I wouldn't call 4,000 on the slow side at all. I wrote 6,500 words last week, 26 manuscript pages, and I thought it was pretty good. If I'm ever in a position to be a reallyo trulyo full-time writer, I'd like to increase my output, but in the meantime I'm happy with where I am. I mean, I started my WIP in its current form around Feb. 1. I'm over 100,000 words now, and unless something seriously derails me, I expect to have finished the rough draft by 10/31 and have it edited into respectable form by 12/31 or 1/31. That's a longish novel (I'm shooting for 125,000 words) in a year, which I think is pretty darn respectable for anyone who's not in a position to write fiction full-time.

I guess I'm just over-worrying about my typing speed. I'm a two-finger typist. Typing the way you're supposed to just never felt comfortable to me. My speed is good, but I miskey a lot because of the whole two-fingers thing, which means, of course, I'm slowed down by having to go back and fix things constantly.

On the other hand, I suppose if I were a faster typist, my "creative speed" might not be able to keep up and I wouldn't be churning things out any faster anyway.

I'm shooting for 75,000 or so words for this, as it's my first real attempt at a novel (though it's a complete rewrite/re-imagining of a book I wrote 10 years ago that was highly derivative and was never meant to be submitted for publication, so it's sort of my second attempt) though the story will be done when it's done and I'll worry more about word/page count when I go back to revise it. If I can keep up the current pace, I should be done with the first draft sometime in early December. Which is kind of daunting to think about on it's own, for me, as I've never been one for long term planning and the like.

I have no idea what the revision and editing process is going to look like. It should be scaryinteresting.

But for now I'm just enjoying writing steadily and feeling like I'm accomplishing something.

All you Farrell haters are mental in your brainpans. I don't even have words for how much he makes me laugh. I must have watched Anchorman four or five times now and it still hasn't stopped being funny. And his Harry Cary bit? Genius.

Owen rocks Wes Anderson's scripts, that's for sure. He should quit tomcatting around long enough to get back to writing.

So much good news in the morning! Have we ever had such a proptious combination of announcements?

HUGE big congratulations to Rio-the-cutest and Saget-the-suave.

Yay, for Fiona traversing an occasionally tricky pregnancy and bringing Benno a sib. Congratulations to the Family Fi.

And his Harry Cary bit?

Hee. And Celebrity Jeopardy!

He should quit tomcatting around long enough to get back to writing.

I'm not saying I'd let him lick my buttocks, but his tomcatting is part of the charm (albeit more appreciated from a distance).

Oh, my god, I work with some of the world's most unhelpful people.

Is it any wonder that I'd rather play with my LJ icons?

I don't hate Will Farrell, but he annoys me far, far more often than he makes me laugh. (The latter is likely the "reigned in" situations Jessica speaks of.)

yay for Rio and Saget.

I have no idea what the revision and editing process is going to look like. It should be scaryinteresting.

I'm still figuring out how to revise and edit, myself. I do a fair amount as I go along, because I participate in a couple of critique groups and try to work in any of their suggestions that work for me while they're fresh in my mind. I like it because it keeps earlier parts of my story in the front part of my mind, which helps me be more consistent. Once I have a completed draft, I'm going to try this method: [link] It looks sensible and efficient. I'll report back if it works.

But for now I'm just enjoying writing steadily and feeling like I'm accomplishing something.

Great feeling, isn't it? Do you ever visit the Great Write Way thread?

HAPPY ONE-DAY ANNIVERSARY, FUCKOS!