What's the average number of pages for a YA epic/high fantasy novel?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:14 pm

SOMEONE TOLD ME: Industry standard is to measure in word count, not page count.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:14 pm

Imo, 80-100k words. But also, I think YA should be a genre only regarding topics. There should be no such genre recognition regarding vocabulary, length, or complexity.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:15 pm

I'm working on a target of about 80,000 words for a YA novel. However, word and page counts shouldn't be paramount. Tell your story unencumbered by counts.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:15 pm

I don't think any young adult books are epic high fantasy novels. They might be fantasy novels. Epics are always very long. Does someone disagree with me that epics are not always very long? Can anyone define an epic high fantasy novel for me to clarify my impression?

Kristen · Post by **Kristen** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:16 pm

Go by word count, with 1" page margins, 250 words per page....
85k word count would be 340 pages.

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What's the average number of pages for a YA epic/high fantasy novel?