In my whole writing career, I have never surpassed 20 000 words. It's the biggest hurdle for me. The closest I got was with Stormcaller at 18 500 words (or so). Then I stopped writing. It's like there's an inpenetrable wall stopping me from going further.
I just broke the wall. At 01:05 today, my word count showed 20 005 words. And I'm not even 1/3 into my WIP. I don't feel like stopping. I want to write more. I need to write more.
I'm still in shock. But it's a good kind of shock.
And I got to watch it happen--from thousands of miles away. :) Grats!
Posted by: Breanna | Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 02:37 AM
Keep going and soon you'll be hitting 40K! It's easier than you think. Then you'll hit 90K and realize your book is way too long and have to go back and cut whole chunks out...
Posted by: Kate Larkindale | Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 05:16 AM
Thanks, guys! Is it weird that after besting the 20k-word hurdle, I finally believe that a novel is possible?
Posted by: Fadzlishah Johanabas | Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 02:20 PM