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Literary Fiction
Character-driven, thematic depth, psychological complexity. Booker and Pulitzer territory.
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Thriller & Suspense
High stakes, relentless pace, a protagonist matched against an overwhelming threat.
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Mystery
A crime, a detective, a trail of red herrings, leading to a revelation only in retrospect inevitable.
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
World-building at scale. Technology, magic, and the human condition under extraordinary pressure.
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Historical Fiction
Personal stakes intertwined with the forces of history. Research and imagination in equal measure.
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Romance
Two characters, one irresistible connection, and all the obstacles standing between them and an HEA.
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Industry-Standard Screenplay Format
  • Page size: US Letter (8.5″ × 11″)
  • Font: Courier Final Draft 12pt
  • Margins: 1.5″ left · 1″ right · 1″ top/bottom
  • Rule of thumb: 1 page ≈ 1 minute of screen time
  • Feature film: 90–120 pages typical
  • One-hour pilot: 45–65 pages
  • Half-hour pilot: 25–35 pages
  • Slug lines: INT./EXT. LOCATION — DAY/NIGHT
Three-Act Structure
The classical model. Setup → Confrontation → Resolution. Act breaks at pages ~25 and ~85. The foundation every other method builds on.
Save the Cat
Blake Snyder’s 15-beat method. Page-precise, industry-tested, widely used in studio development. Excellent for commercial and genre work.
Hero’s Journey
Joseph Campbell’s 12 stages. The myth-structure underlying Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, and thousands of years of storytelling.
Flash Fiction
Under 1,000 words. One scene, one revelation, one gut punch. Every word earns its place.
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Short Story
1,000–7,500 words. A single arc, compressed. The form of Carver, O’Connor, and Chekhov.
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Novelette
7,500–17,500 words. Room for a subplot and a secondary character. Hugo Award territory.
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Novella
17,500–40,000 words. A novel’s emotional scope, a short story’s precision. Of Mice and Men. The Old Man and the Sea.
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Free Verse
No fixed meter or rhyme. Structure emerges from the poem’s own logic. The dominant form of contemporary poetry.
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Sonnet
14 lines, iambic pentameter. Shakespearean (three quatrains + couplet) or Petrarchan (octave + sestet).
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Haiku
Three lines: 5-7-5 syllables. A moment in nature, a sudden awareness. Rooted in Japanese tradition.
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Villanelle
19 lines, two repeating refrains. Dylan Thomas’s “Do not go gentle.” Obsessive, circular, hypnotic.
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Ballad
Narrative poem in quatrains, often ABAB or ABCB rhyme. Folk tradition. Tells a story, often with a refrain.
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Ode
A lyric in praise of a subject. Keats’s odes, Neruda’s elemental odes. Elevated diction, extended meditation.
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5" × 8"12.7 × 20.32 cmFiction, novellas↓ Download
5.06" × 7.81"12.85 × 19.84 cmMass market paperback↓ Download
5.25" × 8"13.34 × 20.32 cmFiction, short nonfiction↓ Download
5.5" × 8.5" ★13.97 × 21.59 cmMost common nonfiction↓ Download
6" × 9" ★15.24 × 22.86 cmStandard trade paperback↓ Download
6.14" × 9.21"15.6 × 23.39 cmUS trade nonfiction↓ Download
6.69" × 9.61"16.99 × 24.4 cmAcademic, professional↓ Download
7" × 10"17.78 × 25.4 cmTextbooks, workbooks↓ Download
7.44" × 9.69"18.9 × 24.61 cmLarge trade nonfiction↓ Download
7.5" × 9.25"19.05 × 23.5 cmReference, professional↓ Download
8" × 10"20.32 × 25.4 cmIllustrated nonfiction↓ Download
8.25" × 6"20.96 × 15.24 cmLandscape format↓ Download
8.25" × 8.25"20.96 × 20.96 cmSquare format, cookbooks↓ Download
8.25" × 11"20.96 × 27.94 cmWorkbooks, manuals↓ Download
8.5" × 8.5"21.59 × 21.59 cmSquare large format↓ Download
8.5" × 11"21.59 × 27.94 cmAcademic papers, reports↓ Download
8.27" × 11.69"21 × 29.7 cmA4 international↓ Download

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