Guidelines
1) Dope Enterprises Book Length Tiers
Scowering the Internet and only coming up with random answers to our questions of what
parameters constituted a Novel, we decided to come up with our own metrics. Taking the
time to sort this out was actually important to our pricing models, among other things.
The below seems to be fairly logical, so if it works for you too, please feel free to
use it.
| Micro-Story |
Up to 1,500 words |
| Short Story |
From 1,501 words to 5,000 words |
| Novelette |
From 5,001 words to 15,000 words |
| Novella |
From 15,001 words to 50,000 words |
| Novel |
From 50,001 words to 150,000 words |
| Ultra Novel |
From 150,001 words on up |
2) Ever Growing List of Literary Genre Distinctions (Combinable)
Dope Enterprises does not support the wholesale lumping of Science Fiction in with
Fantasy and Horror, and we believe that all three are their own distinctive genres. The
same applies to Action and Adventure. Outside of this website and on other authorized
venues, our work may be listed all over the place in all kinds of different categories,
but on the covers of the books and here on this site, these are what the genre
specifications are intended to be and mean to us. We tend to draw the line with the
definitions below because to carelessly bundle the genres together cheapens their
respective literary impact. In our opinion, Speculative Fiction is a marketing term
used to consolidate shelf space like putting Rap and R&B together at the record store as
Urban; and we thoroughly reject the practice.
| Action |
Stories that are action-packed |
| Adventure |
Stories involving a quest as the focus |
| Autobiography |
Stories written by the author about the author |
| Comedy |
Stories involving humor as the focus |
| Documentary |
Stories that detail an occurrence |
| Drama |
Stories that detail an existence |
| Fantasy |
Stories more deeply rooted in mysticism |
| Horror |
Stories more deeply rooted in barbarism |
| Musical |
Stories involving music as the focus |
| Mystery |
Stories involving case-solving as the focus |
| Nonfiction |
Stories that are true |
| Poetry |
Stories written as poems or the actual collection of poems |
| Romance |
Stories involving love or lust as the focus |
| Science Fiction |
Stories more deeply rooted in science |
| Sport |
Stories involving an athletic competition as the focus |
| Ultra Violence |
Stories where anime, hardcore wrestling, and video game concepts see the light of written word |
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