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The standard way of calculating word count, aside from simply using the "word count" feature of your word processor, is to format your document in standard submission format and then multiply the n...
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2019-12-08T02:36:42Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:36:42Z (over 4 years ago)
The standard way of calculating word count, aside from simply using the "word count" feature of your word processor, is to format your document in [standard submission format](http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html) and then multiply the number of pages by 250. This is the technique that was used back in the days before computers could instantaneously count the number of words in a document. It also has the incidental advantage of accounting for the actual length of your paragraphs on the page, so that long passages of dialogue (which consist of lots of short paragraphs) or lists are correctly adjusted for.
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2012-12-11T16:00:46Z (over 11 years ago)
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