/lit/ - Literature

>>21908124
Ok so this is my first time here, forgive me if I sound retarded, but I need some advice
I plan to try and publish this novel I'm writing traditionally, and I'm worried I may be going overboard with the wordcount
I think the final product will be something like 120K words total, but if I can't control myself it can easily get to 150K
I know publishers are very strict on this sort of thing for debut authors.
Keeping in mind this is still the first draft, and that the genre is science-fiction (sort of), do you think I can be satisfied in that range or should I specifically aim to go as low as possible? Because some sources say debuts should never be above 100K, and others say that 120K (or even 150K) is fine for the genre