By:
K.M. Weiland
When
I first took to creative writing, all I ever heard about writing a novella was
how I shouldn’t. Houses won’t publish them. Agents don’t represent them. All of
this caused me to think it was because readers won’t read them. I know the
first two are correct. The third point? Not so much.
Publishers
have typically stayed away from novellas for economic reasons. Not that the
novellas wouldn’t sell, but they tended to be less cost efficient.
This is why agents avoid them. But there is a market out there
for them, as well as an affordable means of putting them into print. Here are
three reasons you should consider writing a novella right now.
1. You Can
Self-Publish Your Novella
Not
too long ago, you couldn’t be published unless you had an agent who could get
you a book deal with one of the Big Six. No more! We have ventured into the
brave new world of self-publishing. It used to bear the stigma of people
who weren’t good enough to get published by conventional means. That might have
been true once, but now self-publishing is the serviceable first option for
many writers.
Many
different companies will print and distribute what you write. They each have
their own ups and downs. Choosing the right option depends on what you are
looking for, but what you need is probably out there. Research what’s available
and make the right choice for you.
If
you decide to try the self-publishing route, you won’t have to worry about
a publisher or an agent scolding you for writing a novella. Write what you want
and make it as long (or shot) as you want. (I’ve read more than a fewtraditionally published
books that were too long.) Some writers pad their word
count to
vault their manuscripts out of the novella range, but in so doing weaken their
story. Most novellas I’ve read are cleaner manuscripts because the writer left
out all of that literary Hamburger Helper.
2. E-Readers Like Shorter Reads
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