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  2. Novella - Wikipedia

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    There is disagreement regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. [2] The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] at 250 words per page, this equates to 70 to 160 pages.

  3. List of novellas - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...

  4. Standard manuscript format - Wikipedia

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    On the first page of the document, the author's name and contact information appears in the top left corner. In the top right corner of the first page, the word count appears. [1] Subsequent pages only have text in the top right corner. This text includes: the author's name, a slash, an abbreviated title, another slash, and the page number. [1]

  5. Octogenarian storyteller puts words to paper in novels - AOL

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    Now at age 84, Hodge expects by the end of the year to have published his second book. "It took me 20 years to write the first book and six months to write the second," he said. "Once I completed ...

  6. Word count - Wikipedia

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    Word count is commonly used by translators to determine the price of a translation job. Word counts may also be used to calculate measures of readability and to measure typing and reading speeds (usually in words per minute). When converting character counts to words, a measure of 5 or 6 characters to a word is generally used for English. [1]

  7. Castoff (publishing) - Wikipedia

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    In book publishing, casting off is the process of estimating the number of signatures required to typeset a manuscript. [1] An accurate castoff (or cast off) is important because the page length of a book affects many variables, including the cost of producing the book, the cover price, how many books can fit in a carton, and the width of the ...

  8. Page numbering - Wikipedia

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    Page number in a book. Page numbering is the process of applying a sequence of numbers (or letters, or Roman numerals) to the pages of a book or other document. The number itself, which may appear in various places on the page, can be referred to as a page number or as a folio. [1]

  9. Fiction - Wikipedia

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    The structure of the modern novel was developed by Miguel de Cervantes with Don Quixote in the early-17th century. [17] The novel became a primary medium of fiction in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were often associated with Enlightenment ideas such as empiricism and agnosticism. Realism developed as a literary style at this time. [18]