As a general guideline whenever I write an update for my AAR, I tend to aim for at least 2,000 words and definitely no more than 4,000 (I think my record is about 3,600.) This is for a history book style, though, so the verbosity may be less of an issue – especially when one considers that the text will be interspersed with images and in a larger font and so forth.
When I used to write more narrative based work, I would always ensure that I hit at least 1,000. These updates were just that though – updates part of a longer piece of work. I could therefore afford to leave out a lot of detail which I wouldn't were I writing a much shorter piece. Therefore, I'm not sure 1,000 would be that sufficient. (According to the app I used to write it, my "Rain" entry from all those months ago was around 1,800 words in length.)
I'd probably suggest, therefore, that we look to maybe 2,500 as a limit? I think it would be large enough to accommodate a good amount of detail and plot development, while not so long that it would start to drag. Of course, one can make a piece of any length drag, but that's beside the point.
When I used to write more narrative based work, I would always ensure that I hit at least 1,000. These updates were just that though – updates part of a longer piece of work. I could therefore afford to leave out a lot of detail which I wouldn't were I writing a much shorter piece. Therefore, I'm not sure 1,000 would be that sufficient. (According to the app I used to write it, my "Rain" entry from all those months ago was around 1,800 words in length.)
I'd probably suggest, therefore, that we look to maybe 2,500 as a limit? I think it would be large enough to accommodate a good amount of detail and plot development, while not so long that it would start to drag. Of course, one can make a piece of any length drag, but that's beside the point.