501 measly words.

It amazes me that sometimes 2,000 words can come dumping out, and sometimes 500 is like pulling teeth. If I had to explain my opinion about something and was told to keep it to 500 words, it would be agonizing after about eight minutes. But write fiction for a half hour and you're lucky if you can manage to achieve 500 coherent words.

I guess it's like they say -- that quote about writing being easy -- you just stare at the page until drops of blood form on your forehead.

I just have to keep reminding myself that (1) the struggly writing is usually the best, and (2) 500 words is still 500 more than I had yesterday.

Okay, time to get ready for work.