This document categorizes and compares novels, novellas, and short stories based on their word count and complexity. Novels are the longest at over 40,000 words and can have multiple subplots, twists, characters and be divided into chapters. Novellas range from 17,000 to 40,000 words and typically involve more than a single plot or character. Short stories are the shortest at 3,500 to 7,500 words and usually contain a simple narrative without major conflicts.

1. Novels, Novellas
and Short Stories
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Charie A. Quimado

2. 3,500 ك – 7,500 words.
ك basically a fictional prose written in a
narrative style.
ك free from major twist and conflicts.

4. 17, 000 ك – 40,000 words.
ك usually not divided into chapters
ك it can involve multiple sub-plots, twist and
characters.

6. كConsist of 40,000 words and more
ك fictional narrative written in chapters with a
more complicated storyline and character set than
a novella or short story.