Word Count Tips

[seaislewitch]

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Romancing the Wizard
Word Count Tips

You may wonder why we take word counts seriously here at Romancing the Wizard. The reason is that this is a writing challenge with specific requirements. We want to see what you can do with a limited number of words. This keeps the playing field level for all authors too. (Plus, someday your editor will ask

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[luvscharlie]

Thank you. That's really helpful information.

[seaislewitch]

Thanks for reading it!

[missblane]

When I perform a word count for challenges at RTW, I usually copy the story text into a new document and delete all html tags, space dividers, ellipses, and em dashes before counting. That way, everything that might throw off the word count is out of the equation.

If you're still having trouble with your word count after you've highlighted everything, you might want to try the above method.

--MB

[seaislewitch]

Yes, you could do that. *nods*

[seaislewitch]

Thanks for reading!

[veradee]

What about printing out the text and doing it by hand? That's as save as it can be.

[seaislewitch]

Yes, that works too.

Thanks for reading.

[writermerrin]

Um, I feel like this might be a dumb question, but what do you mean by 'highlight' ?

[seaislewitch]

I don't think any question is dumb. :)

I mean use the highlighter on your Word software.