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Steven Lyle Jordan · 08-31-2009, 08:58 PM

I've found hat I never concern myself with the length of a book anymore. If anything, I might think about it in an abstract way, usually related to my impression that a story is being unfortunately drawn out, or rushing through to a quick finish. If I feel the story was properly told, not rushed or extended, however, I really don't care whether I just read 100 or 600 "pages" worth of text.

And yes, measuring by pages is inaccurate anyway... if you must measure, measure by word or character count. But, even as a writer, I don't really track the word counts in my own novels... I just write them, and when the story's finished, it's finished.

08-31-2009, 08:58 PM	#10
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I've found hat I never concern myself with the length of a book anymore. If anything, I might think about it in an abstract way, usually related to my impression that a story is being unfortunately drawn out, or rushing through to a quick finish. If I feel the story was properly told, not rushed or extended, however, I really don't care whether I just read 100 or 600 "pages" worth of text. And yes, measuring by pages is inaccurate anyway... if you must measure, measure by word or character count. But, even as a writer, I don't really track the word counts in my own novels... I just write them, and when the story's finished, it's finished.