Challenge: write 500-1000 words per day every day.
If you manage hit the target crow about it on this thread. We don't want to know why you didn't hit the target--we just want to know who hits it.
I'll go first:
I wrote 1500 words in the last 24 hours.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Was generally my goal, but as a policy rather than a contest.
Does revision count?
Posted by rich (Member # 8140) on :
Well, it's been said by many a person that, yes, I am a writing fool. Emphasis on fool.
Posted by Rhaythe (Member # 7857) on :
1500 words last night. 1200 words the night before (but each one sucked and suffered the wrath of the DEL key). About 800 Sunday night (no football game on).
I actually have a widget I coded for my Wordpress page that I can record my word counts in. It's meaningless, as word-count doesn't imply any kind of quality, but it does help me hold myself accountable in that I'm actually writing.
quote:Emphasis on fool.
QFT.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Time zones are bit out of step here so I'll post what I did yesterday
1200 words yesterday and the same the day before.
I try to average 1000 a day over the week and usually hit it, and often go over. On Sunday I did close to 4k.
Posted by J (Member # 2197) on :
20,000 in the last three weeks. Sadly, though, I'm not sure what order I should put them in.
Posted by Osiris (Member # 9196) on :
766 words and going so far today.
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
Past three days have been 500-750 words. I've discovered a new method to keep myself productive: Every time I sit at the computer I force myself to do 250 words. Doing a little bit at a time seems to be a lot less scary to my nonproductive self.
Posted by Osiris (Member # 9196) on :
I started coming in to work 2 hours early and I write from 7am to 9am before anyone else gets in.
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
Almost 4000 words since Friday. Guess that qualifies me. Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Put in over 500, so far, and did a critique. Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 ish again yesterday.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Did 500 exactly (I made sure).
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2300 yesterday, which is a good job because it looks like it might be a bit of a slow writing day today.
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
If you count revision, I did five hundred a day, but the five hundred I did yesterday finished the draft I was working on. Have to lay off today, too busy with all this real life stuff.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
650 words.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
500 so far.
Posted by XD3V0NX on :
I write roughly about, on average, 3,000 - 4,000 - 5,000 words a day.
I wrote 3,456 words this morning. And I'm probably going to write more tonight.
I write, on average, 20,000 words a week. Sometimes 30,000 words a week.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
800 yesterday, not as much as usual but not too bad considering it was a busy day.
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Sick as a dog, but I'm almost done with a 3k story.
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
Had one of those eureka moments yesterday. Wrote 1500 words on top of revisions.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Zero. But I have been reading a 15k story and did a little editing on 9k story of mine--so that's work!
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
I vote we keep this thread going. I plan to post here as much as I can remember, even if I don't make the limit (Though not posting excuses as to why)
It's helpful having people to report to at the end of a day, especially those within the same profession. Thanks for this, Skadder. The weekly one is nice, but a daily one allows me less room to squirm.
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Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Just found this thread. Cool thread. Why? Because I wasnt in the mood to write, and in fact the first 178 words took forever, ok thirty minutes, but man, thought it would never come, but the last 440 took only ten.
610 words for me.
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
Wrote nearly 1000 words on Sunday, though some of them got cut on the immediate after-read. Had another great Eureka moment day. Did a bit of editing and plotting, too.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
645 words today on my work in progress. A little concerned it might be stretching the piece out, but a lot of good stuff in the last 2 days I believe to work with, also wrote in intro to a new idea that called out of nowhere.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 yesterday
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Nothing...finished the latest and rested.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
I have done about 1k of crits. I count that...
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
Monday sucked. I wrote around 500 words, but most of them have been junked already. Very frustrating day, especially after having so many breakthroughs in a row. Oh well, such is how it goes.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
605 and counting. Another season, which equals a scene in my Work in Progress, only 3 more to go.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3100 yesterday
Posted by XD3V0NX on :
None yet. About 2,100 words yesturday, and then I worked on revisions for my short story, Injection, which I believe is really almost finished enough to start sending out.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Such lovely timing. I haven't even been on Hatrack once this summer, nor have I written anything(lovely use of the word 'nor' if I do say so myself). So today, I wrote 1,274 words and came back here, where I find a ready made challenge to get me back in the groove. Skadder, you are amazing.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
715 words. Happy with these words though, almost done with first draft of this story.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2600 yesterday
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Glad to have you back, unwritten. Glad to see you hitting the target.
Note to all: if you see your story cupboard is bare, i.e. you have nothing plotted to the point you'd like to start writing, then just pick a random character and start him off on some adventure, or put him an a dire circumstance (aboard a sinking ship, tied to the mast!) and see what happens to him. It may develop into a story (you never know) or it may prompt you with an idea for another story. Or take the character and have them interact with someone--make it someone he/she conflicts with somewhat. It may give you a little more depth to the character when you later use them.
Worst case scenario is you hit your 500 word target...
Get writing!
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Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Thanks skadder! I've really missed it here. I didn't realize it would be so hard to come back from taking a break. My writing muscles are all atrophied.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
I didn't write for about 9 months...I was doing a university course. I always find that the struggle to get back to my previous skill level usually means I end up better than before. I think that is partly due to the panic i experience that drives me forward.
