My target word count for my scifi/horror/fantasy novel is about 100,000, with two sequels planned in the work. I’m not attached to either number, it’s just a completely arbitrary way for me to measure progress for book1 while designing literary cohesion with potential book2&3. I plan on going hard on Good Politics™ in the third book, before that it’s mostly setup and dog whistles.

Outlines, character sheets, drafts of paragraphs/chapters that haven’t had their book/chronology set in stone yet. Wild stuff.

Anyways, unsolicited advice on any aspect of fiction novel writing would be appreciated, no matter how random!

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