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Novella
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- What it is
- The Wikipedia article on the novella, which gives word-count ranges for novellas and novels and quotes a 2018 article in The Writer magazine for the length of a short novel.
- How much weight it carries
- An encyclopedia, not a primary source, and the article's author and date are not given. The 50,000-word line is quoted from The Writer's 2018 article, which we did not open. Word counts in publishing are conventions, not standards, so treat the figure as typical rather than fixed.
Facts taken from this source
- The Wikipedia article on the novella, quoting a 2018 article in The Writer, says a novella tops out at 50,000 words, which is the minimum length for a short novel.
“A novella typically starts at about 20,000 words and tops out at 50,000, which is the minimum length for a short novel.” (Definition section, quoting The Writer)