How can I effectively write a novel that is longer than 150,000 words? What are some strategies for writing longer books?

You have to write the story that you want to read. That’s the trick, the cheat code. When you wanna know what happens next even more than your readers. So you end up writing hundreds of thousands, even millions of words before you realize it.

On the other hand, if you don’t care about your own story, it could take days to write less than 10k words.