nanowrimo_lj | To count or not to count? (Reply)

Okay, so I completely wrote like mad yesterday and clocked in just under 4K. And then this morning, my brain decided to go on hiatus and refused to write more than 800 words, and they were horribly painful words too. Not in reading - in reading they sound fine. But writing was like pulling teeth.

My husband and I went for lunch, and talked, and I figured out why those 800 were impossible - I was writing in the wrong direction. I backed up and I'm writing the same situation from a different angle, and it's moving much better and the words are flowing like wine and all is fantastic.

Here's the question. I KNOW I'm not going to use those 800 words. They are completely unsalvageable, and I'm okay with that. But should I count them against the 50K or not? Thoughts?

Edited to add: Thanks much for all the suggestions so far, folks - don't worry - I never delete gigantic chunks of text like this - I'll save it in a separate file marked "outtakes". I've decided for now not to count the 800 words in my final number, because while I agree I did write them and they totally should count and I have no issues with anyone else counting their words in a similar situation - I also know me. I'm twenty kinds of verbose. It's not going to come down to a question of 800 words if I hit 50K by 30 November! *grin*