Word Counts – Author Rescue

NaNoWriMo 2021 – Second Week Check-In

I apologize for the lack of content this month still! I had a bit of a family emergency and it took up quite a bit of my time. Between my contracts and keeping up with my word counts for NaNoWriMo, I’ve been a bit short on time. Next week, since we’ll officially be halfway throughContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2021 – Second Week Check-In”

Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule

Here’s another post for my fellow bullet journalers! I love any excuse to make a new, fancy, aesthetic spread in my bujo, and NaNoWriMo 2021 is the perfect opportunity to do so. The spread I made has two parts to it, a word count tracker and a writing plan: The word count tracker is prettyContinue reading “Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule”

Explaining Word Counts

With NaNoWriMo coming up, you’re probably seeing word counts being thrown around. The creators of the challenge set up 50,000 words as the goal for the month of November, but what does that actually look like? Here are some books you may know, and their associated word counts. The Picture of Dorian Gray by OscarContinue reading “Explaining Word Counts”

Working From Home – Hitting Word Counts

As a freelance writer, most of my work revolves around hitting word counts. This was a difficult transition to make, mostly because I only had a very shaky concept of what 10,000 words looked like, or 30,000 or 70,000… they were all just numbers that felt too big to tackle. But I figured it out,Continue reading “Working From Home – Hitting Word Counts”