Author Topic: 50+ words a day...no matter what! (Read 372152 times)

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #250 on:** December 23, 2018, 09:44:57 AM »

Quote from: Snowy Dan 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.

Dan, that's wonderful!

Still working on my Christmas story. Just finished editing the first half.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #251 on:** December 24, 2018, 09:38:53 AM »

Only 300 words written today, which hurts my daily average. Daily average is probably going to be taking a hit over the holidays, so I'll have to try to make up for it on the other days. Hoping to still hit 25k words for the month.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #252 on:** December 24, 2018, 05:02:44 PM »

I finished my Christmas story!

Happy Holidays!

solo · « **Reply #253 on:** December 24, 2018, 10:28:34 PM »

Quote from: Lorri Moulton on December 24, 2018, 05:02:44 PM

I finished my Christmas story!

Happy Holidays!

Congrats, Lorri.

I started keeping track of my daily word count. Getting up to speed and regaining some of my previous pace. I wanted to start on a new story but those pre-order deadlines keep on haunting me.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #254 on:** December 25, 2018, 02:36:33 AM »

Quote from: Lorri Moulton on December 24, 2018, 05:02:44 PM

I finished my Christmas story!

Happy Holidays!

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #255 on:** December 25, 2018, 10:06:17 AM »

Only wrote 500 words today and I failed to get my newsletter out. Absolute deadline is December 31st now. I believe it will still count as a holiday issue if I get it out before New Year's Eve because I think New Year's Eve technically counts as a holiday so it will still be a holiday 2018 issue.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #256 on:** December 25, 2018, 10:14:23 AM »

Quote from: Snowy Dan on December 25, 2018, 10:06:17 AM

Only wrote 500 words today and I failed to get my newsletter out. Absolute deadline is December 31st now. I believe it will still count as a holiday issue if I get it out before New Year's Eve because I think New Year's Eve technically counts as a holiday so it will still be a holiday 2018 issue.

Dan, you've had an incredible few months! I'd say New Year's Eve is a holiday.

Merry Christmas and Congrats on the great word counts!

solo · « **Reply #257 on:** December 25, 2018, 11:26:37 AM »

Happy holidays everyone!

Here's my word count for the past few days - listed in my ColorNote app. Days previous were written in an appointment book, but more or less the same rate.

122218 - 1. /Book 2 to a Series due March 2019:
1,019
122318 - 2. Book 5 of Main Series due Feb:
1,137
Book 5 - 1,740 (written in the evening)
122418 - Book 5 - 1,376
1,252 (written in the evening)
Dec 25th is lazy day.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #258 on:** December 27, 2018, 09:53:59 AM »

I wrote 400 words yesterday and 535 words today. Need to do far better than that the rest of the week if I want any hope of hitting 25k this month.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #259 on:** December 27, 2018, 10:20:34 AM »

Quote from: solo on December 25, 2018, 11:26:37 AM

Happy holidays everyone!

Here's my word count for the past few days - listed in my ColorNote app. Days previous were written in an appointment book, but more or less the same rate.

122218 - 1. /Book 2 to a Series due March 2019:
1,019
122318 - 2. Book 5 of Main Series due Feb:
1,137
Book 5 - 1,740 (written in the evening)
122418 - Book 5 - 1,376
1,252 (written in the evening)
Dec 25th is lazy day.

Well done, Solo!

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #260 on:** December 28, 2018, 05:57:10 AM »

Finished writing 2,305 words for today. Have to write just under 3,000 words before the end of the month to hit 25k this month.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #261 on:** December 28, 2018, 06:54:18 AM »

Quote from: Snowy Dan on December 28, 2018, 05:57:10 AM

Finished writing 2,305 words for today. Have to write just under 3,000 words before the end of the month to hit 25k this month.

You can do it, Dan!

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #262 on:** December 28, 2018, 11:13:28 AM »

Just started my new WIP...a spy story I'm writing under a pen name.

Over 1k words today.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #263 on:** December 29, 2018, 09:07:02 AM »

I wrote 1,155 words today. Just 1,785 words to go to hit 25k this month.

Oh, and still need to finish the newsletter.

Marigold · « **Reply #264 on:** December 29, 2018, 10:57:01 AM »

284 words today.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #265 on:** December 29, 2018, 11:06:29 AM »

Another 2k on my story. I like suspense!

