Word counts: Blessings in disguiseA comedic look at freelance writing
Published:
July 30, 2010 Either it’s way too long or not long enough. This is an issue that we
writers deal with on a daily basis—our piece goes on and on, or we’ve
been at it for an hour and a half and we’ve only managed to sputter out
300 words on a story that’s to be filed with our editor at 1,000.
A
fellow freelancer often writes 5,000-word articles, and they just about
annihilate her every time. She stumbles out of her apartment
bleary-eyed and dazed, but she continues on. I felt that way writing my
book. Two hundred pages and about 75,000 words—that just about killed
me. But despite the raw angst that comes with word counts, there is comfort. |
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