Word Count Question
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pmWhen putting a total at the end of an article for the word count, would you include the title in this total?
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pmPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:09 pmHi Stefani, I always include the title in the word count when I ghost write. It never occurred to me not to. When I submit to ezine articles I do as well and they've never said anything.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:59 pmPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:21 amStefani,
I don't know about online, but for Writer's Digest competitions and fiction submissions, the word count does not include the title. One reason is, the title is likely to be changed by an editor, so the word count won't change regardless of the title.
Hope this helps.
Deb
I don't know about online, but for Writer's Digest competitions and fiction submissions, the word count does not include the title. One reason is, the title is likely to be changed by an editor, so the word count won't change regardless of the title.
Hope this helps.
Deb
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:53 amFor what it's worth, I don't count the title either.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:30 amword count
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:04 pmPersonally i do include a title in the word count because it is words i have typed. I always think of the total needing to include title. 
Word counts revisited
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:03 amThe industry standard for word counts is NOT to include the title. The reason is that traditional publishers often change the title, thus throwing off the word count if the title were included.
It's not how many words you TYPE, it's how many words the actual article contains. The title is not considered part of the article content. It's a separate entity.
Think of it as a web page which has a <head> section -- this would be your title, and a <body> section -- this would be the article itself. Publishers want to know how many words are in the body of your article. The number of words in the title is irrelevant.
Hope this clarifies everything.
Deb
It's not how many words you TYPE, it's how many words the actual article contains. The title is not considered part of the article content. It's a separate entity.
Think of it as a web page which has a <head> section -- this would be your title, and a <body> section -- this would be the article itself. Publishers want to know how many words are in the body of your article. The number of words in the title is irrelevant.
Hope this clarifies everything.
Deb
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:06 pmI never include my title in my article word count.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:06 amI don't include the title in word count and I make sure each article body is at least 500 words. 500 words is the minimum requirement for most directories these days
Word Count, Words and More
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:31 pmPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:42 amI always treat the title seperatly. When starting out with an article, I first write the article and when that is finished, I work on getting the headline (title) right. The additional 8-12 words you have in your title are not important when it comes to word count (imho) - what counts is content and how you pull in your readers to read your article.