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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #200 on: December 04, 2018, 01:38:22 PM »
750 last night, but I forgot to post.  Congrats, everyone...well done!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #201 on: December 05, 2018, 08:11:22 AM »
I wrote 700 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #202 on: December 06, 2018, 02:41:19 AM »
I wrote 705 words today.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Marigold

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« Reply #203 on: December 06, 2018, 08:54:41 AM »
97 words today.
 
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diisha392

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« Reply #204 on: December 06, 2018, 01:29:20 PM »
Couple hundred in today (not sure of exact number). Hoping to get this first draft done within a week.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #205 on: December 07, 2018, 07:33:38 AM »
I wrote 790 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #206 on: December 08, 2018, 09:30:50 AM »
I wrote 720 words today.
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diisha392

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« Reply #207 on: December 08, 2018, 02:05:44 PM »
Only 75 words but I can see the end of the main part of my story now.
 
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Marigold

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« Reply #208 on: December 08, 2018, 07:28:41 PM »
67 words yesterday.
 
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« Reply #209 on: December 09, 2018, 09:26:36 AM »
I wrote 1,020 words today.  Finally got to do one of the scenes I had had planned for a long time.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #210 on: December 09, 2018, 10:43:58 AM »
I wrote 1,020 words today.  Finally got to do one of the scenes I had had planned for a long time.

Well done, Snowy Dan!  :goodpost:

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Marigold

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« Reply #211 on: December 09, 2018, 02:58:49 PM »
57 words today.
 
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« Reply #212 on: December 10, 2018, 06:04:32 AM »
After a frustrating week, finally a good day. 3,421 words.
 
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« Reply #213 on: December 10, 2018, 06:47:17 AM »
After a frustrating week, finally a good day. 3,421 words.

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« Reply #214 on: December 10, 2018, 09:45:11 AM »
I wrote 905 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #215 on: December 10, 2018, 02:42:07 PM »
Ugh. Been using the holidays as an excuse not to open my WIP and I see this post and all my procrastination came back with a full bugle band. Now I feel guilty...

Ok, I'll open it tonight.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #216 on: December 11, 2018, 08:50:57 AM »
I wrote 770 words today.

I've sort of made it a goal this month to try to maintain an average daily word count of 700+.

Or at least 500 as opposed to just 50.

We'll see how that goes, especially closer to the holidays.  LOL.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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« Reply #217 on: December 11, 2018, 11:56:47 AM »
This morning I put in a comma.

This afternoon I took it out.

This evening I drank a bottle of Gewürztraminer.

Writing is hard.

Oh Oscar, you Philistine!  :icon_mrgreen:
 
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« Reply #218 on: December 12, 2018, 07:23:25 AM »
I wrote 800 words today.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #219 on: December 12, 2018, 11:48:26 AM »
After a frustrating week, finally a good day. 3,421 words.

Wow!  Marigold that is wonderful!!!   :smilie_zauber:

I changed two covers.  Hope to get some writing done tomorrow. :)

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #220 on: December 12, 2018, 12:39:29 PM »
Snowy Dan is adding to my laziness guilt! I haven't written anything in the past 4 days! Well, some notes on future chapters but I don't think they count. And I've got a February series sequel deadline! Plus my mind is playing with ideas for 2 other stories...  :icon_cry:

I'll keep track starting... today? And it's the holiday season. Oh, the drinks I will miss.
 

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« Reply #221 on: December 13, 2018, 09:23:11 AM »
I wrote 815 words today.  I really ought to do an outline for Act Two.
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« Reply #222 on: December 14, 2018, 07:53:03 AM »
Busy week for me at work, so I've fallen behind a little when it comes to posting my daily word count. Here are my word totals for this week:

Monday          58 words
Tuesday        185 words
Wednesday   201 words
Today              TBD
 
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« Reply #223 on: December 14, 2018, 11:42:29 AM »
I wrote 900 words today which brings me to 10,065 words for the month so far which beats my October word count of 10,002 and approaches my November word count of 10,430.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #224 on: December 14, 2018, 01:05:06 PM »
Pulled off 1,453 words last night. It's a draft but at least there's something there. Plus two chapter outlines each for WIP. Hope the trend continues. The most I was able to do in a day was 6,570 words. Draining. Slept the whole morning of the next day as a result. Nope, won't do that again.

Add: I'll report periodically - starting 13 December. Beginning to feel the itch to write again.
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« Reply #225 on: December 14, 2018, 04:34:41 PM »
I wrote 900 words today which brings me to 10,065 words for the month so far which beats my October word count of 10,002 and approaches my November word count of 10,430.