I have in the past stopped writing for a month or two, while I decide what it is about my writing I want to improve. I then spend time dreaming up lines of prose that somehow incorporate these new ideals...when it feels as though it is starting to come together, I go back to the keyboard and begin typing
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Yeah. 652 words and first draft is done. Thanks skadder for the thread. I myself had been struggling to get fully back in the rythm for a long time. I dont want to miss a day on the thread. Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
You're doing well. I did 550 words of weird little zombie story; it's not happening the way I wanted it to, so I may start again, but at least I hit my mark.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 yesterday
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
500 yesterday. Cut some older words today, to strengthen the story--this one has a 3k cap.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2500 today
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
started editing the first draft, but didnt want that to be it so wrote 713 on another story trying to finish before the month is out.
Edited: Make it 817 and I am off to sleep
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Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
Not yet to the fool level yet. Only wrote about 200 words yesterday. But I do have a lot of time today because of the tropical storm in the neighborhood. Can't mow grass in the rain! Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today, going really well this week, 12,465 so far Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
605 and counting.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
950 today, 13418 for the week. Good week Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
652 for me. This new story is flying right along. Hope to have first draft complete in 2 more days.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
623 words. I'm trying to take myself less seriously this time around--using more humor, having more fun. It's also my first attempt at science fiction.* About as soft sci-fi as you can get, but it's a start.
edited to say: *My first attempt at a science fiction NOVEL. The narcissistic side of me would like to think that someone, somewhere remembers that I've written a couple of science fiction short stories.
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Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Finished a 4000 word story complete with rewrites in six days. That's an absolute first for a newbie like me. The last 4000 word story took me 5 months! Yee haw.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 today, started off slow today but had a good bash tonight
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Posted by thomaskcarpenter (Member # 9192) on :
Not sure if you mean every day or just to average it?
Anyway, I keep track of my daily writing habits in an Excel spreadsheet and it gives me fun statistics to help keep me motivated. For the year 2010, I've averaged 745 words per day. I've written 174 of the possible 260 days and when I do write, I average 1113 words during that session. My total publishable word count for the year is 193,748. That number doesn't count editing, queries, cover letters and synopsis.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
630 words. And better yet, I really like them.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Almost 600 words AND a last name for my main character. A good morning's work.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Just post when you meet the challenge. So if you write 500 words in 24 hours then you can post. It is so you can crow, yet also show people who may not be writing that it is possible to hit the target often (everyday!).
I hit it yesterday and today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2400 today. Just shy of 60k on the current novel, half way there Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,712 today. Yeah. First draft completed. The editing begins.
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Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Another 500.
Posted by shimiqua (Member # 7760) on :
I found the answer to my writers block three days ago, and since then I've written a thousand words a day. It feels good to be moving forward again, I don't feel like a real person unless I write everyday. ~Sheena
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2197 today.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
588 today. It took a little longer as I had to reread the story I had left behind. But once I got through it, had no problem picking it right back up.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today, feeling a bit under the weather.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Just under. I went to the gym for the first time in a couple of weeks and just crashed after.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
847 today. Very excited. 2 small scenes left, then the ending, and man I have wanted to get to this ending for months, but got hung up along the way.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1596 today and still feeling a bit rough Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
600.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
593. Was hard to stop, but have to edit some tonight.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Still felling horrible but I forced myself to write 1132 words.
I'm getting quite good at insisting on doing my quota
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Ok, so I really wanted to write new stuff today. But don't have the time as of yet and really shouldnt, have 2 stories with end of month deadlines, and thanks to this have been inspired to write them, done, now just got to edit. Which is where my writing time went today. I know it counts, but still not posting a word count still seems off
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 words today, 11,077 for the week.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Another day of editing. 18 pages worth. Only 6 pages to go, should finish tomorrow. Is hard though, I want to write, not edit. Then when I get editing, I have a hard time writing again when the time comes as if the muse has gone on vacation. Man, I really could use a vacation.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today, and I'd like to say thanks for this thread. It's great motivation Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
About 3,000 words yesterday on my novel. I've got to make that a daily occurrence.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Another day of editing. Got the last 6 pages done. So ready for final draft dotting the i's and crossing the t's. Began paper editing the other story due this week.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2300 today Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
615 words.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Yipee. 733 words. The yipee because they were new words, and well, I have only been editing lately, but this night I got to do both. And the night is still young, hoping to finish this story 2nd draft tonight. Although has had major rewrites which led to the 733 words.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Yesterday I wrote six hundred some words of an outline for a story...I hope to move into narrative sometime today...I'd'a mentioned it on the weekly "Did You Write" post, but it hasn't yet appeared.
Posted by XD3V0NX on :
I wrote 2,718 words yesturday of my newest book. I haven't written any of that in awhile because I'd been focused on these short stories. But I got back into it, and I finally discovered, in those 2718 words, an ending. I'm so glad, because I didn't think I'd find one. It helps, like really really helps, when I give myself clues throughout the book. I discovered an easier way, for me at least, to find endings. I give myself clues, and include things within that I might possibly be able to use later on. x] It paid off.
Posted by Twiggy (Member # 9209) on :
I've had a bad few weeks at work so I've not joined this game up until now. The worst is over. Yeah! 1,100 today. Plus some editing on my novel. Now time for a few crits. I'm back.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Oh yeah. Added 482 to the monster rewrite, and gave the first half another quick edit. But 'tis done, until tomorrow and final edit. Deleted nearly 500 words from my other story during its edit, have 211 more to delete in order to squeeze under the cap. But totally stoked. With luck, 2 submissions tomorrow by the deadlines.
