How to fix a novel that’s too short

Maya Sayvanova
Nov 5 · 5 min read

Most writers talk about the opposite problem.

But when I finished the first draft of my first novel, it was 40 000 words.

Something was off.

When I sat down to write it, the story seemed so complex that I was sure that 70–80K words would write themselves, but they didn’t.

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Maya Sayvanova

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