Moderation
Today’s subject, Moderation, is a difficult one at best. But it is so necessary for writers. On those days when the writing is going well, you know the ones I mean, word after word flows out of your fingers and onto the page, its easy to sit for hours. Those are the days writers long for. Before you know it, 2000, 3000, 4000 plus words have been written. Those hours sitting at the computer are all worth it. Or are they? There are a few things in my life that I miss when I spend this much time with my writing. Mostly it has to do with chores, laundry, cooking…
Counting Words
If you will forgive the cliché, counting words is a writers bread and butter. There are word counts for everything. Each type of writing comes with a word length guideline. Every magazine has a different word length, often for each different genre that they accept. Most of the challenges I have been taking on have been word count challenges. My 500 words is a fabulous challenge that got me back into writing everyday. The only rule is to write 500 words each day. NaNoWriMo is a word count challenge of 50,000 words in a 30 day time period. Even Camp NaNoWriMo has a word count challenge,though the limit is set…
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