It’s hard to believe that a whole week has passed us by. Whether you’ve written a novel already, haven’t started, or are somewhere in between, it’s not too late.
All these posts are directly sent to my Facebook profile and people leave little comments sometimes.
My friend commented on the last post and said, and I quote, “If you’re writing to hit a word count, you’re writing numbers and not a story. Food for thought.”
Subconsciously, I suppose I knew that, but it was never a conscious thought. The last few days, I’ve been writing to just satisfy a number, a word count. Today I wrote to write a story, regardless of the number at the end of the day.
In a way, the latter, writing regardless of word count, is harder but worthwhile. Writing for a word count goal usually means useless words creep in the manuscript; words that serve no purpose except distract your reader from the action.
So, this week, try writing not for your personal word goal, but for advancing the story and see how it plays out.
Write a 
not just words for 
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