: Re: Will increasing the word count of my novella to make it a novel improve my options for publishing? I've just finished the first draft of my first novella, and as I'm going through for my

I upvote JG; but provide my own take.

No, you shouldn't lengthen the story you have. IMO puffing up a story makes it less likely to sell. If you don't have enough, consider incorporating a prequel or sequel to the story you have. How did the characters become who they are? What happens to them after your story? (If they aren't dead.)

Can you intertwine their story with a contrasting story? I think you do have a problem with length, but the answer should not be stretching what you have but building more. It is the same amount of work either way to add "enough", but (IMO) more enjoyable to create something new, and you won't be impacting the pacing or other artistic elements of your current story. Adding stuff can make it drag, make it boring, or make readers question why it is in there: If it wasn't necessary to the plot or character in your original, what makes it necessary now?

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