Saturday, November 20, 2010

writing update, by the numbers


number of words in second draft when i woke up today: 46,162 words

number of words i deleted this morning: 2395

current number of words in my second draft after a writing marathon: 46,514

number of days it will take me to get my novel in "sharable" form if i keep up the current pace: 170

somehow, unhealthy levels of denial and stubbornness are leading me to believe i will be finished with this draft by the end of 2010. i really like my little cocoon-like world of make-believe.

**type, type, type**

4 comments:

  1. if you don't think it's sharable yet that probably means you should start mailing it to editors. From what I've read (much of it by Dean Wesley Smith) anyway.

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  2. You need to finish by the end of the year so that I have something to read when I'm up half the night with a newborn. After all, don't you have my well being on your mind all the time?

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  3. tonight dad and i were talking about how you're such a great writer. you know i can't wait to read this novel.

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