So, I have met my word count goal for today. It was difficult, but I reached the 1,667 minimum. Then I pushed on to get past 2,000. I even removed the 205 words from the count that I have in strike-out text (a false start on the first scene). Overall…
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Sunday the calendar switches from October to November, and with it comes the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNo WriMo). The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days – or an average of 1,667 words a day. For some this seems like a Herculean feat, particularly in a short…
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Every year since 2003, I have participated in (well, at least signed up for) NaNo WriMo (National Novel Writing Month, for the lay-person). The goal is simple, write 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. What! Are you kidding? Fifty-THOUSAND words? Is that even possible? The answer is, for…