While 80,000 is an average word length for an average novel (is there such a thing?), when it comes to specific genres of fiction there is some variation[118]. Certain genres – epic[119] fantasy fiction[120] such as Game of Thrones, for example – will be weightier[121] than your...
the reading time will give you an estimate of how long it would take for an average person to read through the text. This is an especially nice feature to have when writing a speech since you often can’t tell how long it already is until you practice reciting it out loud. Having this...
In one case, a fantasy book was in the top 25 best sellers with approximately 42,000 words (less than half of the average length for this category). Word count matters, but rules can still be broken! To answer the commonly asked question: Are 70,000 words enough for a novel? 70,000...
For many years now, Microsoft Office has used an intuitive ribbon system to help users easily find and organize the tools they require. Though many are familiar with the interface, fewer realize that you can actually customize the ribbon in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. In our oth...
That way, you can write text for a speech, some instructions in a list, or a chunk of dialogue from your novel and not have it appear as a topic or subtopic. How to print a Microsoft Word outline Printing an outline works just like printing any other document in Word but with one ...
FICTION: Stories need not be linked, but it would be a plus if they belong together for some reason, be it theme, location or character/s. We will also consider novel excerpts, if the collection can stand alone. No horror, fantasy, mystery, please, unless a story transcends its genre....
The reference time series are constructed by shuffling the tokenized version of the text, performing the windowing technique, and recomputing the average scores for each window. This assures that the time series of both the target (original text) and the reference (shuffled text) are of the sam...
(For tips on writing the actual story, see our guide to beginning a novel.) While none of my novels have been published yet (they’ve come close!), they’ve all been written with Microsoft Word. It’s an excellent tool for writers everywhere. Writing and formatting a blank document I...
To most people, extreme sports are extreme simply because they take more skill than what an average person has. An athlete with skill and training makes an extreme thing become a daily routine, which does not wipe out the danger, but greatly reduces it. Even when there is a lot of ...
If you're planning on self-publishing your book, Word is an adequate option. But if you want to make things (a lot) easier, we recommend using a writing tool that's designed for writing books. As mentioned above, I recommendAtticus. It is anall-in-one writing and formatting softwaremad...