Question --

[mmerriam]

Hey writers, when you send out a manuscript (especially a novel) are you using word processor word count or the standard publishing formula (which usually yields 250 words a page in Courier 12pt)?

Comments

[mikandra.livejournal.com]

Whatever. You're talking about a piddly difference on the vast scale of a hundred thousand words. Who cares about two thousand words more or less? By the time they've edited your manuscript, the word count will be out of date anyway. Round it to the nearest ten thousand.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I've been using word processor count rounded up to the nearest thousand, but I had wondered if publishers, especially traditional print publishers, would prefer it the other way for typesetting purposes.

[kmarkhoover.livejournal.com]

One thing I've noticed, the longer the ms the closer the word count/electronic count actually become. It's kinda weird.