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Lorri Moulton

50+ words a day...no matter what!
« on: October 02, 2018, 10:14:17 AM »
This is my new motto.  No more excuses!  No matter how busy I am, opening my WIP and typing 50 words is definitely possible.

Of course, once we're writing...there's no maximum amount.  50 words or 5,000+ is fine.  Just do it everyday!  No more excuses!!!  LOL :haironfire

Off to write.  Be back later. :mhk9U91:

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2018, 10:45:47 AM »
I should be in one of the multiple K a day threads, but lately, this has been more my speed. So count me in.

Dare I ask... Who has a whip?  :icon_mrgreen: Off to look for a whip emoji. I'm certain we'll need one.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2018, 01:15:29 PM »
 :eek:  50 words per day!?  Are you insane?  This is madness.  Utter madness.   :haironfire
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2018, 03:17:04 PM »
Okay.  I just wrote fifty words for today, plus some extra words you maybe might consider a bonus.  So . . . what do I win?
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2018, 03:41:08 PM »
Okay.  I just wrote fifty words for today, plus some extra words you maybe might consider a bonus.  So . . . what do I win?


How about  . . . wait for it!! ...



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2018, 06:09:14 PM »
I should be in one of the multiple K a day threads, but lately, this has been more my speed. So count me in.

Dare I ask... Who has a whip?  :icon_mrgreen: Off to look for a whip emoji. I'm certain we'll need one.

Eh... I do have a whip, but I promise it's for entirely innocent purposes.


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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2018, 12:11:41 AM »
50 turned into almost 200.  Off to see what damage (um...writing) I can do today! LOL   :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2018, 12:34:38 AM »
Okay.  I just wrote fifty words for today, plus some extra words you maybe might consider a bonus.  So . . . what do I win?

How about  . . . wait for it!! ...



 :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

That was legen--wait for it--dary!

Yeehaw!!!   :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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spin52

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2018, 01:27:48 AM »
I'm writing a Halloween-themed short story and I sailed through the first 6,000 words (over several days, I hasten to add) but the ending has me stuck. I've re-written those last 150 words at least four times. Does that count?
     


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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2018, 11:05:35 AM »
Almost 1500 today!  Having to open my WIP seems to be working.

Ooooh, new black kitty emoji!
 :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2018, 11:08:25 AM »
I wrote over 50 words today.  Almost 80. :banana:
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 #11 on: October 03, 2018, 11:28:55 AM »
I wrote over 50 words today.  Almost 80. :banana:
Nice! I only got that much done because I took the day off work to write.   :tap

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2018, 12:59:32 PM »
Only 500 today. But I did spend a significant amount of time working on a cover, so I'm not feeling too guilty.
 

Kate Elizabeth

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2018, 12:20:29 AM »
I can do this, right?
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2018, 12:21:51 AM »
I can do this, right?

Only 45 more words to go and you're there!
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 #15 on: October 04, 2018, 05:03:41 AM »
Got up early and decided to open WIP for my 50 words.  Got another 1k done!  This seems to be working for me, but I have no idea if I'll finish this book before Halloween.  I hope so. 

Is there a cute witch emoji?  For now....

 :catrun

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2018, 12:01:34 PM »
1,100 so far. Will likely do some more before bed. Maybe. Probably not. 

I'm actually sitting here researching self-discipline, since I seem to have lost mine. I should be writing about 3K a day.  :icon_cry:
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2018, 12:03:40 PM »
I did my 50 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 #18 on: October 05, 2018, 02:05:21 AM »
1133 today. 

Now, I have to do some editing.  :haironfire

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2018, 09:47:36 AM »
Just wrote 284 words.  Big death scene coming up.
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 #20 on: October 05, 2018, 10:07:15 AM »
Just wrote 284 words.  Big death scene coming up.

Well done.  And you got a black cat photo!

 :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2018, 11:28:33 AM »
Just wrote 284 words.  Big death scene coming up.

Well done.  And you got a black cat photo!

 :catrun

Thanks.  I'm working on two WIPs at the same time.  The space opera and this other one.  I work every day on the space opera but I'm using the other one as my 50 words or better a day project.

