Dash. "Dashed" redirects here. For the delivery company, see DASHED. Usage varies both within English and in other languages, but the usual convention in printed English text is: Either version may be used to denote a break in a sentence or to set off parenthetical statements (ideally with intradocument consistency). Style and usage guides vary,[1] but often in this function en dashes are used with spaces and em dashes are used without them:[2][Em dash:] A flock of sparrows—some of them juveniles—alighted and sang. Common dashes[edit] There are several forms of dash, of which the most common are: Less common are the two-em dash (⸺) and three-em dash (⸻), both added to Unicode with version 6.1 as U+2E3A and U+2E3B. Figure dash[edit] The figure dash (‒) is so named because it is the same width as a digit, at least in fonts with digits of equal width. The figure dash is used when a dash must be used within numbers (e.g. phone number 555‒0199).
En dash[edit] Ranges of values[edit] Electronic usage[edit] —Obed Marquez P — › Log In. Writing A Hot And Steamy Romance Novel. I wrote some hubs based on true life experiences and they were in danger of becoming hot and steamy, so I re-edited them and toned down the content for Hub Pages (The Encounters stories). In a book, the rules are different, so you can be as hot and steamy as you like. What kind of other books do you like - and have you looked at other writers who write similar? Check them out or get a few free from a library and check them out. Present your typescript well. Make sure that it's double-spaced with numbered pages, printed on good quality A4 paper on one side only, with generous margins. How big chapters should be depends on what happens in the chapter.
Steamy stories about relationships can be just great fodder for books. ...there are now several varieties of such a book about, and they all give advice of formatting for this genre of book. Cassy. Writing Fiction: How Many Pages Make a Novel? That question just arrived in my email, and it's a good one. The answer is: It depends. Some publishers, especially in genres like romance, have requirements as uniform as a muffin tin: Each manuscript will be long enough to fill a book of exactly so many pages. Others are far more flexible. In the days of the typewriter, a double-spaced page with 1-inch margins would hold an average of 250 words. So you could assume that since 4 pages = 1000 words, 240 pages = 60,000 words, which was the typical length for most mainstream and mystery novels.
Then came the personal computer and the writer's own choice of typeface and point size. This threw the old estimate right out the window, but word processors of course give us a precise word count—and word count is what most publishers are interested in. The number of words in a novel will vary depending on the genre. Many genres seem to have succumbed to supersizing. And how many pages will your published book have? Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing Workshops, & Writing Community.