# Doper Writers- How Far Along in Your Books Are You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-writers-how-far-along-in-your-books-are-you/322493 "2005-09-20T04:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-writers-how-far-along-in-your-books-are-you/322493/1 "2005-09-20T04:06:06Z")
I’ve been writing a book since 8/16. The tally thus far is 5683 words. Not very impressive, but then I only get to write about 1/2 hour at night after work and putting the baby to bed. How long have you been writing your book? How far along are you? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-writers-how-far-along-in-your-books-are-you/322493/2 "2005-09-20T04:51:36Z")
There’s another thread just like this in Cafe Society, but it’s a couple pages back because nobody has responded to it for a couple days. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335542) ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-writers-how-far-along-in-your-books-are-you/322493/3 "2005-09-20T04:57:13Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > There’s another thread just like this in Cafe Society, but it’s a couple pages back because nobody has responded to it for a couple days. > > [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335542) Damn you meddling kids.