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Q&A How can I shorten a piece of writing effectively? [duplicate]

I always face the problem of word limit. How can I shorten a piece of writing without causing its original essence to mar? How can I be effective in doing that? Are there any general rules? For ex...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Stacy‭  ·  closed as duplicate 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How to split up a book into a series?

Related My book was never meant to be a series, so I'm genuinely uncertain on what to do. I only really write completely self-contained things. Background I've really been having a great time wr...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Daniel Cann‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Word count using "Times New Roman"

Two different "authorities" produce widely different word counts - which is correct? I am using "Times New Roman" with 1 inch margins. One authority "says" one word equals 6 characters. Since ea...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jim Johnson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Ideal blog post size and frequency

Especially when you consider pro-blogging, or blogging with a definite aim and niche, what is the ideal word count to stick around for your average article, and how often is it a good compromise to...

3 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Vic Goldfeld‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1000 words a day for a part-time writer

I've got a 40h, full-time job, as many do. Yet I'd like to become a writer someday, or at least, bring a novel through the first draft. This considered, I'm trying to give myself a daily target of...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to determine which details are important enough to be mentioned in a text-based roleplay?

I have recently joined a real-time chat-based roleplay group. Most of the people seem to be sticking to 100 to 250 words when it comes to making their posts, but sometimes I get overly descriptive ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Maiko Chikyu‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How many words do visual novels contain on average per hour of gameplay?

I've seen a few visual novels on Steam and Kickstarter that mentioned how many words they already contain and what they are planning for the final amount. The problem is: I have no idea how those n...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is a fiction story called, which is larger than a short story, but smaller than a novel?

Imagine I write a work of fiction, which is larger than 10.000 words (short story), but smaller than 80.000 words (novel). The external genre is thriller, the internal one -- disillusionment plot. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Franz Drollig‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to plan a short story for a given word count?

Many short story competitions, at least in Israel, set a theme and a word count: up to 2500 words, 2000-5000 words, etc. I often find myself starting short stories for such competitions, and hittin...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How long should a memoir be?

I am writing my first memoir about my life as a christian and how affected I was by it as an empath and how I came to desire leaving it. Is there a minimum length for memoirs? I cannot estimate a...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Yostina‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I calculate wordcount for a manuscript?

When I submit a manuscript, I'm supposed to include a wordcount. I understand that this is not simply the number of words in the document (as calculated by Word or Google Docs wordcount tools), but...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Standback‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it more optimal to make a longer story or leave it at three pages?

I have short story that is three pages and a paragraph. It's based off a short story by one of my favorite authors in order to learn their prose. Three pages seems a bit short. I think the length o...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Towell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does Microsoft Word give a correct Word Count?

I am writing a novel on Microsoft Word 2016. Does it give a correct word count that I can tell to my publisher?

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Abhishek dot py‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Any Good Method for Calculating Word Count Based on An Outline?

I've written short stories before (around 6,000 words), and I know what I have outlined is longer than a short story. But, I cannot decide if it is "novella length" or if it will break into "novel ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Dean Cook‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is 7000 words too long for a chapter? [closed]

I've been working on a story for the last 4 years. It's just a personal project now and I've gone really in depth to clean up any plot holes I can readily see (thanks Cinemasins). I think I love th...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Emily‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I trim my word count and still be proud of what I've written?

I am a new writer. My work is focused on real people. I ask a series of questions and go from there. Its all about their personal journeys with health. I like to capture the feeling of what people ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sam‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should the average length of a chapter depend on the length of the novel?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count#In_fiction This Wikipedia page tells you under which classification a fictional work falls under depending on its length, so we have 3 I am most interested...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Shortening an already short story [closed]

I am new to this group but not new to writing in many forms... I have a great story that flows from my fingers -- got it to about 1500 words - but it must be 1000 for a competition. This has take...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by DebraR‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A First draft Word count. [closed]

Do you find your first draft is longer or shorter than your completed work? I understand that I will be cutting alot of unnessary words, but I also have a list of things I need to add. I haven't g...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jessum ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How long does a first draft have to be if the essay i'm writing is 300 words long?

I keep trying to figure out how long the first draft has to be if the essay is 300 words long. Please respond if you know!

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Brenna‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Will increasing the word count of my novella to make it a novel improve my options for publishing?

I've just finished the first draft of my first novella, and as I'm going through for my second revision, I'm wondering whether or not I should lengthen it to a novel. If my work is good enough to p...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Connor Olsen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Where are standard wordcounts for different types of fiction found?

I've heard it said on here that 100,000 words is about right for a novel, 20,000 is about a novella and much too much for a short story... What are the sources for these numbers, are there more I ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Weckar E.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Daily Word Count

How do I keep a track of the Daily Word Count? i.e. if I have a target of 500 Words/day for 5 days, how can I keep a Daily Word Count to ensure that I'm on par with my Daily Target?

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by AKG‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should each book in the series be a similar length?

A very short question. I'm writing a trilogy. Book 1 was 88,000 words, but book 2 is probably only going to be 75,000 words. That's over 10,000 words less. Should I find a way to make it longe...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Daniel Cann‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I gather enough material to write a close reading essay?

I always seem to struggle with finding enough information to write a 1500 word close reading essay, and it feels like I stretch my ideas so thin that my essay quality becomes poor. While only ref...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Malcolm‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you know if you have too many words for the amount of pages you have written?

I'm writing my first serious novel and I have 155 pages with 60,000 words. I'm wondering whether this is normal. I still want to write at least another 100 pages or more, but I don't want to write ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Shaquel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How long is a single-title romance novel supposed to be?

My friend is a literary agent who mostly works with YA novels, but she told me recently that I should aim for about 75,000 words for my book, which I'm currently speccing out as a romance novel or ...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Aarthi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the recomended word-count for a fantasy-fiction book?

By recommended I mean what is the standard for it to be not too long and not too short. I know I should write until I am finished but I want to take practicality into account as well. Mainly when t...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Joze‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