My novellas--I'm working on my third now--have all been contracted at 25,000 to 30,000 words. That's roughly a quarter of one of my novels. (My novel contracts have been for 95,000 words--give or take, you understand.) So in writing a novella, I have to limit things: limit the time over which the story takes place, limit the number of characters, and limit the focus to pretty much the hero and heroine.
I assumed you were writing novellas for the contract reason. I didn't realize the word "limits" associated with novella vs novel. Thanks for sharing that!
ReplyDeleteHi, Bea! I think length can probably vary. The two anthologies I've been in have each been four author anthos. I think I've seen some that are only three authors, so that word count might be longer.
ReplyDeleteI just popped over the Romance Writers of America site to see how they define novella for their Rita contest--their word range is 20,000 to 40,000. Hope that helps--and thanks for commenting!