Comments on: On Splitting Novels Into Series http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/05/25/on-splitting-novels-into-series/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Don http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/05/25/on-splitting-novels-into-series/#comment-9081 Don Wed, 26 May 2010 17:13:40 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/05/25/on-splitting-novels-into-series/#comment-9081 From Amazon: Gone with the Wind: 1472 pages in paperback (roughly 440,000 words at 300 wpp) The Thorn Birds (which might be a good model for Mari, though it covers 3 generations, not half a life): 688 pages in the re-issued paperpback (roughly 200,000 words) From Amazon:

Gone with the Wind: 1472 pages in paperback (roughly 440,000 words at 300 wpp)

The Thorn Birds (which might be a good model for Mari, though it covers 3 generations, not half a life): 688 pages in the re-issued paperpback (roughly 200,000 words)

]]> By: Val Clark http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/05/25/on-splitting-novels-into-series/#comment-9135 Val Clark Sat, 29 May 2010 00:45:46 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/05/25/on-splitting-novels-into-series/#comment-9135 Don, think about when those two books were published - even with the Thorn Birds being nearly 30 years old - reader tolerance for long books has diminished. Publishers taking on new talent tend to shoot for the writer who is there for the long haul - so proposing a series can work in your favour. Don, think about when those two books were published - even with the Thorn Birds being nearly 30 years old - reader tolerance for long books has diminished. Publishers taking on new talent tend to shoot for the writer who is there for the long haul - so proposing a series can work in your favour.

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