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Old 06-01-2010, 05:36 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by ASparrow View Post
87,000 words. That's correct. I suppose that's where it will stay, as everything that needs to happen already happens in the story, it seems to me.
Duh! I'll catch up eventually. I assumed an invisible 'b' after the 'k'.
Sounds like your editing is done, must feel good.
But did you specifically target 87k words? Why that number?
(We've just been watching 'Monk' and, if you know the show, you'd know Monk would insist you took it up to 90k, but preferably 100k)
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