My current avatar is one of our office cats.  The picture is from when he was still outside, showing up every day for supper.  He's inside now.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2018, 11:52:02 AM »
1,999. And I'm not in the least tempted to write one more word to bump that up.
 

diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2018, 12:00:36 PM »
I did it! I wrote 50 words today which is more than I've done any day this week (I actually got close to 200 but didn't like most of what I had written and deleted it).
 

bookworm

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2018, 02:06:55 PM »
I like this! Today was a hard day but I managed to write over 50 words. I'm going to try & follow this thread.
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2018, 07:54:34 PM »
Okay, so I've decided it's time to start holding myself accountable, and I don't want to get ahead of myself with the lofty goals of the 500 words a day thread, so I'm in. 50+ words EVERYDAY. Shouldn't be too hard should it? (Says she about to fire up the netflix  :icon_rolleyes:)

I managed to get 1120 words done today (yay me!) and in an ideal world I'd write another 880 when I go to bed...but it ain't gonna happen  grint
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #26 on: October 06, 2018, 06:24:35 AM »
I'm glad this thread is helping (hopefully).  I'm back to writing every day.

Ten chapters edited and another 500 words.   

« Last Edit: October 06, 2018, 06:29:47 AM by Lorri Moulton »

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #27 on: October 06, 2018, 07:35:19 AM »
I doubled up and wrote 100 words.

Still have to figure out the how of the death scene because, evidently, impaling someone on a candlestick won't work.
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"
 

Tom Wood

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #28 on: October 06, 2018, 07:49:34 AM »
I should be in one of the multiple K a day threads, but lately, this has been more my speed. So count me in.

Dare I ask... Who has a whip?  :icon_mrgreen: Off to look for a whip emoji. I'm certain we'll need one.


Get to work!
I was just hitting stride at 2000 a day and of course the computer decides to act weird.

Some time spent researching the cloning of disks was a diversion I didn't need. But, back up to near ludicrous speed now!
 

ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #29 on: October 06, 2018, 12:37:05 PM »
I should be in one of the multiple K a day threads, but lately, this has been more my speed. So count me in.

Dare I ask... Who has a whip?  :icon_mrgreen: Off to look for a whip emoji. I'm certain we'll need one.


Get to work!

Oh, oh. Someone found a whip, and I only did 67 words today.   :eek:
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #30 on: October 06, 2018, 12:42:36 PM »
We were looking for a whip?  I've got one.  I almost had a sword too but I lost that particular auction. :icon_sad:
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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Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #31 on: October 06, 2018, 10:30:14 PM »
370 words, and not on the wip I'm supposed to be working on.

I kicked some arse in Mario Kart though, does having to re-input the wifi password into the wii u count towards my total? :shrug

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #32 on: October 06, 2018, 10:53:09 PM »
Last month my goal was to open my WIP every day. I didn't quite make that  :icon_redface:
This month I set my goal to open my WIP every day AND write at least one sentence AND post my daily effort on a FB group I'm in.  So far I've managed just over 1000 words EVERY SINGLE DAY   :dance:

Of course it's 11pm and I haven't started yet today, but there's always time...

ETA: 1280 today  :smilie_zauber:
« Last Edit: October 07, 2018, 12:11:34 AM by LMareeApps »
Genres: Romance and Erotica
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #33 on: October 07, 2018, 05:29:06 AM »
Almost 2k words today.  Hope to get more done this afternoon. 

I love the weekends!   :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Kate Elizabeth

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #34 on: October 07, 2018, 05:36:38 AM »
Hopefully, I'll do more than 52, but I was afraid that I would forget to post.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #35 on: October 07, 2018, 08:28:38 AM »
Just finished 210.  No death yet.  They're still fighting it out.
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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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #36 on: October 07, 2018, 12:38:13 PM »
Over 2200 today. May do a bit more before bed.
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #37 on: October 07, 2018, 03:34:21 PM »
Managed to get 1784 words done today despite a bit of a migraine. Also did some more plot refinements, and realised the small scene I wrote yesterday in an entirely different series is related to this current one, and looks like it might be a spin off that happens concurrently with this one. Excited about that  grint

Hoping to get some more written later, but posting now in case I don't. I think posting my word count publicly is helping me to not procrastinate so much,  hopefully I can keep it up!
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #38 on: October 08, 2018, 06:42:07 AM »
Just finished 261 words.  Death has come a knockin'.
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"
 

LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #39 on: October 08, 2018, 07:08:14 AM »
I managed 2411 words before bed last night. More than I've managed in a single day for a long, long time. So very close to finishing this WIP.  :banana:
Then I woke up this morning with the urge to rewrite a blurb. I'm counting that 116 words in today's writing total.
Genres: Romance and Erotica
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #40 on: October 08, 2018, 08:29:20 AM »
Wow!  Everyone is doing great. 

Got 500 words and had to stop to find out...how do you build a fire pit? 
Thank goodness for YouTube.   :cool:

ETA:  Recreational purposes only!  Adding one to the back terrace in the story. 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #41 on: October 08, 2018, 08:59:37 AM »
Wow!  Everyone is doing great. 

