What if...?

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So we've all mostly got some sort of 'novel' in mind...which is the whole point of the month of November, right?

What if, in the midst of writing that, a person gets stumped, and turns his attention to some short bit? I'm on a rp list, and while I can understand not including bits co-written with others, I do occasionally write stand alone 'chapters' of a couple of pages for the characters. Could those be included in my over all word count, even though they're not part of the novel-in-progress?

Just curious :D