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Nov 16, 2008 23:56

Hey there, internet! I just got back (about two hours ago, actually) from quatredeathlady's place. She hosted a write-in this weekend for me and ruecian and it was pretty awesome! I got there around six, six-thirty, I guess, and after dinner we set to work on writing! We worked until pretty late, but, oh man, I was so productive! Over 4000 words in one night! It was ( Read more... )

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scrollgirl November 17 2008, 14:17:30 UTC
Also, in MS Word if you use em-dashes the way I do -- like this -- wherein the em-dash doesn't actually touch text, it counts as its own separate word.

Congrats on hitting 35k!

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wolfsavard November 17 2008, 15:20:53 UTC
35,000 words! I'm so proud of you! \o/

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priscellie November 17 2008, 17:05:35 UTC
Word counts two spaces as a word? WTF? Word can take my double spaces between sentences when it pries them from my cold, dead fingers. I wonder if there's a way I can tweak this in Settings?

Anyway, KICK ASS on cracking 35k! That's amazing!

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ruecian November 18 2008, 02:36:50 UTC
It was the opposite problem, actually. The Java applet I was using counted double-spacings as a word and Word did not.

Let's keep two spaces after a period alive, please.

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