User blog comment:Rhyveee/Long Pastas/@comment-26268104-20161214213343

Outline the story, and don't say "I'm going to make it long." Decide how long the story wants to be. If it wants to be 3 pages, write 3 pages. If it wants to be 300 pages, write it to be 300 pages.

How can you determine who long the story should be? Start with the idea. How long does the story take place over, and how will it be paced? Fast or slow? Additionally, look at the outline. The longer it is, the longer the resulting novel will be.

Lastly, revise, revise, revise. This is very important, as Ernest once said that "The first draft of anything is (word deleted due to profanity)." I have a short blog post on revision, which can be a good start on learning how, but there are plenty of other resources out there on revision, inculding whole books dedicated to it. I recommend you read a few, as there is no one formula to revision.

So yeah, that's my advice, and bye.