Coffee, I need coffee.

My writing goal is five hundred words a day. That may seem like a little or a lot depending on your point of view. In reality, it's only about a page and a half.

I'm trying to discipline myself to do it every day, preferably in the morning when my brains are fresh. I'm much more creative after a cup of coffee heavily laced with cream.

Yesterday I just couldn't get going. So, I "owe" myself five hundred words. Obviously, I work better under pressure, because it was easier to get moving today. I can't say everything I wrote is wonderful, but it's lots easier to edit once the words are down on paper and not simply rolling around in my imagination.

Status: 10 pages, or 2,782 words. Only 77, 218 words to go.

Is it fair to count contractions as two words?