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« Reply #226 on: December 15, 2018, 08:08:55 AM »
I wrote 1,050 words today which brings me to 11,115 words for the month so far, which now puts me ahead of November's 10,430 word count.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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« Reply #227 on: December 16, 2018, 02:17:11 AM »
Thursday       95 words
Friday          178 words
Today              TBD
 
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« Reply #228 on: December 16, 2018, 10:04:53 AM »
I wrote 855 words today.  If I had only written 30 more, I'd be at 12,000 words for the month so far.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 

A. N. Onymous

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #229 on: December 16, 2018, 10:19:00 AM »
Four weeks into one---45k, second one---27K, left by the wayside one---30k. Ugh! I hate the middle of a story where I know I have to up the pace a bit, raise the tension level and flesh out the characters as I head towards the dramatic climax. I find it such a slog to get past the middle sometimes, that all I want to do is ditch it and move onto the next one. I love starting a book and ending one when I am over that 70k mark, but the middle...blah!
 
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Marigold

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« Reply #230 on: December 16, 2018, 11:28:34 AM »
117 words today.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #231 on: December 16, 2018, 12:30:26 PM »
Just over 500 words today. Maybe I will get finished in time! LOL

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EdmunddeWight

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #232 on: December 16, 2018, 12:56:15 PM »
Awesome idea, it takes some of the stress of "I must write x thousands of words today" out of the subconscious beast who stops us. Butt in chair is the important part. I can stand behind 50+ a day. I tend to do at least 500-1000 in a session but this way If I'm just not 'feeling it' I know I can do 50 without even trying.

 
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« Reply #233 on: December 17, 2018, 07:30:56 AM »
200 words so far and I hope to get to the 'twist' today.  Once that happens, I think the rest will go fast...all downhill from there! LOL

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Marigold

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« Reply #234 on: December 17, 2018, 08:22:42 AM »
635 words today.
 
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« Reply #235 on: December 17, 2018, 04:04:01 PM »
I wrote 780 words yesterday.
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« Reply #236 on: December 17, 2018, 04:05:31 PM »
I wrote 780 words yesterday.

Before I posted that, I was feeling like I only wrote about 700 words but seeing it "in print" made me realize that I was much closer to 800 words than 700 words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #237 on: December 17, 2018, 04:55:58 PM »
I am thankful for Lorri. 50+ words is no biggie and one always writes more than that when the computer is in front. That said, here's the total so far -

13th - Main series sequel: 1,453
14th - Sequel to a new series: 1,365
15th - Main series sequel: 1,919 and 1,811
16th - Main series sequel: 930

Drafts, but I hope the trend continues.
 
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« Reply #238 on: December 18, 2018, 09:33:05 AM »
Another 900 last night...now I have to write 50 today! LOL

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« Reply #239 on: December 18, 2018, 10:11:02 AM »
I wrote 1200 words today which puts me over the 50k mark on this one.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Lorri Moulton

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« Reply #240 on: December 18, 2018, 11:48:27 AM »
I wrote 1200 words today which puts me over the 50k mark on this one.

Congrats, Dan!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #241 on: December 18, 2018, 02:01:54 PM »
I wrote 1200 words today which puts me over the 50k mark on this one.

Congrats! Let's write what we can before the drinking invites come in.
 

Marigold

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« Reply #242 on: December 19, 2018, 07:00:32 AM »
I wrote 1200 words today which puts me over the 50k mark on this one.
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« Reply #243 on: December 19, 2018, 08:06:52 AM »
Only managed to write 120 words today, which is ten percent of yesterday's total.  Will have to try to make up for it tomorrow so I don't ruin the daily average.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Marigold

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« Reply #244 on: December 19, 2018, 12:45:17 PM »
128 words yesterday.
134 words today.
 
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« Reply #245 on: December 20, 2018, 08:50:47 AM »
I wrote 895 words today which doesn't quite make up for yesterday's poor showing but the word count of this book now exceeds the word count of my space opera I am also working on.  Also, my daily average word count is still over 700 so I'm still keeping that goal alive.  If I had written just 35 more words, I'd have hit 15,000 for the month so far.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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« Reply #246 on: December 21, 2018, 08:43:04 AM »
I wrote 1,000 words today, which means I'm 35 words short of 16k for the month.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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« Reply #247 on: December 22, 2018, 02:35:23 AM »
110 words yesterday.
 
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« Reply #248 on: December 22, 2018, 08:26:07 AM »
I wrote 1,035 words today which puts me at 17k words for the month so far.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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« Reply #249 on: December 23, 2018, 09:26:04 AM »
I wrote 1,020 words today which puts me over 18k words for the month so far.  If I can maintain my current average for the rest of the month, I might hit 25k words this month.

The past three days have totaled 3,055 words.  As far as I know, my personal best is 6,752 words over three days which would have been an average of 2,233.33 words per day.  So, I'm still not back to that level.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"