Doing the Math

A 1,000 words completed today! Yes!

I did some calculations recently to figure how long it would take me to finish my book and these are my results:

If I write at a minimum of 500 words a day = 3,500 words a week

3,5oo words a week = 17,500 words a month

17,500 words a month = 105,000 words in just six months

So after figuring all this out..I came to learn that words are a lot like saving money. The more words I put down and save, the more valuable my work will become. And after collecting enough words..I will have a complete novel.

It is actually quite nice to see this math be done this way and have it be shown like this. To me, it takes a tremendous amount of weight off my shoulders as a writer. All I have to do is put a little bit down every day to make this work and I've been doing that. And if I lose a day...I make up for it like I did today by writing 1,000. Once I'm in my head and writing, those 500 words spill out onto the page easily.

Thank you Mathematics! For once you are useful.

Eleven Questions Answered

1. Do you like being tagged in question games?

Yeah, I have nothing against it :)

2. If you could stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?

Twenty-seven years old. I'm only 25, but for some reason that age always seemed to stick out the most for me.

3. Do men like chocolate as much as women?

Absolutely! Especially chocolate cake or brownies depending on the individual and how the recipe is made.

4. What would you name the autobiography of your life?

Scooting Down The Line

5. How do you balance social media and writing time?

I don't balance the two by setting schedules or anything like that. Usually one turns up a little higher than the other. But lately I've been cutting my time of going out and having fun to strictly doing nothing but writing or at least reading books I have recently bought.

6. Describe yourself in one word.

Evolving

7. What is your favorite writing related website?

Poets & Writers

8. If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?

Nothing. Everything that has happened has purposefully shaped me into who I am today.

9. What fictional character do you most resemble?

Dexter: Born with something that most people will never experience and is continuously evolving by life's obstacles. The only difference between this fictional character and me is that I don't have a growing urge to go out and kill people. Sometimes I want to though just like anybody else lol.

10. Star Wars or Star Trek?

Star Wars! May the force be with you.

11. What's the first word to come to your mind right... now?

Compress