on abandoned novels
¶ by not non-fiction“By definition, abandoned novels are more promising than completed ones.†– John Green, in “a pep talk from…†(NaNoWriMo, November 11, 2010)
“By definition, abandoned novels are more promising than completed ones.†– John Green, in “a pep talk from…†(NaNoWriMo, November 11, 2010)
+1,721 =Â 24,751 of 50,000 (49.5%)
Just shy of 50%… and just over ⅓ of the way into this thing.  Gonna take a quick break.  Watch a little something with A….  Maybe circle back and tack on an extra 250 words or so.
1.0 Is the Loneliest Number Matt Mullenweg: Usage is like oxygen for ideas. (tagged: Apple essay innovation ) John Scalzi’s You’re Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop at Writers on Writing (at Tor.com) (tagged: writing essay )
+1,966 = 23,030 of 50,000
Pleased enough with tonight’s volume.  And though there are some gems in there… the last couple nights’ output can and probably should get compressed down to something about half the length.  And also a different style…
+2,067 = 21,064 of 50,000 (42.13%)
Another “not bad for a school nightâ€.
Getting Published is Not a Crap Shoot Victoria Strauss: If you’ve written a marketable book, if you done your research, if you’re smart and persistent, you have a very reasonable chance of finding publication. Maybe. (tagged: writing publishing ) Olbermann Suspension is Lunacy Matt Taibbi (at Rolling Stone): Again, that would be true even if […]
+2,511 =Â 18,997 of 50,000 (37.99%)
Not bad for a school night.
+2,935 +3,756 = 15,665 16,486 of 50,000 (31.33% 32.97%)
A nice steady stream today.  Some of it ain’t bad either.  Also ran some spell-check action and fixed a few words that were incorrectly combined.  Might write more later this evening.  But e…
+1,809 = 12,725 of 50,000 (25.45%)
A decent rhythm—but broken up in small spurt throughout the day.  And… well, I had a birthday party.  So maybe I’m lucky that I hit 1,700 at all.
+1,842 = 10,916 of 50,000 (21.83%)
Decent, steady steam. Â And set up well to continue tomorrow.