> If Robert Parker could write a very good
>book in under 200 pages in his early books why does
he need over 300 in his
>later ones?
Hmmm... Parker isn't generally considered a long writer,
though his publishers like to make it look like he is. Large
print (12, even 14 pt.), super-wide margins, tons of white
space. Some even have graphic logos in their headers. With
all those typographical tricks, I'd bet even his 200 pagers
are actually far less than that, really.
And I wonder how his actual word count compares to those old,
beloved Gold Medals, which regularly rang in at under 200
pages, but consisted of small-size text (9, 10 pt.?),
tight-spacing and very little white space at all?
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