Comments | kathleenfoucart: My Old Friend, the Word Count.

kathleenfoucart

My Old Friend, the Word Count.

Apr 23, 2009 20:23

Yes, about that word count... It is now SHORTER!

Today I cut a section that did nothing but amuse me. Yes, I like Arion being snarky to Isis's mother (who totally deserves it). No, it had nothing to do with anything else. So out it went. And now?

My word count is just a hair over 113000!

Yeah, I know, I know, it's still "long for a YA" but it ( Read more... )

writing, word counts, arion, revision, beda

Comments 3

tiffanyschmidt April 24 2009, 01:46:52 UTC

Save the fun-but-cut scene. It can be a bonus scene that you post on your website someday when all of your screaming fans are begging for just-one-more-page of Arion-ness :-)

kathleenfoucart April 25 2009, 01:15:10 UTC

Hehe. Oh, it is definitely saved. :) And if I ever have screaming fans, I think I might scare them off with the sheer amount of background/cut stuff I have hanging around....

hinode April 26 2009, 21:30:32 UTC

hehehe. A day to look forward to. ;)