There are several ways you can estimate word count when writing by hand, what is your way?
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| bgb2832 | Estimating word count when handwriting |
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Location: Arroyo Grande, California Posts: 19
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Mär 13, 2008 - 19 58 |
There are several ways you can estimate word count when writing by hand, what is your way? |
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Mär 13, 2008 - 23 27
Usually, I count the number of words per line on a few (about 6) lines, and I use it to calculate my average words per line. Then, I multiply it by the number of line in a page to have the number of words per page.
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Mär 14, 2008 - 00 25
I count one whole page, then multiply by the number of pages.
Dale
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Mär 14, 2008 - 01 41
I don't estimate - I put a marker over every 50th word as I go and then total them up at the end of the day. It takes virtually no time and at least I'm doing something when I a stuck for something to write.
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Mär 14, 2008 - 15 49
I estimate when I have about 100 words and then I actually count them!!!
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Mär 28, 2008 - 15 22
I write in a A6 notebook. I count at the end of every page. Though normally each page is about 100 words.
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Mär 28, 2008 - 16 59
I average how many words per page with a sample of about 3 pages, and I multiply the averge by how ever many pages I have.
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Mär 28, 2008 - 17 18
I actually count. I write totals for each paragraph in the margin, and then add them up for a total on each page. Then I put down a running total at the top of about every 4th-6th page. I usually just go back and count whenever I get stuck.
But now I has a laptop. So no more writing by hand. Although it does have its drawbacks, like if I wake up in the middle of the night I can't write without the laptop making the really loud & weird noise it makes at startup and waking everyone in the house up. And I usually don't have time to wait for it to start up in the morning during those 5 extra minutes.
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Mai 3, 2008 - 19 13
When I count, which I don't always do off season, but I usually do anyway, I count every word, write the running total at the beginning of each new line, and then write the total for each page at the top of the next page.
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Mai 5, 2008 - 22 27
On college ruled 81/2 x 11 sheets of paper I average out at about 150 words per side of a page. Except for the first page of each chapter, it's about 125 (due to extra spacing). Then dialogue heavy pages I estimate out at about 75-100 words (depending on how short each characters' lines are). Then I count how many of each type I have, multiply accordingly then add these numbers to get the total.
Granted, this doesn't give me a precise count, but it's great for shorter pieces when I'm aiming for a range (say 4-6K words), as long as the number I come up with is somewhere near the middle of that target, then I'm fine.