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Talion,
Persevere.  Before you know it you'll have tens of thousands of words and be facing the less desirable tasks of cutting, polishing, and revising.  Thanks for the comment.

posted by notapoet on September 20, 2005 at 12:02 PM | link to this | reply

LizzyMorrow,
Glad you liked it.  Praise from one who has already finished a novel is high praise indeed.  Not only do you know of what I speak, you've already managed the task!  We'll have to compare notes. 

posted by notapoet on September 20, 2005 at 11:54 AM | link to this | reply

notapoet
Two hundred thousand words? I've completed about ten of my novel and it's killing me.

posted by Talion on September 20, 2005 at 8:52 AM | link to this | reply

I didn't realize it had changed
but now that I read your blog, I guess the lengths of novels has gotten bigger. Mine runs a little over 80,000. When I wrote my first novel, I remember thinking getting to 80,000 was a huge thing. Good post!

posted by Narek on September 19, 2005 at 2:03 PM | link to this | reply