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I've never been a word counter. Were I to try and count the words I write, or revise, every time I sit to write, I'd only depress or confuse myself. For me, it seems antithetical to the very task, to the intent and, whatever, holistic--or something--nature of writing a story.
I'm generally impressed with people who do note daily word counts; and sometimes have moments of despair therefrom, but I still feel little desire to do the word counting myself. I will do it with freelance to keep track when a specific number of words are required. The only time I do it with fiction is when I'm trying to revise to a lower wordcount, or when I was asked to add a certain wordcount to The Z Radiant. But to keep track of daily fiction wordcount just feels wrong for me, not the point, and, in fact, far aside from the point.
It could just be my general number averseness. The idea of actually figuring and keeping track of the interest I'm paying on credit card, for instance, is extremely repellant to me--it would only depress me.
I can so add, subtract, and multiply. I can even do division. In my head. So there.
I'm generally impressed with people who do note daily word counts; and sometimes have moments of despair therefrom, but I still feel little desire to do the word counting myself. I will do it with freelance to keep track when a specific number of words are required. The only time I do it with fiction is when I'm trying to revise to a lower wordcount, or when I was asked to add a certain wordcount to The Z Radiant. But to keep track of daily fiction wordcount just feels wrong for me, not the point, and, in fact, far aside from the point.
It could just be my general number averseness. The idea of actually figuring and keeping track of the interest I'm paying on credit card, for instance, is extremely repellant to me--it would only depress me.
I can so add, subtract, and multiply. I can even do division. In my head. So there.
