Dear Julie: Word count

How long should my book be?

Julie Cohen
Novel Gazing
Published in
3 min readApr 30, 2020

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Dear Julie,

I need help with length and structure! How many words should my manuscript be? It’s a women’s fiction book with a dash of romance. How many words should I be aiming for total? How many words per chapter? How many chapters? So many questions!

Sarah

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Julie Cohen
Novel Gazing

I’m a Sunday Times bestselling novelist and creative writing consultant. My latest novel is SPIRITED. Twitter: @julie_cohen