Posted by Twiggy (Member # 9209) on :
700 today
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
2,000 on my novel. 1,500 on a prospective WotF story
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
About 600 again.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Yeah, I must be a fool. My 2 stories are done. Half the day editing. New words, I dont know. But I am fried, but both stories made the deadlines. SUBMITTED!!!!! Good night.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
So busy writing I almost forgot to post 2200 yesterday.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
700.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1800 today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Yes I did, submitted another story. 3 in 2 days. And, while I admit it was hard, stopped twice,but I forced my way through it and wrote 513 words today. Yes I wouldn't stop until I reached the 500 mark, and at least 300 will be used going forward I am sure.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Still a fool here. Editing up another story, which will lead to rewrites tomorrow. And put a little down on a new one popping in my head. No true word count for today but nearly 2 hours invested in rewrites and editing.
Posted by Twiggy (Member # 9209) on :
Edits for me today. It has to be done but I'd rather write new stuff.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
I am with you there Twiggy, wanting to write the new stuff that comes a calling. Not really sure today counts as editing though as I rewrote the last 1/3 at last count 937 new words. The piece is now 500 words over the limit, and will cut those tonight. But yeah, still doing it.
Posted by History (Member # 9213) on :
I am envious of all of you. I'm on call this weekend. I must have dictated and edited 5-6000 words -- not one of them fiction.
Did start drafting a query letter and a three sentence pitch for my novel.
Summarizing an 108,000 word story in three sentences to hook an agent's interest is a challenge.
Not that there is any comparison, but how did Tolkien do it?
"The long-lost One Ring of Power of the Dark Lord of Middle-Earth has been found Bilbo Baggins, one of the little people, who gifts it to his nephew Frodo.
If the Dark Lord recovers the Ring, and he is seeking it desparately, Middle-Earth will plunge into blackness and horror forever.
With his friends and an elf, a dwarf, two Men of royal lineage, and a wizard, Frodo sets out on a near hopeless quest through ancient mountain caverns, magical elven forests, and the Dark Lord's own kingdom of ash and shadows in hope to destroy the Ring in the fires of the volcano where it was once forged-- before the Ring can overpower him."
>smile<
Dr. Bob
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Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2800 today Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
1400 so far. Really didn't think I could do much today, but plowed through and it started coming. It's nice when I can convince myself just to write, editing can fix everything later. In the end, what comes out isn't too bad after all, ya know?
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Late night tonight, but my Patriots are playing so I dont mind. The last night editing and this story, this rewrite is done. Ready for submission.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
So assuming that each post represents 500 words written (some were nil, but others much more), then 100 posts equals 50,000 words.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
517 today. I fear this won't be a short story though as I have a first scene, but only the hint of speculative nature in it. Might not be the first scene though. But ideas are flowing. But feels like a novella or something similar, god I hope I havent found another novel, although a ya would shorter, and it might be younger then YA, it is a 12 year old MC. Well we will see.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
843 today. Still might be a short story but I doubt it, just going with the flow for now.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2000 today.
I just had quick tot up and, since this thread started I've written 46500 words and missed the target three times and my own 1k target 5 times (twice only just).
Pretty pleased with myself
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Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
616. A little slow start, but got where I wanted to go.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
661.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
1000 already this morning. Thanks for the motivation on this thread.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 today, plus most of the plot for the next novel and a fair bit of editing on the last one.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
800 words in an expanded rewrite. 1200 word story.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
537 words. I will say though it feels like a touch of a crap out at first. Why?? I had been writing one story but when I logged on with limited time, didnt have the next scene even considered. So I went back to the story I was working on before this YA popped in. And sure enough, I was ready to write this scene. Too ready, I dont want to stop, but have a busy day tomorrow.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
994. One more day and this story is finished. Proud of today, busted my finger in football today, so had to type with partial hand.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just 500 today but an awful lot of editing on the previous WIP
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
I'm a fool today.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Finish my 4th short story since starting this thread. This one is still in first draft though. No true word count as I tend to delete as much as I add. But another day all the same.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
WotF story: 3,000 words Novel: 1,200 words
4,200 words yesterday
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
A fool again. A different breed. Spent the evening on my synopsis.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Foolishly completed 2900 words today.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Finished my first draft of my WotF story. Another 3,000 words tonight.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Special 1 K for breakfast this morning. Yum!
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
800 words today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 today and edit a chapter on a previous WIP
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1041 so far today. Darn new story popped in and went all the way through, so well, I have to write it, don't I.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2500 today and another chapter edited
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Foolhardy at 2000.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
505 words. Another slow start. I will say again, I like this thread. Another night where I was tired and in the past would have blown the night off, and thought about writing instead of writing. Not quite sure where this story is going, well I have beginning and end, and middle in theory, but feels like it is dragging on, and maybe when all is said and done, I could cut it in half.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 today and another chapter edited.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Revising prose can be so cruel, And yet I'm still a writing fool.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
991 today, all in the last 30 minutes. Sometimes it just hits, didnt think it was going to tonight.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 totday and edited three more chapters.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Back to editing, more like a major rewrite, as it was the first short story I ever wrote those many years ago. But had finally found the holes I needed to plug. This story had been haunting me for, well since I wrote it, not quite 4 years ago. Man has my writing changed. Literally littered with dialogue tags, roar, growl and POV what was that? But the adrenaline was there, something I have wanted to get back to, writing with feeling, allowing the first draft to be bad.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Phew, didn't think I'd make it, but I'm still a fool.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
It was like squeezing blood from a stone, but I managed about 750.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Fool me once, shame on me, Fool me for like a week and that's AWESOME
Thanks so much for having this thread. I'm up to 20k over the last couple weeks and I know it wouldn't have happened without this motivation. Thanks tons.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
well yesterday was my first missed day, thought about my story arc, but no true writing. Made up for it today, no word count but transforming this really bad frist draft from 4 years ago into something good.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 yesterday and another chapter edited, missed the day before though (just 200 words, but edited three chapters)
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today and edited another chapter
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
658
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just short of 1000 today, but I edited another chapter too Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Tough week, nearly missed another day. 511 words. Gave up on the hard edit, and just went with a rewrite.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
1020 today. And isn't that a coincidence? Today is 10-20.
