You know how long it takes to write a PWP? 6 hours. Maybe 7, for your average 15-20 page effort. Max. You can churn out one of those puppies in a day and then have hours and hours of time to do other things with your life.
I miss PWPs.
In other non-news, I've given up on the SEN. I've read and re-read the text so often that I can't even see it any more. Two lunatics friends offered to read with fresh eyes, so we'll see what they have to say.
I look forward, sort of, to shorter writing projects in the future. After this, I'm never again undertaking anything longer than 15 pages.
Four months I spend working on this monster. 75,000 words and who knows what it will be when/if it's done? With luck, above-referenced readers will recommend yanking 50,000 words out of it.
Maybe five pages. No more.
posted by AnneZook on 12.20.04 at 09:05 AMYou can write 20 pages in 7 hours? Holy buckets!
posted by: McSwain! on 12.22.04 at 06:51 PM [permalink]I didn't say they were all *good* words, you know.
Besides, if you consider how much dialogue I write, 20 pages probably doesn't translate into a huge wordcount.
posted by: Anne on 12.23.04 at 08:18 AM [permalink]