Comments on: Wordness http://seandoolittle.com/2007/10/23/wordness/ Home of Author Sean Doolittle Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: seandoolittle http://seandoolittle.com/2007/10/23/wordness/#comment-26 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:28:00 +0000 http://seandoolittle.com/2007/10/23/wordness/#comment-26 Hey, it seems to work for Michener.

Also, McMurtry’s LONESOME DOVE has more words in it than all of my novels put together, and I wouldn’t want to see any of those words deleted.

And you make all your words work for their supper, Lori.

]]> By: Lori G. Armstrong http://seandoolittle.com/2007/10/23/wordness/#comment-25 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:59:52 +0000 http://seandoolittle.com/2007/10/23/wordness/#comment-25 I did the same thing with a short story – mine’s still sitting in my computer but it was a great exercise in self-editing.

Hmm. My novels are getting longer. Should I be afraid I’ll start churning out Michener length books?

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