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Message no. 1
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Story length
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:22:10 -0400
Drea wrote:

> <SNIP>
> Most short stories are about 15-16 pages for the short ones. That's to be
> bundled in a 200 page book. Some blow up to about 50+ pages, but I doubt
> anyone here is gonna go that crazy, unless they're loquacious to the max,
> dude.
> I'm gunning for a 10 page goal for everyone what writes. At the least. If
> you're telling an effective story in less, you aren't.
>
> Pink`

I figured it out on my computer. If you use Arial 10 single spaced, 1 page of
text equals 2 pages of book text. So, if you write at least 7 single spaced
pages, your story would be 14 pages. Decent, I think.

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Message no. 2
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Story length
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:33:12 -0700 (PDT)
> I figured it out on my computer. If you use Arial 10 single spaced,
1 page of text equals 2 pages of book text. So, if you write at least 7
single spaced pages, your story would be 14 pages. Decent, I think.
>
> --
> --Strago

Oops...me forgot. Me going off computer pages. On the computer, the
average page size is 500 words. (Let's start using words, people - page
size varies.) Half that for a page in a book.

So, that 10,000 to 12,500 words limit I put on it works out at...yeesh,
40 to 50 pages!! Nope, too big. Sorry.

THAT is novella sized. THAT is the size of which there may be one or
two stories in the entire project.

Let's make the average limit...7,500 words. That's still 30 book pages.
You should be able to get almost anything in there.

The minimum is revised to...say...3,000 words. 12 book pages. We really
don't want anything smaller than this.

Disregard my last post about length.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 3
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Story length
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:22:10 -0400
Drea wrote:

> <SNIP>
> Most short stories are about 15-16 pages for the short ones. That's to be
> bundled in a 200 page book. Some blow up to about 50+ pages, but I doubt
> anyone here is gonna go that crazy, unless they're loquacious to the max,
> dude.
> I'm gunning for a 10 page goal for everyone what writes. At the least. If
> you're telling an effective story in less, you aren't.
>
> Pink`

I figured it out on my computer. If you use Arial 10 single spaced, 1 page of
text equals 2 pages of book text. So, if you write at least 7 single spaced
pages, your story would be 14 pages. Decent, I think.

--
--Strago

The gene pool in the 21st century needs a deep cleaning. I am the chlorine.

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Message no. 4
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Story length
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:33:12 -0700 (PDT)
> I figured it out on my computer. If you use Arial 10 single spaced,
1 page of text equals 2 pages of book text. So, if you write at least 7
single spaced pages, your story would be 14 pages. Decent, I think.
>
> --
> --Strago

Oops...me forgot. Me going off computer pages. On the computer, the
average page size is 500 words. (Let's start using words, people - page
size varies.) Half that for a page in a book.

So, that 10,000 to 12,500 words limit I put on it works out at...yeesh,
40 to 50 pages!! Nope, too big. Sorry.

THAT is novella sized. THAT is the size of which there may be one or
two stories in the entire project.

Let's make the average limit...7,500 words. That's still 30 book pages.
You should be able to get almost anything in there.

The minimum is revised to...say...3,000 words. 12 book pages. We really
don't want anything smaller than this.

Disregard my last post about length.
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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