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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TDRandall" data-source="post: 1681422" data-attributes="member: 4808">I'm going give it a shot, but like someone else said mostly to avoid the post-contest "I didn't even try" regrets.  If this comes anywhere near the thousands of settings entries, then as a first time writer I would likely fall over in shock if I made any sort of cut.I've got the overal premise and scene / chapters sequences in place.  I'm reviewing and planning on how to drive the transition smoothly between them, and front-loading the earlier bits to make later scenes a logical progression.  I'll probably end up with 3 pages of skeleton and have to condense it down to the 1 page item.  Then it's chosing "the one" to showcase for 10 pages....Here's the question I can't seem to find an answer for.  How much is 90,000 words if you are typing double-spaced single sided pages (12 or 10 point font)?  Printed, I expect it comes up to the 300-350 pages or so that seem common to the WOTC novels coming out, but is there a 1-1 correspondence in the printout from your typical word processing program?  I figured I would type up the 10 page scene and then word count it via the program to get an estimate of the overall future count, but if anybody can give me the answer before I sure would appreciate it!</blockquote>