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Zeborah
12-19-2007, 04:45 AM
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:

> In article <13mg5igl9vqtrdb@corp.supernews.com>,
> Suzanne Blom <sueblom@execpc.com> wrote:
> >
> >Yeah, but I think there is a real difference between saying "I can only
> >write an average of ten words a day--It's going to take me at least two
> >years to finish the first draft of the novel" & saying, "I can't write
> >because I can do only ten words a day." The first gives one a lot more
> >options.
>
> Heh. I wish I could write ten words a day! See my other post
> about bringing up one or another file with a Chapter One in it
> and trying to add just one sentence.

Earlier this week I was working on a scene in which I'd add a sentence,
mull over the next sentence, and delete the last 2+ sentences.
Repeatedly. This is going to be a "fifth time's the charm" book all the
way through, I can tell.

Zeborah
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David Friedman
12-19-2007, 02:32 PM
In article <1i9dvlu.1kb4suv3a6fq3N%zeborah@gmail.com>,
zeborah@gmail.com (Zeborah) wrote:

> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <13mg5igl9vqtrdb@corp.supernews.com>,
> > Suzanne Blom <sueblom@execpc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >Yeah, but I think there is a real difference between saying "I can only
> > >write an average of ten words a day--It's going to take me at least two
> > >years to finish the first draft of the novel" & saying, "I can't write
> > >because I can do only ten words a day." The first gives one a lot more
> > >options.
> >
> > Heh. I wish I could write ten words a day! See my other post
> > about bringing up one or another file with a Chapter One in it
> > and trying to add just one sentence.
>
> Earlier this week I was working on a scene in which I'd add a sentence,
> mull over the next sentence, and delete the last 2+ sentences.
> Repeatedly.

At that rate, in not all that long, you'll be finished. Depending on how
many sentences you started with.

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