Here are some other specific examples of paranoia: 1  Loathing or hatred of activities you or normal people would usually feel comfortable in, such as parties, large crowds, and the mall.  Excessive worry about what people think about you, or that they are laughing about or whispering about you behind your back.
As a point of reference for the genre writer, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America define short story length in the Nebula Awards for science fiction submission guidelines as having a word count of fewer than 7,500.
Agatha Christie, the bestselling mystery writer of all time, wrote novels that averaged about 40,000 to 60,000 words. However, most agents and writers say your mystery novel should be the same word count as general fiction, 80,000 to 90,000 words. Weâll do more research on this, but if in doubt, shoot for 80,000 words.