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How many pages for a book?
I'm writing a memoir about my house being hit by a tornado. It's being written as though it's a journal. How many entries should I have? Also, how many words per entry?
4 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
It should be as many pages as are required to tell the story and tell it well, not a page more. If that only gives you a novella or short story, then so be it. Don't pad it just to meet an arbitrary page count, the story will suffer for it.
Entries can vary. Ten pages or two sentences—some days we have more to say than others, and varying chapter lengths keep a reader on their toes.
- Anonymous9 years ago
You should have at least 5 entries, and about at least 30 words per page
Source(s): hope I helped - 9 years ago
A published book for young adults or adults usually has anywhere from 20 000 words and beyond, 20 000 being a bare minimum.