tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28604008865447552.post6058707474776294898..comments2023-05-20T03:57:56.404-04:00Comments on Brooke's Bloody Bonkers Book: Word count madnessStormatia Tartthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350274860759374478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28604008865447552.post-6772875738063979502007-09-10T08:45:00.000-04:002007-09-10T08:45:00.000-04:00Hey, nice going! I average about 500 words an hou...Hey, nice going! I average about 500 words an hour, so 300 in half an hour is a good pace. My friends who write longhand (I can't do it, myself) figure out about how many words they get on a page, and then just count their pages to keep a rough estimate until they type it in.<BR/><BR/>Average single-title adult novels (meaning, not category romance <I>a la</I> Harlequin or YA books) have total word counts of 80,000-100,000 words. Publishing has a "standard" of 250 words per page, so those totals are equivalent to between 320 and 400 pages. Roughly.<BR/><BR/>I like the flood wall idea.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031393908692300777noreply@blogger.com