So Today I'm probably going to be playing a little bit of catch-up. Although yesterday's work on my story was for a very long period of time and we were able to add some words to the count, it didn't really meet the daily required goal to getting this done before the end of the month.
What we did manage to make yesterday was a much more smooth story with a nicely flow. What a lot of people seem to overlook is how flow in story matters. On the one hand you have the too few details sort of person, which makes for a fast pace book. This is wonderful if you write kid's books, because the pace is at the speed for them to keep interest. The other way is to have too many details, which makes the book drag on in tedious steps. This is wonderful for catching a nerd audience. However, since I'm not either a nerd or a child I need to hit the third option, which of course is to his a pace that is right in between.
And don't get me wrong, this is a very important matter. It was basically what we were working on yesterday, making sure there weren't too many details bunched together or too few details spread far apart. In this manner we were able to add words, but it also means in some instances we got rid of words. And more importantly, I had to run it by my friend while doing so to make sure that I wasn't going over something or if I was a little unsure of how to solve things she would figure it out. Also, we fixed the double word problem (the same word appearing twice in three or less sentences). The thesaurus just doesn't compare to a human.
Anyway, today will be a major writing day, hopefully to get me to 10,000 words at least.
Words for the Month: 7,608 / 40,000
Total Words: 7,608
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