Date: 2010-12-29 12:23 am (UTC)
I use processor word count (Word), but I round when reporting my wordcount at the top of the MS or in the cover letter--usually to the nearest hundred.

If I'm sending out short fiction and my word count is slightly under or over the guidelines, I rewrite until it falls comfortably within the guidelines.

If I'm sending out a partial of a novel, I'm more lenient about going over, if the end of a chapter is at 52 pages, say, and the request was for the first 50.
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

July 2025

S M T W T F S
  12 345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 4th, 2025 08:14 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios