1. Hencho J

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    Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Hencho J, Sep 13, 2022.

    Hello I'm Hencho J though you can call me Captain. I'm a smart hard worker who writes as a hobby and is trying to get at least one book published. The longest book I've ever written is about 1000 pages and about 300 chapters.
     
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    Hey Captain! That is a lot of pages, a very long book. How many words were there, if I may ask?

    Welcome to the forum.
     
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    I forgot how many but around 50k I believe. Thank you for the warm welcome.
     
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    I see, hehe, when you said about 1000 pages and 300 chapters I imagined some 680 000 word book or something. What genre do you like the most?
     
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    Fiction. Normally I write action/adventure type stories, but I have also done romance.
     
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    Welcome @Hencho J .

    When you said 1000 pages I imagined something like War and Peace.

    Welcome to WF.
     
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    Thank you for the welcome, I've never actually read War and Peace, I just followed my instincts and wrote until I was satisfied, that's how writing works for me.
     
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    It’s a clunky book about this size

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    I divided it up into 4 different books.. Which made it easier to read. :D
     
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    Are you sure it's 50k words? 1000 pages and 50k words sounds like conflicting information, unless your font is the size of an elephant.

    Just curious :) Welcome to WF
     
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    Thanks for the welcome, I looked back at the story and checked the word count it is 451852 divided into 4 books of 112936 each.
     
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