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.
The saga â plenty of characters and a complex, epic story told over many generations â think Roots or War and Peace - usually run at over 100,000 words. If you are writing a standard length novel, aim for 80,000 to 95,000 words. It doesnât have to be exact, but itâs there to guide writers.