Heather: Nice — thanks! I’m managing 500 pretty well so far. (I actually pumped out 2700 words on Saturday and 2600 last night, but that was on a play — it’s easier for me to write plays than it is to write fiction. Or at least it’s easier to write massive word counts that way. :))

Alyssa: Oh, I do think that blogging and Twittering and the like count as writing — it’s just that I already do them and have no problem doing them, whereas I have to remind myself to write fiction (because it’s harder). And so I’m reserving the daily word count goal just for fiction and plays and the stuff that’s harder for me to write (where there’s a lot of resistance). Hopefully that makes some kind of sense. :)

What type of writing counts toward the challenge?
Again, this is up to you to decide. Some writers may just want to count words written for a first draft of a novel. Others may want to include how many words they’ve revised. Still others may count ANY words they’ve written, including blogs, Twitter, non-fiction, outlining, poetry and other writing. As Chris Brogan says, writing begets writing.

Do I sense a new profile description for your Twitter account? :-P