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Fancynancy
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Currently 145 words to cull. Coffee break. Must unclench teeth.
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MattrickBT
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I've culled mine from just under 1500 down to 1172, and I'm only about 3/5's the way through the story.
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BenFJackson
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I love it. For the first draft, I tend to write until I'm done.
Then I cut. A LOT. Then I rewrite and cut A LOT more. Then I pray to the wordcount gods. |
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Fancynancy
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This. Hehe. I can see what I need to cut, he's a character with no purpose but I love him and don't want to drop him! Noooo!
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tcFlash
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Number five got me a couple of years ago. Granted, it was in the SSC, not FF, but it still applies. My prompt character was a foreign exchange student. Genre was comedy. I wrote my story about the entire summer he was in the US. I tried to make everything funny. Needless to say.....so I won't say it. Very true. Keep the story focused and small.
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tcFlash
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I ended my first draft under 1200. Now it's at 978. That's the best I've done in a long time. I've cut from 2200 before. Misery for me and death to the story.
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tcFlash
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I'm a word count god atheist. He never answered my prayers.
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MattrickBT
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I'm the only god in my writing. I am a vengeful God. Ask all the poor people I've destroyed. Oh wait, YOU CAN'T.
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tcFlash
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You will not be writing my biography.
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nixie
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