I wrote a book!
Friday, 30 Nov 2007 Categories: Books &
Writing
But it's done. Amusingly enough, the differences between how Pages (iWork '08) counts words and how NaNoWriMo's validator counts them meant that I wrote about 50,200 or so. When I uploaded it for counting, it came back as 49,999. So, I added two more: "The End."
This was a fantastic experience. I have always wanted to write but never had any ideas. This process where I just start writing and see what happens had some really interesting ideas come out of nowhere. Now I know I do have ideas and feel a lightness and freedom I have not felt in ages. I can't wait until next November. In fact, I won't. I plan to rework a lot of this book or just shelf it and work on something else.
But, first, time to do some reading and some crossword puzzles. I've been starving myself this month to get the book written. Now I can relax and return to my vices.
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