When I was a kid, I devoured every fantasy novel I could get my hands on, and that includes the Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis. I found the books to be incredibly accessible and to hold up ...

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...