Posted by Gan (Member # 8405) on :
1000 words so far. Gotta get to 2500 before I allow myself sleep.
Posted by Smaug (Member # 2807) on :
Any kind of writing? Do posts on websites count?
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
500 today, and not sure if I'll have time for more. Why are some scenes so exhausting to write and others fly off the keyboard?
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just shy of 1k again on the current WIP, but I edited a chapter on the last WIP and plotted a good chunk of the next one.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 on the current WIP, edited two chapters of the last one and plotted more on the next one.
I'm starting to get into a cycle here
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Yep.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Not gonna for probably the next week. Working up a serious outline for Nano - 4k words so far, but it doesn't count toward this Well, see you in November!
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
574 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Nothing over the weekend, but 3500 yesterday, and a lot of editing.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 yesterday and a good bit of editing
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today and a load more editing.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I've written about 1700 words over the last few days.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 today and some more editing.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Had a day off yesterday but finished my editing and wrote 2500 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2100 today and very close to finishing this first draft. I've got the next one outlined and an initial edit done on the last one. Once I've finished this draft though I want to do a couple of shorts before I start the next novel WIP. I've also got the query and synopsis do for the last one and good bit of trimming to do on it.
I'm finding this thread very helpful for keeping to my targets, so thanks once again for starting it.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Finally. I can say yes I am again. 3500 words today. Thank you Nanowrimo.
Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :
2568.
NaNoWriMo did the trick it seems...
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
3400 and hoping to have time for more today, but we'll see. Go NaNo!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1300 today and three more scenes to go Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
NaNo: 7730 words yesterday (11/1)
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
NaNo 5,150 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2100 yesterday and hopefully just a couple more days will finish the current WIP.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
5,152 on 11/3. Two words more than yesterday.
I'm always posting a day behind since my writing time is from about 8 pm to midnight.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1300 today and all finished.
Tomorrow I'm going to start a short.
Thanks for this thread, it's really kept me going.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
I forgot to post that I wrote 1000+ words yesterday.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Been a fool the last 3 days. 746 on Thursday, Editing Friday, and 517 this morning.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
3,504 on Friday and 8,241 on Saturday. Is that fool enough? My wife sure thinks I'm one.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
501 and man it was tough. I have the scene, just seem to sit down to write it and freeze up. Not sure how much of it I will keep, but when I edit it at the end, a full sheet of words is easier to edit then just sitting here waiting for the perfect words to come.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
About 6,000 words today. Ain't Sundays grand?
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
630 words.
I want to try for 1000 words a day, but I need to 'warm-up' to that level of work.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
569
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just shy of 1k today and about 500 yesterday. Not a bad start to a short. Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
558. Another story complete. Now the editing begins on this beast.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
650 yesterday and 550 today. Day job encroaches.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
552. Again it was pulling teeth. I started on a scene in 1 story, but couldnt get it flowing-only 35 words. Switched to another, that I thought I was feeling, but nothing not a word. Opened a third file and the next scene came out 517 words. So pretty happy overall.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
886 today.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Just to catch up:
8th 2,381 9th 2,282 10th 4,296
All due to NaNo
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
500 exactly. I thought for sure deleting the last paragraph meant I was going to be short, but nope, 500 exactly. I like that, not as much as say 900 or a 1000 but not 501 or 517 but 500. Now I can get that sleep I have been craving.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
3,204 tonight (11/11) 2,085 (11/12)
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Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
The weekend catchup here. Friday - nothing. Saturday and Sunday editing, more hours than I care to admit.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
2,200 yesterday 11/13 4,074 today 11/14
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
It's been a busy week this week so I've not had much time to write, but I managed to do about 800 words last night. So I was pretty miffed when I managed to delete it before I backed it up.
Posted by axeminister (Member # 8991) on :
Go Ken.
NaNo or not, that's impressive.
Axe
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Rewrote the 800 I lost and added another 800 on top, and backed it all up properly this time Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
The Fool wrote 3,740 on 11/15 and 5,267 on 11/16
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500ish.....alright 495 Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Tonight 3,703 words. Now my count will go down since I've finished my NaNo draft.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
950 words on my iphone while sitting at the back of a course (work related).
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Nimble thumbs, Skadder.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
Bionic thumbs...
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k yesterday
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
1K for me today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 yesterday
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
600 yesterday. Just sat down to start today...
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
A thousand yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Nothing yesterday, but 1100 today and finished a short for WOTF (once I've cleaned it up next week).
