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Post by Gelquie on Jul 3, 2003 17:17:08 GMT -5
I was just wondering something, I was looking at a rejected email I had and I saw that short stories should be 1500 words long.
I was just wondering, how do they count those words without having to point a finger at the screen and count them manually? If they do it manually, how do they have time for the other stories?
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Post by roselladestiny on Jul 3, 2003 17:25:06 GMT -5
They probably plug it into Microsoft Word, or something, and select Word Count from the "Tools" menu. That's what I do, at any rate.
How long did it take for you to get a reply after you sent in the story? I've been waiting for a while now...
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 3, 2003 17:44:59 GMT -5
They probably plug it into Microsoft Word, or something, and select Word Count from the "Tools" menu. That's what I do, at any rate. How long did it take for you to get a reply after you sent in the story? I've been waiting for a while now... That sounds like a good idea. One problem. I don't have Microsoft Word on my computer. I haven't sent my story in yet. |
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 3, 2003 18:01:10 GMT -5
Okay, I managed to get on my brother's computer and turn in a copy of my file to my brother's. I did my scanning there.
7 pages
2671 words
11920 characters without spaces
14992 characters with spaces
6 paragraphs (for some reason)
310 lines.
I think that would qualify for a series.
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Post by roselladestiny on Jul 3, 2003 19:29:51 GMT -5
Yup. I sent in a six-part series. It's probably around 6000-7000 words total.
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Post by Tdyans on Jul 3, 2003 19:29:55 GMT -5
Nah, that's a fine length for a short story. 1500 words is just a *minimum*. As long as you're under 3000 words, I wouldn't think of changing it to a series.
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