Page Layout


Page Layout

I'm finding that I'm visualising my 'book' (the main part, at least) as facing pages, i.e., a traditional, print book layout such as in the attached picture. Is this something my ancient brain should discard?

Given that e-readers can be set to users' preferences, how does one visualise how their book 'should' look?

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  1. Dorothy ZemachJuly 12, 2017 at 12:17 AM

    Indeed! Your brain should now be visualizing something like a long scroll. If your brain has read Harry Potter, put the scroll in that world, and imagine that it can become wider or narrower, and when it does, the text expands or contracts to fit.

    Play around a bit with the ebook you downloaded. Make the font larger snd smaller. View it on some different devices.

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  2. Dorothy ZemachJuly 12, 2017 at 12:27 AM

    You'll also start thinking of the length of your book in terms of word count instead of number of pages.

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