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Word Count and Page Count matter nothing when compared to what they contain. If your story is in it's final form, it is in it's final form. It doesn't matter if it's one hundred pages or one. If yo...
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2019-12-12T17:48:57Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:07:35Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Word Count and Page Count matter nothing when compared to what they contain. If your story is in it's final form, it is in it's final form. It doesn't matter if it's one hundred pages or one. If you feel it can be improved by increasing it's size, by all means do so. If, however, you feel it is fine the way it is, leave it be. That being said: page count can matter with _first impressions._ For example, a person may not want to read a fifty page 'short story.' A three pager, on the other hand, may attract more passing readers (Hmm, only three pages? Well, I have time for that...). And of course, if you _do_ need to pay attention to word count (as with a contest, where there may be limitations), word and page count will matter. The bottom-line, though, is content, not length.
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2015-03-24T05:19:44Z (about 9 years ago)
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