How many manuscript pages is a word-count target?
Drafts are counted in words, but submission guidelines and pitch documents usually ask for manuscript pages or volumes. Enter the target word count, the words already written, the words you manage per day and the words per volume, and the page converts all three units and dates the final page.
Manuscript pages divide the target by the words that fit on one page and round up, and volumes divide the target by the words per volume and round up. The writing days divide the words remaining by the daily word count and round up, and the last-page date adds that many days minus one to the start date. Every rounding happens once, at the final figure.
Page length defaults to the standard manuscript figure of about 250 words, and no official source publishes a volume length for fiction, since it varies by publisher and genre, so those figures are yours to adjust and the result is a straight extension of them. Revision time, rest days and per-chapter serialization targets are not covered. The table lists the first 50 volumes only.
Frequently Asked Questions
Standard manuscript format (12 pt, double-spaced, 1 in margins) runs about 250 words a page, so the field starts at 250 and uses 250 if left empty. Publishers and contests can differ, so enter their figure if you have one; the page count divides the target by it and rounds up.
No. Only the days needed to draft the remaining words are counted, so add your own revision window on top.
No official source publishes one. Use the volume length of a series you are matching, or the figure in the submission guidelines.