Let’s say you’re reading a meaty chunk of nonfiction and find yourself with 40ish pages remaining before your discussion group meet the next day. Panic! You don’t want chaos; you want a plan. Enter the page count. Knowing exactly where you stand prevents guesswork. It helps you create a plan so you don’t just feel […]

So you read a page, but when you look back up you have no idea what you just processed. It happens to all of us from time to time. This usually happens when text becomes dense or the inner voice in your head begins to race ahead than your eyes. That inner voice is known […]

If you have read many textbooks, then you know that some books with the exact word count can seem twice as long than a novel. Why? Because textbook are harder to read than novels. They don’t flow as smoothlyy. When you recognize this, you won’t get overwhelmed and won’t quit before finishing what you set […]

It’s the same reason that a three-hundred-page manuscript will sometimes make your jaw drop in fear when you look at its file. Your mind tries to translate “three hundred pages” into “how many hours?” It gets lost and makes an incorrect estimate, this stalls out your brain for a week while you delay. You suck […]