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>>Imusta+(OP)
i've written a novel's worth of words. yikes! ps, game of thrones is not a good comparison. a literary agent is more likely to take your novel seriously if you have more than 50k words

>>greeni+H5b
Supposedly the latest trend deciding what novels get accepted by literary agents isn't the total number of words in the book, it's the total number of words in each chapter. They're getting much more strict about wanting chapters that are 1250-1500 words.

The reason is audiobooks: Having shorter chapters is a better user experience and audiobooks are really hot (money makers) right now.

This is just an anecdote though. I'm not an expert (only wrote one novel and my chapters were like ~2,500-3,500 words).