[lrzajac Posts: 88 Status: Offline I write science as a story, sprinkled with art]

What's included in the word count in a graphic novel—is it dialogue, captions, and sound effects?
Seems like quite a pain in the butt to count all that with illustration notes all over the place. 
 

[Vijaya Posts: 7,104 Status: Offline Encourage]

Yup. What the heck, just count them all. Or you might want to have a copy without art notes to get a handle on what it would look like. A dummy.

[lrzajac Posts: 88 Status: Offline I write science as a story, sprinkled with art]

Thanks. I was hoping a word count wasn't needed for GN🙃.

[kwlarson Posts: 170 Status: Offline Books for curious kids]

Graphic novels are measured in page count not word count when you are submitting.

In terms of general guidelines, I've seen the recommendation to have no more than 25 words per panel and 125 total words per page, but it really depends on the age level. For many graphic novels, there are far fewer than this number.

[lrzajac Posts: 88 Status: Offline I write science as a story, sprinkled with art]

Hi Kirsten,
so much for chiming in and for all your great info at the Confab! That's makes things SO much easier. I actually made a copy of my manuscript and deleted out all the stuff that wasn't in the word count—a royal pain in the
 
Linda