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April 22, 2004

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Oh, and I did another 667 words today. I didn't do anything yesterday, and only 130 or so the day before... :(
But the best thing about today's total is that I did it over lunch. In just 23 minutes.
I plan to do some more writing tonight. One thing that has sucked some time away is the desire to spend more time with the new cat, Lucky*, to help him settle in.

Yes, all in all, I think the novel is coming along fine. I think I'm working up to some significant progress sometime soon.

*also known in some circles as "Yucky".

Posted by Nathan at 03:57 PM | Comments (3)
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So, if we're wondering what this cat looks like, and request a picture...we'd be asking for Yucky pictures?

*angelic smile*

Posted by: Deb at April 22, 2004 04:06 PM

So, do most writers count their words?

Posted by: Rae at April 23, 2004 08:35 AM

Good question. I don't know.

This one does, though.

I need some way to judge my progress. At this point, I have an imaginary goal of 50,000 words. If I finish the novel before I hit 50,000 words, fine. If I'm not done at 50k words, also fine. But there is something reassuring to telling yourself, "I'm 1/5th done", or "I just did another 2% of the novel in the last 45 minutes."
Many use Page Counts. Lawrence Block says that if you want to be a writer, you need to do 3 pages every day without fail. My home and work situation makes that unlikely, if not impossible. On the other hand, when I deploy, I should be able to do better than that. We'll see. I plan on finishing before the 4th of July.

Posted by: Nathan at April 23, 2004 02:40 PM
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