I've got another novel roughly outlined and want to start that soon, but I've got the synopsis and query to do for another one first.
I think I might do another short first though
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Been stuck on the editing train, putting the hours in but not the words. Was pulled off editing today by a new story. Well, not sure its a story yet, but a dynamic scene at any rate.
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
1300 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 on a rough synopsis yesterday. Needs a good clean and polish now Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
May I just say how much more eminently satisfying 500 well placed words are compared to 5000 slathered on a page to try to reach 50k? (Which I did, but, yuck...) I thought I would take all of December off, just completely burnt out with writing. And then this little butterfly of contemplation came to whisper in my ear. And so I am indulging myself in going slowly, in filling my sentences full of adjective-y goodness even though that's not what you're 'supposed to do'. Ah, solace for the soul.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,147 new words today, 1,500 printed words, do they still go by that? Was good to write something new, as I have been editing, and working on a basic outline for my next project.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
837 words.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
826. It took a while. And that number is over 3 stories. Laughing to myself, some nights it comes too hard. First story only managed 33 words, I liked them, but didnt know where to go from there, was story I hadnt looked at in a month. The second story, well 11 words-one sentence, and moved on.
It took a while, but I found my story for the night and hit 782 words, and they are keepers.
Posted by Wordcaster (Member # 9183) on :
1700. Wish I could do it every day.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just a few words today, but edited a 9100 word short and submitted it to WOTF. My first go
Going to finish off a query and synopsis next and get a novel out the door before I start on the next one.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,186 tonight. Again, wanted to spend the evening plotting or thinking, but forced myself to turn on word. And the words came. On a side note, was not going to post today, until I saw someone else had posted. I feared this thread was slipping away.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
575 today, and getting back into the swing I hope Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Well I took last night off, Patriots game. But, had some scenes that sketched out for me to write tonight. Just under 700 word increase on the count, I figure it is closer to 1000 new words, as I deleted a couple hundred as well.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1800 today and its starting to flow now, just another 120k or so to go Posted by History (Member # 9213) on :
No. I must admit I am no "writing fool," at present. Just can't seem to maintain the creative writing focus the past couple of months--perhaps post-novel completion rebound?
I've also been trying to make up for this past year's neglect of the family during the time I was consumed with writing THE KABBALIST. Thus, I took the missus to Paris last week, and the daughter to Sugarloaf this week to ski with her friends (well, "ride/shred" actually); and we're all going to a Matisyahu concert tomorrow evening in Portland. I'll ski with my brother, and buy him lunch, at Sunday River this Friday -- he's proven to be a truly invaluable asset as a proofreader.
Then there are the books I put aside and have now picked up again to read...
In an attempt to jumpstart my creative juices, I allowed myself to begin more than one story (and one intended collaborative novel) in hope one would possess me.
I've completed one <500 word piece: Dying In the Light,from an experience I had as an intern around a life-lesson from Jewish teaching. It was intended for an Israeli on-line English journal, but they had a 150-250 word limit, and I just couldn't get it down to so few words and convey the truth of it.
I completed the outline and wrote 950 words of The Golem of Chester Court this afternoon (while the daughter napped). I had hoped for this to be a short story, but I suspect it will be a novella.
I've got more irons in the fire, and a final read of The Kabbalist to do (and decide to send out copyright permissions or rewrite to remove their need).
Hope to get a few more hours tomorrow for writing. To you true "fools", I offer my envious respect.
Respectfully, Dr. Bob
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1073 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2000 today.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
831 today and better yet, have the scene leading into tomorrows words.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1143 words today so far. Hoping for more as I still have an hour, but somehow feel if I write more, they will be wasted, and not good, unless I can somehow move out of this scene. Is hard to write when I am tired, my own words put me to sleep, won't be a good thing if my story does. Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
538.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
625 today and the first chapter(ish) is straightening out in my head now.
Also wrote a 500 word letter to my youngest from Santa (to be found Christmas morning)
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Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Well 503 words so far. But hoping for more. The night is still young.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
750 today.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
Over 1k today, and actually pleased with it. Anyone else have panic attacks before they start writing because it's not going to be as good as it is in their heads? Silly me.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,005. Yipee. Getting a little worried that this piece is growing to an awkward length, too long for short and too short for a novel. But then who knows where it will end. or begins for that matter.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
800 today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,084 today, and a 5,000 word story edited. Tomorrow going for a 1k cut on the story.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
576. I never got to cutting my other story down.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
790 yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
790 today too Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
503
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
583, I think this story is getting there, nowhere need done, but beginning to fill in nicely.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Not sure of the word count. But wrote and rewrote, for nearly 2 hours, which is longer than most days. Geez, Query Letters are just no fun.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Crikey, are we all stopping for Christmas?
665 today. Come on all you fools, where are you?
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
I got tired of posting, felt like I was the only one. Been writing everyday though.
Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
Only 485 today. Feeling kinda lazy. Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Tiergan I post whenever I hit the 500+ mark. I usually go for 1000+ a day, but what the hell. It's been Christmas and I've got three kids to waste my writing time with
I really find this thread helpful and would hate to see it die because I stopped for Christmas, so post away.
You're not the only fool left, just the rest of us have gone really quiet (and slightly drunk) for a few days.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Alright pdblake, I will resume posting to help keep the post alive. 2,149 words for me today.
Posted by Wordcaster (Member # 9183) on :
Ugh, tiergan,
Just beat me by 2149 words for the day.
