I don't write in manuscript format -- when word processing I use my own style sheet and reset the paragraph styles to manuscript format only when I'm ready to submit: double-spaced courier is a really poor working format for editing on-screen. But I prefer to write original copy using a text editor.
I don't (and never have) used runoff count; I go by what the word processor says the word count is (or preferably by the wc(1) algorithm if I'm working in vi).
In general, the runoff count and lexical word count of my fiction agree within a couple of percent. Which is probably a stylistic thing.
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Date: 2009-04-29 07:54 am (UTC)I don't (and never have) used runoff count; I go by what the word processor says the word count is (or preferably by the wc(1) algorithm if I'm working in vi).
In general, the runoff count and lexical word count of my fiction agree within a couple of percent. Which is probably a stylistic thing.