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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My longest is 143,000 words.

The question of quality over quantity comes to mind though.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
50 or so typed pages, plus another couple notebooks full of snippets and ideas. Still not completed. Utter writer's block. -.-

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So far 28 pages nad counting and 12994 words and counting. Yay me!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A couple years ago I wrote a 50-60 page story. =P Thats the longest I ever got


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fanfiction - Approx 8,000 words...not very many words, eh? ;^-^

Story - Lot less than 8k *super sweat drop*

How can I call myself a writer? But then again, I did just start getting into the hobby of writing on and off this year *shrugs*

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
59,000 words. 267 pages...











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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
57,000 words. I wrote it in 11 days last year. It's really, really awful, and nothing much happens, but I'm still fond of it for some reason.
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I thik a novel can't really be defined by word-count, but rather content. Of course, there is a dividing line between short story and novel. A novel has a complete plot, and a short story a partial plot (at least in my eyes).

My novel is currently 95,389 words and counting. I won't be satisfied until it exceeds 100,000, though. There is so much more that needs to be said...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My longest writing was around 800,000 words, but it was a "little" story ... and i haven't finish it yet so have a little patience will ya?

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My book is currently nearly 100 pages long and counting.

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