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Question: What's the longest thing that you have ever written!?
Word count if possible but if you only know the length in pages that's fine too!. I've written two seventy-ish page stories, but they are not finished yet!. One is about 13,000 words and the other is about 18,000 words!. My brother has written a 67,000 story, which is technically a novel!. I am jealous!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Tons of news articles (no word count, just being a staff reporter)!.
A two-act play that was actually produced and made a good amount of money!. [!]
Several pieces of short fiction, also published, the longest 'longish,' at probably (searching memory) around 15,000 words!. Don't really know!.
Am now trying 'flash fiction' and it goes pretty well: quick work, though it's more difficult to get a really good story inside that kind of brevity!.
Am also working on a biography of a terrific and fascinating elderly friend, with maybe something over 30,000 words done, not counting copious notes!.
Lots more work to do on that!.
For some reason people have also asked me to write poetry for various occasions, and I'm not even a poet, though have also published a bit of that!.

Have read that short stories are called (according to word count) 'up to about 17,500 words, novellas start there and go to 40,000 words, then it's novels of various length!.' [<-paraphrase, except the numbers]

Suggest you don't waste time being jealous over anyone else's writing, especially a sibling!. Different authors have their own topics and style, and who is to say who is better!? Word count is meaningless [except in NaNoWriMo (sp!?)] regarding quality!.

Only readers who know good writing can judge who is a better author, and that does NOT include all publishers, should one get so far!.!.!. and doesn't take into account simple personal taste re: topic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not counting ALL of the editing, my novel is approx!. 90,000 words!. I have a bunch of writing, rewriting, editing and such still to do, but it's definitely a work in progress!. It will probably be 120,000 words when I'm done!.
I want to do either a novel and a sequel or a trilogy!. It all depends on how things play out!.

That's definitley the longest!. I had a "good try" two years ago, it was beyond contrived and cliched, sort of a mix of Harry Potter and Atlantis!. What I'm doing now actually has a real plot, lol!.

Keep trying!. When that killer idea comes, it will stick!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm not sure how many words, but 275 pages!. My friend and I are writing it, though, so I guess it would be more like 135 that I'd written on my own, if you cut it in half!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

20 pages!. I'm not extremely good at finishing what I write!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

My longest would be 115 pages with roughly 62,000 words!.Www@QuestionHome@Com