Zoe Shadow

What a title.  I am such a genius (note: sarcasm)  XD
So, I was just wondering: how many words are in my novel so far?  Of course, this is a first draft and there's A LOT to cut down as well as a bunch to add on.  I haven't checked since November, at which point I had about 10,000 words (I was keeping track of that month for NanoWrimo, look it up).  A novel is AT LEAST 50,000 words at a general look.  In my notebooks I fit roughly 300 words on a page.  My novel is currently 237 pages long (I think... give or take a page) of notebook paper.  300 x 237? 71,100. 
And I am not quite sure how much longer the rough draft will be, but at a guess it will exceed the 100,000 word mark by just a bit.  That's REALLY LONG.  I read that over 110,000 words is too many.  But it won't be an issue since in further drafts I'll be cutting away a bunch of stuff anyway.  :) 

I don't know about you people who are BUSY in summer (I chuckle at the thought) but for me, summer is ideal for writing.  I just wrote a lot and still have a bunch more in my head... I'm not rushed so I can take the time to map out what I'm doing and think about why.  As the first draft draws to a close (DRAWS is an exaggerated term... I don't actually feel like I'm that close) I am just really really excited to see how it all works together.  I will go crazy when I finish, I'll be that excited.  I know it will be almost unreadable- it's a first draft; that's why I don't let other people read my notebooks (sorry)- but that's what second and third and so on drafts are for.  So if you're writing anything... best of luck.  I think summer's a good time for it.
Owen is so cool.