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    Word Counting

    I’ve been following Dean Wesley Smith’s blog for quite a while now and he always has loads of useful advice. One point that he discusses often is writing regularly and producing word count. This is not new advice, of course, but I’ve been enjoying how he has been presenting it, along with loads of other useful information. His advice and my daily production of wordage are both good motivation. Unfortunate April has been my worst month so far with only around 35000 words. Several excuses (sick kids) abound. And it would be worse too except I’ve cut myself a bit of slack in regards to how I calculate word count.…

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    Word Progress so Far

    Since the beginning of the year I’ve set myself some firm word count goals and to my delight I’ve been able to meet and often exceed them. I took a quick look at my tracking and I’ve now written over 75 000 words since January. The bulk of this has been on the novel but I’ve (almost) finished a 12 000 word sci-fi story and the rough draft of a flash story. If I can keep this pace I should be able to finish the rough draft of the first novel by the end of March and start on the second novel in April. Of course today I’m derailed from…