In a little over two hours, National Novel Writing Month begins! The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November. I planned to participate two years ago, but this year I am determined to finish. 50,000 words in 30 days is a mere 1667 words per day. I plan to emulate my favorite author, Anthony Trollope, and spend my commuting time on my novel. So farewell to facebook from my iPhone and games of Spider Solitaire and Bookworm. It’s not too late to sign up! This year I really will write my novel.
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Quote of the Moment:
“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”
by Theodor Seuss Geisel
by Theodor Seuss Geisel
1,667 words is roughly 5 pages. I prefer to think in pages because dialogue takes up pages but doesn’t add up to a lot of words. I think there is irony in that sentence if one mines for it…..
Thanks for the translation into pages. That gives me a much better idea of progress. And I do like the irony of dialogue taking up a lot of pages but not adding up to a lot of words.