I am like the sloth who never plugged in his Christmas treadmill.
Posted by RSHACK (Member # 9346) on :
Little over 4,000 yesterday and around 2,700 today. Finally breaking out of my slump!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
I didn't intend to write today but a few words popped into my head and my fingers started walking
950 today.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,733 today. Have made the 1/3 mark on the novel. First draft of course.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
2,022 words today. And a good start on the scene for tomorrow.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,601
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
I've been uploading a chapter a week to a fanfiction site for a story I've been working on, about halfway through the second book in the series. Most chapters are in the area of twenty pages, or 10,000 words, so I'm managing to get 1000 words or more a day .
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,510 today. It was cool, I really thought when I sat down, I would have to cheat and write the ending the only scene that was vivid in my mind. But when I got going, I got to write the next true scene in the progression. So I still have the ending scene for a day when I things aren't so clear.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4000 words today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,426 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Only 500 today Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,282. I had to use my cheat day, nearly 500 words and the scene never really kicked in the way I liked. Will probably use most of the 500 but had to abandon the scene for now. So I moved onto the ending. I put nearly 800 words there. Also spent a lot of time revising my query(not that it helped)
Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
Had one of my damn migraines again, so no. Nothing today. I hope to fix that tomorrow.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1,082 today.
Posted by PB&Jenny (Member # 9200) on :
600 words. Yay me. Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
517 today. And I made sure I wrote them, even though I had spent so much time rewriting 2 queries. Just wanted to keep the new words coming.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 today, may do a bit more later.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Missed yesterday but 700 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 today
Where is everyone?
Posted by Smiley (Member # 9379) on :
300 today! Yay me!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 odd yesterday Posted by Smiley (Member # 9379) on :
Working on 800 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just shy of 2k yesterday Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today Posted by micmcd (Member # 7977) on :
1430 today. 1400 yesterday. I grow STRONGER
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
950
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today
Posted by Smiley (Member # 9379) on :
I wrote 400 words, then deleted 200. Wrote 100 more and deleted 200 more. I was left with 100 words left on the page. So, is that 100 words or 500 words?
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Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2200 yesterday
Posted by Reziac (Member # 9345) on :
Came home from dog show absolutely flat dead... so tired I went to bed at 7pm. No sooner did I get to the sleeping part than something Came To Me and I had to drag my carcass over to the computer and flail at the keys. Just 385 words, some of it still rather skeletal, but it was an important bit of transition. So now I know how that next part goes.
I think this is all your fault.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2000 Yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2000 today too Posted by Crank (Member # 7354) on :
It's about time I start paying attention to this thread.
1,200 new words yesterday. It felt good to do something other than editing.
S! S!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just shy of 2k today Posted by Reziac (Member # 9345) on :
In Another Forum[tm] we were discussing "How do you construct your series?" and I got to mapping out how my loose ends become books of their own... somehow that triggered the "Aha, THAT'S what the resolution of Book 6 is!" moment. So now I know where that's going, if not how we get there. And a fresh 500 words or so.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2400 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 today and query, synopsis and 3 chapters sent to an agent.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2300 Today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
just short of 2K yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2700 today
Posted by LeetahWest (Member # 9402) on :
3k for me last night/this morning. Posted by LeetahWest (Member # 9402) on :
Another 1430! And with that, my first Chapter 1 is complete. Well until I ask people to critique it lol.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2400 today and put together 3 submission packages to post tomorrow.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2500 today
Posted by micmcd (Member # 7977) on :
++1.5K this morning. 'Twas an okay day.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2300 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1300 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 Yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2k yesterday Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
840 yesterday
2300 today
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Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3200 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3200 today too Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
800 yesterday.
Posted by Crank (Member # 7354) on :
Nearly 2000 new words in the last two days.
S! S!
Posted by Montag (Member # 9421) on :
Over the past 3 days at least a 1000. Been busy with stuff this weekend >.>
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2400 yesterday Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 yesterday
..and 5300 today
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Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3500 yesterday Posted by Hariolor (Member # 7048) on :
2500 today. Hooray for rainy saturdays. Almost makes up for a busy workweek.
Posted by Ethereon (Member # 9133) on :
900 today. For me that's really good.
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
It occurs to me, in retrospect, that all that crazy blogging I've been doing lately probably counts as writing. So, I've actually been hitting my goal without even realizing it.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2500 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1800 today Posted by micmcd (Member # 7977) on :
WIN each day this week and last (excluding weekends). 2.5 more chapters in the books. Only 760 words this morning because of an overeager puppy.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2500 yesterday and 2800 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2200 yesterday Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2800 today Posted by Grayhog (Member # 9446) on :
How do you track words for Revision? For me this is lots of cutting, rewriting and editing. Moving, adding, etc...
When your draft is done, do you still write a daily 500+ on top of revisions? For me, revisions is as long if not longer than the writing.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1900 today
I still write new words on top of revising. I try always to have something current on the go .
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 yesterday Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today
Anyone else? This is starting to look like a personal word count log
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Getting consistent here
1100 yesterday and 1100 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today.
Posted by Grayhog (Member # 9446) on :
First 'straight through' revision. 4 chapters today. 5 chapters yesterday, 5 on Monday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 today, about 5k-ish to go Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1300 yesterday. Just 400 today, but 1st draft finished
Now to edit the last one and plot the next one, whilst doing a short to fill in the gap.
