Nathan Bransford - The Forums

I have mixed feelings about word count. I was always the kid in school who would write a 4 page paper if you assigned him a 5 page one. Length has always been an issue. However, I believe that word count can help with structure and pacing. In the book I am writing now I am trying to keep the words c...

Hello all! My name is Allen I am a new writer from Michigan. I just finished my first short story last night and have half of a novel complete. I thought it would be a good idea to start writing when I had plenty of free time. So, I waited until I had a child, a new job, and another child on the way...