Writer’s Corner: Hitting Your Word Count

Some writers can work anywhere, in any circumstances, with any implements, on a schedule that only their muse is herself fully comprehending. The rest of us need to set goals.

Take Graham Greene. According to legend, he wrote 500 words a day, no more and no less. Take this recollection from writer and editorMichael Korda, who was introduced to Greene while cruising on a private yacht in the Antibes in 1950 (as one does):

An early riser, [Greene]appeared on deck at first light, found a seat in t...