What are the different types of books, and how many words should each contain?What is a novel?

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 by admin


I am a 13-year old girl who lives in South Africa. I want to write and publish books, but I am not sure what type of books I want to write. Please let me know of websites with free eBook on writing stories.
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3 Comments on "What are the different types of books, and how many words should each contain?What is a novel?"

  • pj m said on Sep 16th, 2009 at 6:46 PM:

    Melissa,

    There are non-fiction, fiction, self-help, autobiographies, biographies, science fiction, horror, mystery/suspense. A novel is a book with more than 40,000 words at best. It can be non-fiction or fiction. Science fiction, horror, mystery & suspense are actually what is called a genre.

    First you have to write your book. You have to make sure you have no errors of any kind that would aid in a literary agent or publisher from rejecting your work. Try writing short stories first. This will give you an idea of how to put your thoughts together in writing.

    Good luck!

    PJ M

  • Mizz NaNa said on Sep 18th, 2009 at 6:11 AM:

    pj m is right about the different types of genres and how u should start off when u write your short stories do what i used to do find something you like to do or something you do all the time and describe it in detail for me i described what it was like coming to school in the morning and i got a good grade on my assignment because i used metaphors to describe it this will help make you a very good descriptive Writer it might take a while to describe everything but it will make you a better Writer

  • chebrew2000 said on Sep 21st, 2009 at 5:23 PM:

    Just write what’s in your heart. Whatever you write, there is a genre for it, don’t worry. Don’t write for the type of book, write a book and the type will take care of itself. If it’s good, people will read it. That’s all you need to know. Read many books too, so you can get an understanding of the flow of words. Word have to sound right, as well the story being worth reading. Reading will help you find your voice.

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