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Authors and Procrastination
Lord Rae:
My latest bout of procrastination has me pondering just how many words are in most books anyway?
Anyone know? I didn't look too hard on the internet cause I'm at work... but when I get home I bet I won't check anyway. Anyone have a rough estimate?
Murphy's Stunt Double:
Best device I've ever found to get myself writing.... Set a deadline for something else you absolutely HATE to do.
That way you'll write to avoid doing it.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Lord Rae on June 12, 2009, 11:12:43 PM ---My latest bout of procrastination has me pondering just how many words are in most books anyway?
Anyone know? I didn't look too hard on the internet cause I'm at work... but when I get home I bet I won't check anyway. Anyone have a rough estimate?
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From the published novels I have seen in pre-published e-forms that I could do word count on, I would guess about 90,000 words; that's for books around about the length of Dead Beat or a little shorter.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 10, 2009, 09:07:24 PM ---Brilliant, but how do you draw the line between your material and theirs? Can you tell that I've never rpg'd?
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This is pretty much exactly why I almost never roleplay any more fwiw. It feeds on the same energy as writing.
Lord Rae:
--- Quote from: neurovore on June 13, 2009, 06:43:31 PM ---From the published novels I have seen in pre-published e-forms that I could do word count on, I would guess about 90,000 words; that's for books around about the length of Dead Beat or a little shorter.
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Ah cool... I'm about a quarter of the way into my story and I'm at 24,000... so I guess I'll be alright. I was just wondering if I was padding too much.
Thanks N.
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