L data needed - MS Word lines

[KRD19254]

OK, I did a few 'search' before I posted as I know this data must be somewhere...

How many 'lines' in MS-Word (Font Ariel size 11) equals one posted L story page? Or how many words is in one L story page? Why this is needed is to understand how/where to split a long story into posted parts. TNX

 

[NotWise]

OK, I did a few 'search' before I posted as I know this data must be somewhere...

How many 'lines' in MS-Word (Font Ariel size 11) equals one posted L story page? Or how many words is in one L story page? Why this is needed is to understand how/where to split a long story into posted parts. TNX

Approximately 3750 words per Lit page. I'm not sure, but that might vary with the size of your paragraphs.

 

[oggbashan]

Approximately 3750 words per Lit page. I'm not sure, but that might vary with the size of your paragraphs.

And how much dialogue you use, followed by line breaks.

3750 is a guide, not a fixed division.

On Preview if the story is submitted as text copied and pasted you should be able to see the Literotica page divisions. Unfortunately if you have a few words on to the next Lit page it will take more than just cutting the equivalent of those few words to force the system to cut the number of Lit pages.

 

[sr71plt]

Word page lines has little meaning. That can be varied by margin settings and font type/size. Just stick with the wordage figure your computer program shows--and, yes, 3,750 words per Lit. page is a good estimate to use.

 

[Weird Harold]

OK, I did a few 'search' before I posted as I know this data must be somewhere...

How many 'lines' in MS-Word (Font Ariel size 11) equals one posted L story page? Or how many words is in one L story page? Why this is needed is to understand how/where to split a long story into posted parts. TNX

3,750 is a good approximation. When I tested the original conversion to the current format, the average over 100 full pages was 3,767 +/- about 400 words. The wide variance is because the actual determining factor is a 14-15 KB character count -- including non-printing and invisible characters, like extra spaces and paragraph breaks.

As for splitting a long story, split it where the story demands a split and don't worry too much about how many lit pages each chapter will be. Personally, I aim for 5,000 to 7,000 words per posting. That usually works out to 1.5 to 1.8 Lit pages.