Our friend Phil Rot hilariously marketed his 90-page debut, The Raft, as the first "Micro Novel." Good instincts for the modern reader attention span and the new author adoption curve. By extension, in techbro terms, Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a Proof of Concept / Minimum Viable Product.
I recall Bellow’s afterword in the Collected Stories admonishing writers to write “as short as they can.” I think 100-220 is probably the ideal zone.
But at the end of the day, we should just follow what the work dictates.
Yes. And that's why The Canadian Civil War is a modern classic. That and its socio-political context.
Our friend Phil Rot hilariously marketed his 90-page debut, The Raft, as the first "Micro Novel." Good instincts for the modern reader attention span and the new author adoption curve. By extension, in techbro terms, Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a Proof of Concept / Minimum Viable Product.
The question, however, is not only is it the ideal length, but is it the ideal girth?
Fifty thousand-word novels are what the majority of readers can assimilate and review.
Oh I've been meaning to read that guy for a while now.
Great read, been dwelling on similar thoughts as of late
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