Writing

A rough rule for standard formatting — 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins — is about 250 words per page, so 1,000 words is roughly 4 pages. Single-spaced text runs closer to 500 words per page, so always confirm your assignment’s spacing and font requirements.

APA is common in the social sciences and uses author–date in-text citations. MLA is used in the humanities and uses author–page citations. Chicago offers two systems — notes-and-bibliography (footnotes) often used in history, and an author–date system used in some sciences.

Readability formulas such as Flesch–Kincaid estimate how easy a text is to read based on sentence length and word length, usually expressing the result as a U.S. grade level. A lower grade level means simpler text, which is useful for matching your writing to your intended audience.

Average silent reading speed is roughly 200–250 words per minute, while a comfortable speaking pace for a presentation is closer to 130–150 words per minute. So a 1,500-word speech usually takes about 10–12 minutes to deliver, though your actual pace and pauses will vary.