Luckily I was born at a time where everything can be collected and stored in your hard drive. So when I started writing at the age of nine, the computer --Microsoft Word-- had already been invented. This is why I have most of my writing saved on my hard drive. Even when I switched computers, I copied all my files over to a hard drive and then onto my new computer.
Which leads me to today, when I was excruciatingly bored, so I decided to count all the words I've written. It was a task that literally took an hour and a half of opening files, checking the word count, adding it to my calculator, closing the file, and then moving onto the next. How many words (roughly) have I written since I was nine years old (I'm eighteen now)? Drum roll please....
While I was going through some of my old stories, I felt nostalgic. There are some stories in my hard drive that are just gathering dust because I abandoned them in favor of another more interesting plot twist. I felt nostalgic for the times when I actually had loads and loads of time to write. Nowadays, I have other priorities, including college, internships, and a social life. I don't get as much time to write as I used to. It makes me sad to look back and see all those half-written stories. But it also gives me hope: I've made it this far. Whose to say I won't go further?
One million words, here I come!
So what about you? What's your word count? Do you have regrets about unfinished stories?
Which leads me to today, when I was excruciatingly bored, so I decided to count all the words I've written. It was a task that literally took an hour and a half of opening files, checking the word count, adding it to my calculator, closing the file, and then moving onto the next. How many words (roughly) have I written since I was nine years old (I'm eighteen now)? Drum roll please....
402, 989 words.
While I was going through some of my old stories, I felt nostalgic. There are some stories in my hard drive that are just gathering dust because I abandoned them in favor of another more interesting plot twist. I felt nostalgic for the times when I actually had loads and loads of time to write. Nowadays, I have other priorities, including college, internships, and a social life. I don't get as much time to write as I used to. It makes me sad to look back and see all those half-written stories. But it also gives me hope: I've made it this far. Whose to say I won't go further?
One million words, here I come!
So what about you? What's your word count? Do you have regrets about unfinished stories?
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