Here are my 2009 National Novel Writing Month statistics:
- 50,000 word goal - 31,765 words written = 18,235 short.
- 18,235 divided by 1,667 average words per day = 10.93881224 more days of writing.
- OR = two ridiculously long writing days of 9,000 some word per day.
What I really achieved:
- Some 32,000 words closer to the ending of my big project.
- Two major insights.
- Three days--over the Thanksgiving holiday--of reading the entire trilogy, from start to the "finish."
The exercise of writing is more important than the word count. National Novel Writing Month 2009 was an exercise for me; it is highly likely that all those words will never be read at all. But November 2009 counts because those 32,000 words will bring me closer to the grand finale. In a trilogy where each draft book is easily 100,000 words, this means that less is more.
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