Tag: word count

NaNoWriMo on the Slow Track

Posted on November 26, 2018 by

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I posted a motivational blurb on the SCBWI Canada East website today, about slogging it through the last days of November’s novel-writing challenge. I have never actually made the NaNoWriMo journey, meaning I’ve never done a start-to-finish draft in the month of November. I’ve…

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Friday Fable: The Writer and the Word Limit

Posted on July 18, 2014 by

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You may have heard the old story, The Crow and the Pitcher: A crow was nearly dead of thirst when he spied a pitcher of water on a picnic table just beside the dried-up river bed. He flew over and tried to take a sip…

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