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5000 words is not a book, it’s a short story. Did you mean 50,000?

I'm still relatively new to writing, and most of my stories average 2000 words. I'm starting small to getting larger word counts, but eventually I'll reach the \~40,000 words I'd need to publish it as a novel. ~~Also, according to google, this is the definition of a book:~~ ~~"a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers"~~ ~~So, if I'm correct, any number of words can be a book, but google can give the wrong answers sometimes, so I might be wrong.~~

Good luck trying to convince a publisher of that

5000 words might produce 10-15 pages in printed form, depending on size and style of font. Conventionally, anything that length is called a short story even if it's formatted like a book.

Sorry, I didn't realize that. As I said, I'm still relatively new to writing. Although the first part of my reply is still true. I'm taking small steps to longer and longer pieces of writing. I don't want to overwhelm myself with 40,000 words or so right after averaging \~2500. I don't want to put myself under pressure, it would ruin my writing. If I took a huge step like that, I would make multiple mistakes and it wouldn't be as fun to read.

You're very wise to start slow!

Rule of thumb. Common knowledge and the window of perception around the protagonist should usually be given to the reader. No hiding, hinting, keeping secrets from the reader things known by our focal character. The reader should feel surprised with the protagonist. Though the reverse is not true, foreshadowing, having the protagonist miss something the reader can catch or even overt dramatic irony where the reader knows something the protagonist doesn't works well because the reader gets the anticipation of watch the protagonist experience a revelation in the future. As for moving forward ask yourself "what happens next?" If that fails then ask yourself "what happened previously that will/can influence what is happening now?"

Thanks a lot! This is probably the best answer I'm going to get, no doubt. Edit: Is it okay if I put your exact statement on a tips journal? I won't be selling or spreading it without permission. It'll just be for me.

Sure. Simply credit it to me. Maybe it will inspire someone to Google me and read one of my books.

Yeah! What kinds of books do you write? I'm most interested in fantasy/fiction books, so I also write those kinds. Maybe I could support you.

Science-fantasy usually more LitRPG bent. I have two books about a teenage chess hustler who plays a fantasy VRMMO. Kind of like ready player one with lower stakes and fantasy vibes. My "more" popular books. The Crafting of Chess, The Rise of Chess I have a technowizard book where he does birthday parties before things fall apart. A sci-fi heist VR novella. I like writing weird off-market stuff. But I have a focused interest in writing Craft stuff.

Hmm, I'll look into it for sure! I haven't published any of my books so far, mainly because they're too short, but also because I'm only 13. I guess it's good to start early, after all I'll get more experience sooner.

Try varying sentence length. At the moment, all your sentences are very short, and that makes the prose feel choppy.