I've left all of my contractions in. I want to be able to post this thing when I'm done, so I'm trying to do it correctly the first time. If I have to, I'll just paste my first (unrelated) story back in as a far-out dream sequence and get an instant 6096 words.
BTW, in the elementary section of the boards they encourage the authors to write an "about the author" section at the end. It makes for a better book when the teacher prints it out at the end of the project.
If their words count, I bet it could count for us, too.