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Posted by Wordcaster (Member # 9183) on :
Now all we need to do is make this thread real-time.
We can call it the "pdblake Wordcount Tracker" (which happens to be proportional to the "Wordcaster Envy-Level Tracker").
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
I happen to have a bit of software that I wrote to track my wordcounts, targets etc.
This thread is just for showing off
Seriously though, I do find this thread incredibly useful. Since it was started I seem to hit my targets more and more.
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Posted by Corin224 (Member # 2513) on :
I can't wait to join in the party.
Hit 600 words today, and didn't throw it away! I'm sure I'll edit it later, but . . . 600 words, and I did it without breaking a sweat.
Usually, I do these 3500 word stints, but then chucking the whole thing. So far, this is a net positive!
Gotta say I'm excited, and being able to post my 'happy happy' here is a big motivator. We'll see if the trend continues.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1900 today.
Posted by Corin224 (Member # 2513) on :
Did 1400 today.
On a roll.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 today
Posted by Wordcaster (Member # 9183) on :
I think if I could antibump this thread (i.e. Knock it down one line a day if I write 1000 words) it would give me some added motivation to meet my daily word count goals.
We would need two teams - the bumpers and the antibumpers - and the antibumpers would win if they knocked this thread to the next page. The bumpers would merely be playing defense.
I think I may have hit 1000 today, but I rarely count. But I think it is worthy of one antibump.
Aw crap, I just moved it one line the wrong way.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
900 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 again today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
700 yesterday
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700 today
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
You go, pdblake.
Keep up the good work, even if you seem to be the only one using this topic.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Thanks KDW
500 today too.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
595 today
Posted by Crank (Member # 7354) on :
Wow, I forgot about this thread.
One of the best pieces of writing advice I've ever attempted to apply to my efforts was to pick a daily word count goal, then reach it daily. Prior to that, I've always written something---or performed some sort of task that contributed to one of my stories---every day, but my new word count was almost never a worthy accomplishment. My new daily word count goal has changed quite a few things with the way I'm performing my task, so, for obvious reasons, I'm quite fanatical when it comes to reaching it.
That said, consider me having hit at least 600 words a day for the last month. The next time I post here will be to announce I've upped my goal.
S! S!
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
1000 ish words today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Hey, who are all these people in my word count?
700 today
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Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
I started it, so it's MY word count. But since you like it so much, I'll let you play...
Posted by Natej11 (Member # 8547) on :
Wheel of Fortune!
Haha sorry, whenever a poster ends with an ellipsis I always want to finish his sentence.
Posted by jcavonpark (Member # 9508) on :
Only 500 today. I didn't get to write much at work, which is actually where I do most of it lol
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Only 309 today, but the last two were "The End". So I think that counts as hitting target, along with a few hundred words character development Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Been a while since I posted here. I wish I could say its because I have been writing up a storm, but I fell in that dang editing phase which I count as writing if I am actually doing it, which I wasnt. You see where I am going here, if I type long enough my word count will be up for the day.
Instead of writing, I have been reading so I guess it counts, but this weekend, I got back on track.
Saturday, New story broke, 1,900 words.
Sunday, Slow start this morning, but added 3,200 words, to finish the story at first draft over just over 5,100 words. So I am stoked.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
2k
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
570 yesterday.
961 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
800 words in a character study
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
1.2k yesterday. A lot of pointless web surfin' so far today...
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Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
967 so far today. Not the story I had expected to write, but when the muse calls, I had best answer. Hoping to finish it tomorrow, Monday the latest. 3k tops, haha, I always say that and it never happens.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
840 yesterday.
It came late at night, so had already logged off. My wife nearly beat me when I got up and went back to the laptop. When I returned about a half hour later, she was still awake. I told her the Angel of Death called and I had to write his story. She thinks I am nuts.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
2012 today. How cool is that, funny how the numbers come out sometime. 2,012. Best part, the last 2 words were, The End. I now have to cut, I want to be maximum 3k, and now just over 3,800. But truly thought this story would never get above 2,500.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 character development today
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Actually posting for yesterday total. Damn late nights always get me as I am ready for bed. 562 words.
Off to hang my gutters and install a rain barrel for the garden, and finish those stall doors I have been promising my wife.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Always a day behind. 590 yesterday. A different story from friday though. But the weekend is still young, I have chance to finish this one.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1970 today. It looks like I am not going to finish the story tonight. Although I think I still have another 500 words in more tonight before I quit.
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
896.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1200 yesterday, and finished a short.
Back to editing
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
1947 today, and another first draft down, and this one shouldnt take long to edit.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just when you thought I'd gone away.............
..............600 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
600 again
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Nearly forgot....1k yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 yesterday and 1100 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1900 yesterday and 1000 today (so far)
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
970 today
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Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
750 yesterday
Posted by Crank (Member # 7354) on :
Over 1,300 yesterday. Definitely an anomaly these days, but I'm happy with it.
