{"id":1741,"date":"2015-08-12T20:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2015-08-12T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:23:48","slug":"no-time-for-writers-block-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/08\/12\/no-time-for-writers-block-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"No time for Writer\u2019s Block, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Concerning speedy novels ‘r’ us<\/a>, a reader writes:<\/p>\n

3 days? I don’t know how one could even type the necessary number of words in that time. Typing 24 words per minute (not a fast typist, but a touch typist) would get you 86,400 words over 3 times 24 = 72 hours. That’s a short novel — and no breaks for eating, sleeping, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While definitions are somewhat arbitrary, novels generally begin around 45,000 words, according to this Wikipedia article<\/a>.\u00a0 In our sole entry, I wrote the first draft while Deb edited my fine convoluted sentences into staccato bursts, and we achieved around 32,000 words.\u00a0 With more time it would have been longer – there were facets that needed more exploration.\u00a0 Actually, having just looked it over, maybe trashing it would be the better part of discretion, or words to that effect.\u00a0 As I seem to recall, the Contest expects works to be around 30,000 words, so we made the expectation in terms of sheer volume.\u00a0 Certainly there are longer entries, of course – some folks can really fly.\u00a0 With a little bit of preparation, both in terms of plot and in terms of managing your family & friends, it’s possible to hit way more.<\/p>\n

But if you feel like you have a story inside of you, it might be worth taking a shot at it.\u00a0 Sitting at your desk on Sunday with a warm wind blowing in at your back, wondering just how the hell John, who was left to rot in a hole in South America, has appeared at your main character’s wedding in Seattle, makes for some interesting contortions – and frantic typing.<\/p>\n

And then when the damn program EATS your sex scene … which happened to Deb, not to me.\u00a0 Thank goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Concerning speedy novels ‘r’ us, a reader writes: 3 days? I don’t know how one could even type the necessary number of words in that time. Typing 24 words per minute (not a fast typist, but a touch typist) would get you 86,400 words over 3 times 24 = 72 \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}