Question about converting manuscript from googledocs to ms word

evol_reed · Jan 2, 2010

When I started writing my book I used googledocs. I made each chapter a separate document for numerous reasons. Today I decided to create a final draft in microsoft word. My googledocs page count was 401. My ms word page count in 281. I'm perplexed. I fiddled with the margins and paragraph spacing a bit but it didn't make that huge a difference. Any ideas on what happened? I am freaking out now that my manuscript isn't long enough. I have 125,249 words, no clue if that is appropriate length for a fantasy novel. ARGH! :Headbang:

Deleted member 42 · Jan 2, 2010

You have more than enough words for a novel. You need to edit.

See this:

evol_reed · Jan 2, 2010

D'oh. I just found a tacked thread with guidelines for word counts for fantasy novels. I'm such a noob. :e2smack:

evol_reed · Jan 2, 2010

...and I figured out what was up with my page numbers. D'oh again.

Matera the Mad · Jan 2, 2010

Pages don't mean diddly...and translating Googledocs to Worddocs and vice versa is a smidge quirky. Handy way to keep a WIP within reach, though.

AliceAnderson · Jan 6, 2010

I also like writing in googledocs and then moving to Word. But I try not to pay attention to page count because you can change the font, font size, and as you mentioned page margins. Also, you could justify the page (which I don't recommend unless a publisher asks for it) and that would make a difference as well. I go by computer word count now, which most of the publishers I know of/target use. Otherwise, there's the handy dandy 250 word per page formula. And since most publishers guidelines are X number of words, it makes more sense to me to calculate words, not pages.

Question about converting manuscript from googledocs to ms word

evol_reed

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Matera the Mad

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