A novel’s word count can make or break book deals.If you are an author seeking a traditional publishing route, you know that literary agents see copious amounts of manuscripts, and competition is fierce. Just one misstep can put you out of the running. Even a high-quality manuscript will...
Some authors write their books in restaurants and coffee shops. My first full time job was at a newspaper where 40 of us clacked away on manual typewriters in one big room—no cubicles, no partitions, conversations hollered over the din, most of my colleagues smoking, teletype machines clatt...
When I wrote my first novel, I started to worry that I was off the mark regarding how many words I had to offer. I was scared that agents would reject my book simply because I had got the length wrong. How many words are there in an average novel, how many pages in a book, how...
Decide Whether to Get a Ph.D. Here's what to know if you're considering earning this increasingly popular advanced academic degree. Anthony Todd CarlisleApril 29, 2025 State Aid for College States typically offer need-based scholarships and grants, and tuition-waivers, to residents to help pay...
Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and 260 wpm for fiction. The difference can be predicted by taking into account the length of the words, wit...
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Begin your outline. Many textbook chapters have introductory paragraphs that give a good outline for the chapter. For example, in a history textbook, a chapter introduction may say it will discuss the lead up to the Vietnam War, the war itself and the aftermath. For the Vietnam War chapter...
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Avoid too many words in younger children’s literature. Picture books should never contain more than 800 words, including the front matter and back matter. Don’t make the moral of your story too obvious. Kids can smell a lesson being taught, and they don’t like it. Instead, subtly weav...
Here is an example of a cockpit supported by research, which empowers your company’s managers to know the performance of various products and sales performance of different stores in many cities. As a result, they can decide whether to open or close stores in a city to ensure the healthy...