Day 1: How Do I Count the Words?
April 1, 2001
4:55 p.m.
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Time: 4:55 p.m. -- 7,100 words  So I sat down this morning and started as if I were starting a true dare. By this, I mean I'm starting from zero words, and not taking into account anything whatsoever in regard to the work I've been doing recently. Now, this will skew my numbers. I know that. For example, among the 7,100 words I'm counting for myself today (so far) are the 1,850 that remained in almost pristine state from my previous chapter one. They also include a bunch of brand new words, as well as the 800 I wrote last week, and the heavily edited words I went over from the original chapter two. So, my numbers for today look actually a bit better than what I really accomplished from a raw count of new words, and will continue to do so as I assimilate more material that I've already written. So what? Shoot me. The daily numbers themselves are not the point. The only number that matters in the end is the final one. I'm choosing to do it this way because it's the only way that I could figure that anything made sense. I mean, I've got some 30 or 40 thousand words written on the thing at this point, but I have no real way of figuring out how many of those I'm going to keep and how many are going to go by the wayside until I get there. This is the dilemma of starting a Dare in mid-stream I guess. And so I figure I'll not count them until I get to them--whenever that is. Oh, well. I have such a terrible life, eh? Guess I'll go upstairs and take solace in playing a game with Brigid.   Have a great day.   Suppose you're this creative on your taxes, too, right? Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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