S! S!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
990 yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k today
Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :
2000. Another 1000 and I might have a first draft.
Posted by KathiS (Member # 9542) on :
Wrote a little over 3k in one sitting Friday. Had nothing to do with either BD&L or The Other Book but apparently needed to come out. So now has landed in the Misc Folder.
kls
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just a tad under the 500 target, but finished with 'The End' and did an outline for the next one Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
After a few days off, 1500 yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2100 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3600 yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2k today and 'The End' Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 today Rolling again Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3000 today Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
500 today
Posted by axeminister (Member # 8991) on :
Wrote a 400 word story on my iPhone the other night. Wasn't as difficult as I'd imagined. More of a test than anything. Good to know I can use that notepad feature to write. =)
Axe
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 today (and I picked about 300 apples too )
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1990 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2900 yesterday and 500 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1900 yesterday, 700 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 yesterday, 1000 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2300 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 today and a load of editing
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
Enough editing for about 2,500 words.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1000 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
After just over a week of editing I'm finally back on track.
2k today
Posted by marta (Member # 9058) on :
1400 words this morning - and trying for that every morning
1600 on monday and 500 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
After a bit of a slip, I'm back again:)
1230 today
Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :
Nearly 1k today.
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
i have written at least 5k a day for the past several days. I am a writing maniac! More than I have written in a year!
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k today.
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
Still maniacal...
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k today too
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
another 1k today too:)
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
lessee, I edited 50 pages of my novel yesterday, adding 750 - 1,000 words to my MS.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1600 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
750 Yesterday. I won't hit the target to day though as I'm only a few hundred words from the end.
ETA: Added another 342 words, including The End.
[ December 09, 2011, 02:33 AM: Message edited by: pdblake ]
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
800 Yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
981 today, just a smidge off target but it was the end of a scene:)
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1169, just a bit more to make up for yesterday:)
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4300 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just shy of 1900 yesterday on two different pieces and 900 the day before.
ETA: just short of 1200 today:)
[ January 12, 2012, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: pdblake ]
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
2K today. Writing a new novel. Started two days ago.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1500 on two different projects today, 1k on one and 500 on the other.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 Monday 1300 Yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1700 Yesterday and 1800 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 on Friday, 2200 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4100 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3100 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just 1k today, been a bit busy:)
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4600 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2700 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3200 today
[ January 31, 2012, 04:53 PM: Message edited by: pdblake ]
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Just 800 today, but that included the words, The End.
Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :
1086. I am taking a break right now, so I might wind up having 2000 today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1300 Yesterday.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1k yesterday and 1k today.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4100 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3700 today
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4k today
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Been meaning to ask you guys...or at least pdblake, who dominates here...how do you find the time to write that much? In between work and unwinding from work, as well as sleep, I can never manage to, at best, double my five-hundred-word output once in awhile...
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
I tend to write at night once the youngest has gone to bed, but write whenever I can make the time and find a bit of quiet:)
I also find it helps to have some kind of structure laid out so I know the general direction I'm going and can just write without having to plot as well.
I always make time to write, within reason, and try to always write 1k a day, though it doesn't always happen. I find I write more if I'm writing a short. Novels tend to be a bit of a slower slog.
The worst bit for me is finishing one and having to plot the next. It always takes a little bit of forcing myself to get going again.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
And 4k today too, and The End
I'll start another tomorrow Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
It does get a little faster for me the closer I get to the end.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4k ish today.
Won't get much done tonight though. Daughter has set the bedroom on fire and the dog's just gone missing (not in the fire thankfully). What a start to the weekend.
[ March 12, 2012, 06:19 AM: Message edited by: pdblake ]
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
4k yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2700 yesterday
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
3500 yesterday. Not going to happen today though, too much proof reading to do.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
2100 yesterday. One scene and one whole piece of flash.
Posted by easterabbit (Member # 9810) on :
700 words today.
Posted by RoxyL (Member # 9096) on :
No, no I'm not.
Now tell me to turn off the internet and get some words down.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Turn off the internet and get some words down.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1400 today - at last:)
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
Today I was if revising counts. Hopefully I will be tomorrow and Friday too even though going to see "Brave" Thursday. But that still leave me time to go crazy with writing. Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
1100 Today:)
Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :
3,000 on July 4th. It was a quiet day in our house.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
650 yesterday, and The End on a short:)
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
As to the question from the title of this thread.
Today I was,
2,300...at least.
Better than a long time. Yeah
Posted by wise (Member # 9779) on :
Saturday on my novel: 1200 words in my most recent scene, a few additions to other scenes that lead up to the most recent one. I wrote more earlier in the week, mostly trying to "beef up" my secondary characters to add depth to the story.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
700 words today.
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
The last three days I was--a writing fool that is.
Saturday and Sunday got 4,000 or so words down. Not as good as some weekend days but better than I've done for a while.
Wrote a story Tuesday. Twice... 1,600 and some words Actually I hand wrote half the story at work then typed it out. It helped that I had most of the story in my mind already. And had more computer time then usual for a Tuesday. Funny thing I had no ending for it in mind. So after I typed it out, I had to leave it for an hour or so and came up with one while I showered--no I didn't take an hour long shower.
I was trying to get it done for a magazine whose deadline was yesterday but after I had a it done and formatted right, spellchecked and proofread, I couldn't find the magazine again. So I didn't send it out after all. Just as well probably, I didn't have time to find all the nitpicks. And the ending may need a bit of revising.
But it was fun.
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
Again I was.
Wrote three and ninty percent of another story. The first story was 1,100 words, second might be around 500-it's hand written, have to type it out, the third-nit quite finished-will be 250 to 400 and the last one is fifty words. Wrote it tonight, for a On The Premises mini contest. Can't send it in yet but it's done.
Posted by s_merrell (Member # 5339) on :
Camp NaNoWriMo. 15,000 words in the past eight days.
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