Should You Be Writing A Novella?

Animal Farm, Of Mice and Men, Breakfast at Tiffany’s: It may surprise you to learn that these well-known works are written in an often-overlooked genre — the novella. Usually between 30,000 and 50,000 words, a novella is the middle ground between a succinct short story and a fully realized novel. For short story writers who aren’t quite ready to make the leap to creating a novel, writing a novella can be a good stepping-stone. You…