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Is there a rule of thumb about the number of pages a work of fiction should have?
To be considered a "real" book, is there a rule of thumb about the number of pages one should have? If it has too few then people call it a short story (e.g., Fahrenheit 451) and if it has too many ...
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Software recommendations for magazine layout?
I use Word now but I would like to find a better software for laying out a magazine.
In this magazine, I would like to create columns (2 or 3 depending on the page), insert image on 1, 2 or 3 columns ...
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Best way to Write a Table of Contents for Awkward Pagination
I have a piccadilly journal that I use for taking notes on self-taught subjects and I have an awkward structure for pagination and page structure:
Page numbers only exist on the right hand side of ...
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Hand wrote 200 page novel- how many typed pages is that?
I wrote 200 pages in a good sized notebook in my tiny, illegible handwriting and I now have the task of typing it up. I am slightly terrified that I'll do it and find that I have only half as many. ...
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Characters time spending: Are there any good limits for time spending on characters of secondary list?
Are there any good limits or rules of proportion between time (or pages) spending on characters of primary list and secondary list?
I mean, that if character of secondary list appears only at the ...
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Should paragraphs split over pages in thesis?
I am writing a technical thesis with quite a few figures, tables and equations. These items break up the "flow" of the document. To mitigate this some journals suggest placing such items at the top or ...
