem to be going out of fashion. In some ways, I prefer the tighter writing in the shorter length works; too many longer works feel padded.
If the story was fitted into the 40-45K words, I would be okay with that length. As it is, you are getting a 120-130K words book broken into 3 or more volumes in most cases.
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