Marigold · « **Reply #266 on:** December 30, 2018, 04:40:09 AM »

1,051 words today.

diisha392 · « **Reply #267 on:** December 30, 2018, 10:03:21 AM »

533 words today and over 1500 in my new short story now

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #268 on:** December 30, 2018, 10:32:13 AM »

I wrote 900 words today. Just 885 words to go to hit 25k for this month.

If I count what I wrote in my other WIP, I already hit 25k this month.

As it stands right now, this month I've written 24,115 words in my fantasy adventure WIP and 2,387 words in my space opera WIP.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #269 on:** December 30, 2018, 11:04:34 AM »

Quote from: Snowy Dan on December 23, 2018, 09:26:04 AM

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.

Past three days' total is 4,360 words. Closer but still no cigar.

Marigold · « **Reply #270 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:29:39 AM »

2,058 words today.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #271 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:36:45 AM »

Wrote 1,350 words today, which puts me over the 25k mark for the month. If I can write 535 words tomorrow, I'll hit 26k.

Quote from: Marigold on December 31, 2018, 08:29:39 AM

2,058 words today.

I only made it over 2k once this month.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #272 on:** January 01, 2019, 02:26:20 AM »

Wow! Great week everyone. Word counts look amazing!

I wrote another 2k over the weekend and figured out my plot twist this morning.

Marigold · « **Reply #273 on:** January 01, 2019, 05:12:00 AM »

1,042 words today.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #274 on:** January 01, 2019, 06:01:09 AM »

No words written for me yet today, unless you count the 699 or so words written to wrap up my newsletter which is finally finished and out the door and has already been downloaded by three people.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #275 on:** January 01, 2019, 06:46:48 AM »

Quote from: Snowy Dan on January 01, 2019, 06:01:09 AM

No words written for me yet today, unless you count the 699 or so words written to wrap up my newsletter which is finally finished and out the door and has already been downloaded by three people.

You got it done! Congrats.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #276 on:** January 01, 2019, 07:08:10 AM »

Quote from: Lorri Moulton on January 01, 2019, 06:46:48 AM

Quote from: Snowy Dan on January 01, 2019, 06:01:09 AM
No words written for me yet today, unless you count the 699 or so words written to wrap up my newsletter which is finally finished and out the door and has already been downloaded by three people.

You got it done! Congrats.

All 28 pages of it. But that's counting the front and back inside and outside covers, so 24 pages plus the cover.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #277 on:** January 01, 2019, 08:30:04 AM »

I wrote 675 words today. That puts me at 26,140 words for the month. I think I was trying for an average of 750 words a day this month and I finished with a daily average of 843.23 words.

The total for the last three months, from when Lorri started this thread, is 46,572 words which gives me a daily average of 506 words over those three months, which is ten times the thread goal.

Worst day over the last three months was 22 words and the best was 2,305 words.

When we started this thread, my WIP was sitting at 16,603 words and now it's at 63,175 words.

Thanks to Lorri again for starting this thread and giving us all some accountability as well as achievable goals.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #278 on:** January 02, 2019, 04:03:45 AM »

Dan, great work! And it's been helpful for me, too. I got a lot more writing done than I have in months!

800 words last night and I'm trying to get that much today...but I know I'll get 50 written. LOL

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #279 on:** January 02, 2019, 09:58:07 AM »

I wrote 350 words today.

Marigold · « **Reply #280 on:** January 02, 2019, 12:42:47 PM »

I managed to write 757 words today.

Quote from: Solitary Dan on January 01, 2019, 08:30:04 AM

Thanks to Lorri again for starting this thread and giving us all some accountability as well as achievable goals.

^^^This.

solo · « **Reply #281 on:** January 02, 2019, 02:26:57 PM »

Final December 2018 word count (14 days up to the 31st) - 32,423 words! Plus around 2,000 words as notes for two ideas in the pipeline.

Quite an experience. I'll pace myself to something slower.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #282 on:** January 03, 2019, 01:54:16 AM »

Quote from: solo on January 02, 2019, 02:26:57 PM

Final December 2018 word count (14 days up to the 31st) - 32,423 words! Plus around 2,000 words as notes for two ideas in the pipeline.

Quite an experience. I'll pace myself to something slower.

Wow! Well done, Solo!

