{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Crusader 8 (princelypublictimeline)'s status on Saturday, 14-Apr-12 17:17:53 UTC","author_name":"Crusader 8 (princelypublictimeline)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/princelypublictimeline","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1213418","html":"#<span class=\"tag\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/tag\/writing\" rel=\"tag\">writing<\/a><\/span> okie so according to le research, short stories are 7500-17500, whereas average novel length is typically anywhere between 60,000-100,000, numbers much smaller than I thought. Anyhoo, 60,000 words is a lot of writing! Can anyone even endure reading about ponies for that long? I mean, wouldn't there be a breaking point in which the reader claims, &quot;the words are just too sweet and colorful; I must now kill a goat to balance out the excess magic and friendship?&quot;"}