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Why novels have strict word-count limits
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Your creative vision means nothing to the rigid mathematics of shelf space. A thriller must generally be under ninety thousand words to maintain pacing, while epic fantasy is expected to cross the hundred-thousand-word threshold. If a manuscript falls outside these highly specific industry parameters, agents will frequently reject it purely for being a logistical retail nightmare.
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