Cheat
Today's dirty little secret is that only about 600 of the new words in the word count are first draft composition. The rest is a section that I wrote months ago for an earlier conception of the novel and pasted in from the kill file. It's not technically cheating, I suppose -- I did write the section, just not recently -- but I still kind of feel like I'm getting away with something.
Anyone else ever noticed how dramatically different a scene looks on paper from the way you pictured it in your head?
Yeah, me neither.
Word Count: 27,037 (+892)
posted by kathy monahan at 11:20 AM
2 Comments:
The writing counts no matter when the words were written. It was your creative decision to include them so they count! Some days the words will flow easily & on others maybe slowly. Just keep writing & one day (after edits & rewites) you'll have that novel finished. Determination is the key.
Determination, and a really awesome mom. ;)
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