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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You know what? It's a new day. Just write your story, and don't be concerned about your word count. Those measurements were artificially created by publishers, and were more related to printing and paper costs than they ever had to do with story quality.
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Out of a concern over the word count of my bulging book, (back when I thought I might be submitting it for traditional publication) I pretty much eviscerated my story. In some ways it helped to make the plot a bit more mysterious and puzzling. But I can't help wondering whether aesthetically it might have been better as a single work.
(I'm using some of the bits I cut in a sequel).
Wasn't Lord of the Rings originally intended as a single book?