1. Despite what one might have thought, you do not have to breathe to write. (I’m at the stage of flu recovery when everything is dripping and/or completely stuffed up.)
  2. If you are me and frustrated, for goodness sake, take a break! More words and better will be written in the long run that way.
  3. Changing a character’s name mid-page is really confusing.
  4.  DO NOT use the Paperblank journal if you feel the need to hear paper rip.
  5. Counting words can lead to counting all sorts of other things.
  6. Unfortunately for the word count, “into” and “upon” are each only one word. 
  7. Mothers are the greatest.
  8. Dads are pretty great, too.
  9. So are patient brothers who let you take over the computer to update your word count.
  10. There is no limit to how many times a day a person can say “word count”.
  11. Even in a “month of literary abandon”, one cannot escape mathematics.

 

Oh, and I’m at 1,300 words or something. Just a few more and I’ll make my wordcount for the day. Now to make up yesterday’s…