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #283 on:** January 03, 2019, 09:19:15 AM »

I wrote 600 words today. I should really outline Act Two which I'm in the midst of.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #284 on:** January 03, 2019, 02:30:24 PM »

1100 words last night...not so many today. Editing and hoping to get a little more written in Chapter 5.

diisha392 · « **Reply #285 on:** January 04, 2019, 01:21:02 PM »

Only 122 words today with going back to work but I did have over 1000 words each of the previous two days.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #286 on:** January 04, 2019, 01:51:55 PM »

Quote from: diisha392 on January 04, 2019, 01:21:02 PM

Only 122 words today with going back to work but I did have over 1000 words each of the previous two days.

Great week so far!

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #287 on:** January 05, 2019, 08:10:16 AM »

I wrote 430 words yesterday and 345 today. Not off to a good start to beat last month's total.

diisha392 · « **Reply #288 on:** January 05, 2019, 11:00:29 AM »

470 words for today as of the moment. Now I have to decide if I want to figure out more on how to produce a newsletter, do some editing, or continue writing.

diisha392 · « **Reply #289 on:** January 06, 2019, 09:29:35 AM »

Another 1000 words today!

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #290 on:** January 06, 2019, 12:00:22 PM »

Just over 1k words. Might try to get a little more done tonight.

diisha392 · « **Reply #291 on:** January 06, 2019, 01:40:57 PM »

Quote from: Lorri Moulton on January 06, 2019, 12:00:22 PM

Just over 1k words. Might try to get a little more done tonight.

solo · « **Reply #292 on:** January 06, 2019, 11:06:50 PM »

I really have to thank you, Lorri. I am back to my old speed. Considering the draft will have a second pass, the word count is going to be higher. I was not able to include some notes in the storyline. The word count demand for epic fantasy is really high. And since it's mythology-based, research slows me down.

Jan 1 - 1,624
2 - 1,485
3 - 2,369
4 - 1,186
5 - 1,028

Total of 7,692. I hope this keeps up.

idontknowyet · « **Reply #293 on:** January 07, 2019, 12:18:28 AM »

I'm going to join in..

Thursday 383
Friday I got just over 1k
Saturday 2,058

Today I have so many plans who knows how many words well see, but my mom is threatening me with bodily harm if i dont finish the scene i made her read.

Lorri Moulton · « **Reply #294 on:** January 07, 2019, 01:38:15 AM »

Great word count, everyone!!!

Whether it's 50 words or 5k...just keep writing!

diisha392 · « **Reply #295 on:** January 07, 2019, 09:31:40 AM »

494 words although now that I've typed that, I'm pretty sure I'm going to put in the effort to hit 500.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #296 on:** January 08, 2019, 03:19:24 AM »

I wrote 455 words on Saturday and 1,510 words on Sunday. If I write 2,250 words today, I can get back up to December's daily average. LOL. That's not likely to happen today.

On a side note . . .

Quote from: Solitary Dan on January 01, 2019, 06:01:09 AM

No words written for me yet today, unless you count the 699 or so words written to wrap up my newsletter which is finally finished and out the door and has already been downloaded by three people.

I ended up with more than twice as many downloads for the 2018 issue than the 2017 issue. No idea why; the list is pretty much the same people as I didn't gain a significant number of new subscribers in 2018.

Post-Crisis D · « **Reply #297 on:** January 08, 2019, 09:00:34 AM »

I wrote 1,135 words today, which means if I write 1,919 words tomorrow, I'll bring this month up to December's daily average word count. Finally got to write the scene I had come up with on April 8, 2012. Yay! Will have to write the aftermath tomorrow.

I had originally planned for this one to be about 45k words long and I'm currently at around 68k. Well, the word count says 68k exactly, but that includes notes and stuff, so the actual length is maybe 66k or 67k. Still, about 20k longer than planned. And it's not done yet. I imagine it'll be 80k-100k words by the time it's finished, which means possibly by the end of this month if I can maintain December's average daily word count.

The space opera, meanwhile, is going much slower.

diisha392 · « **Reply #298 on:** January 08, 2019, 11:18:59 AM »

319 on my writing (and quite a bit more on work stuff).

idontknowyet · « **Reply #299 on:** January 08, 2019, 12:33:10 PM »

Well not a word written yesterday or today, but I did manage to shop till I dropped both days. I'm hoping for a big big day of writing tomorrow.

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Author Topic: 50+ words a day...no matter what! (Read 372152 times)