Word Count

Learned something new today:

When calculating word count for something that will be published, you shouldn't use the word count tool found in your word processing software.

Why?

Well, agents and publishers are more interested in how much space your manuscript will take up, rather than the precise word count. Dialogue, for example, often has few words, but will take up more space due to paragraph breaks.

So, instead of using the word count tool, you should use this formula:

For a double-spaced, 12-point Courier document, with 1" margins, calculate approximately 250 words per page.

Force is approximately 71,000 words when calculated using word count. But, by using the above formula, it is 91,500 words in terms of the publishing world.

Wow, that makes me feel like i wrote way more than i did! I'll take it!