I have a tremendous amount of new found respect for you professional writers. I'm only a dabbler. I did NaNoWriMo this year and I'm going to make my 50,000 today. I only have about 1,500 left to go which I will finish this afternoon.
On the NaNo web page, they estimated that the 50,000 words would be 175 pages, but I am only up to 97, so it made me curious.
It has been an awesome experience, but man am I tired! I have had this huge idea for a story that I could never get down because it was so big and intimidating. NaNo gave me an opportunity to just kick start it and break it down into workable chunks.
50,000 seemed like a huge amount when I started, but even to wrap up this section I am going to have to go over it. To finish it will probably be closer to your 175/150 mark, but my brain just goes, "you mean I have to write more?" LOL
Kudos to all you professional writers that stay in the trenches and give me something to look forward to.
With an extra space between paragraphs and lines of dialog. I like to write in block. When I go back and edit I do indentions. It sort of helps me know which sections I have finished.
Hey, off-topic, but I just went to check at the library for Heart of Stone (because I am poor), and I found 20 holds on 10 copies in our (most excellent) library system. I thought that was pretty cool and wanted to share.
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I have a tremendous amount of new found respect for you professional writers. I'm only a dabbler. I did NaNoWriMo this year and I'm going to make my 50,000 today. I only have about 1,500 left to go which I will finish this afternoon.
On the NaNo web page, they estimated that the 50,000 words would be 175 pages, but I am only up to 97, so it made me curious.
It has been an awesome experience, but man am I tired! I have had this huge idea for a story that I could never get down because it was so big and intimidating. NaNo gave me an opportunity to just kick start it and break it down into workable chunks.
50,000 seemed like a huge amount when I started, but even to wrap up this section I am going to have to go over it. To finish it will probably be closer to your 175/150 mark, but my brain just goes, "you mean I have to write more?" LOL
Kudos to all you professional writers that stay in the trenches and give me something to look forward to.
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Congratulations on making your 50K! That's awesome! *does a dance*!
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With an extra space between paragraphs and lines of dialog. I like to write in block. When I go back and edit I do indentions. It sort of helps me know which sections I have finished.
LOL, okay, space and a half bumpped it up to 142
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