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.
Chapters: 1  Harry Potter and The Sorcererâs Stone has 17 chapters with titles, and about 4560 words per chapter. 2  Twilight has 24 titled chapters, or 26 if you count the Preface and Epilogue, and about 4580 words per chapter.  The Hunger Games has 27 untitled chapters, and about 3700 words per chapter.