Got 500 words and had to stop to find out...how do you build a fire pit? 
Thank goodness for YouTube.   :cool:

ETA:  Recreational purposes only!  Adding one to the back terrace in the story.

You looked up how to build a fire pit?

You're now on a watch list for sure.
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"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #42 on: October 08, 2018, 09:16:57 AM »
You looked up how to build a fire pit?

You're now on a watch list for sure.

:hehe

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #43 on: October 08, 2018, 09:28:51 AM »
You looked up how to build a fire pit?

You're now on a watch list for sure.

:hehe

Please don't quote me.  I don't want to get drawn into their investigation of you.

 grint
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"
 

Tom Wood

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #44 on: October 08, 2018, 09:37:36 AM »
Wow!  Everyone is doing great. 

Got 500 words and had to stop to find out...how do you build a fire pit? 
Thank goodness for YouTube.   :cool:

ETA:  Recreational purposes only!  Adding one to the back terrace in the story.

You looked up how to build a fire pit?

You're now on a watch list for sure.

I dunno Dan, maybe stay away from sharp knives?

 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #45 on: October 08, 2018, 09:43:01 AM »
Obviously, I need to stay a safe distance from Lorri Moulton and Tom Wood.
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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Tom Wood

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #46 on: October 08, 2018, 09:45:53 AM »
 

diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #47 on: October 08, 2018, 10:59:31 AM »
I haven't been posting much but this thread has been really helpful to me. Since it popped up, I've managed 50 words a day which is a huge improvement over the dozen words a day I was doing before that.

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #48 on: October 08, 2018, 02:25:42 PM »
After midnight my time, but I just got home.

Earlier, I did 160 words of rough outline for a new book.
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #49 on: October 08, 2018, 05:32:37 PM »
101 today. It was like pulling teeth so I'll call it a day and try to do better tomorrow.
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #50 on: October 09, 2018, 04:31:44 AM »
630 words this morning!  Hoping to find time to get some more finished tonight.

 :catrun

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LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #51 on: October 09, 2018, 09:00:39 AM »
I managed 1766 yesterday which included a blurb re-write and the final scene of a short story that ended up being almost twice the length it was supposed to be.
Genres: Romance and Erotica
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #52 on: October 09, 2018, 12:49:54 PM »
Just finished 320 words.  Not to the second death yet.
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"
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #53 on: October 09, 2018, 08:32:32 PM »
No words on my wip today, but worked on my plot. All hand written so at a guess a couple of thousand words maybe? The scene I have been working on went in a slightly different direction than I planned which inspired some new stuff.

Have a lot on tomorrow so not sure I'll be able to write, we'll see.
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #54 on: October 10, 2018, 12:27:41 PM »
64 words

64 words that almost didn't happen but I wanted to keep my writing every day streak alive, so I pulled up the Word doc and just one sentence turned into several :)
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #55 on: October 10, 2018, 12:33:38 PM »
I wrote 112 today.

And I'm only counting words in one WIP.  Not doing the math and counting both.  LOL.
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"
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #56 on: October 10, 2018, 11:00:04 PM »
11.58 pm and I just managed to slip in 176 words. Not much, but better than nothing.
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #57 on: October 11, 2018, 01:10:41 AM »
I only got 57 words yesterday...but I did get something done.  Hoping to do better today!  :writethink:

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Kate Elizabeth

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #58 on: October 11, 2018, 01:21:02 AM »
I've hit 62 so far this morning.  I forget to post, so I'm trying to do it now before I forget again.
 

Ginny

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #59 on: October 11, 2018, 03:11:28 AM »
I wrote like 700 yesterday. That's pretty low for me. I'm struggling to focus lately. My motivation is not that great. I'd love to get back up to cruising speed, which is like 3-4k a day.
 

LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #60 on: October 11, 2018, 10:31:56 AM »
Yesterday I managed 106 words. I'm still gonna  :dance: because I didn't want to write but made myself do something anyway.
Genres: Romance and Erotica
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #61 on: October 11, 2018, 11:33:16 AM »
1500 words today!   :smilie_zauber:

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Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #62 on: October 11, 2018, 12:09:05 PM »
I wrote over 100 words today.  I'm thinking 117 but I don't remember.
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"
 

diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #63 on: October 11, 2018, 12:12:14 PM »
102 words today. I was going to stop but when I counted the words and realized I was at 95, I figured I could go one more sentence.
 

ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #64 on: October 11, 2018, 10:11:00 PM »
Forgot to post last night. About 850 words yesterday.
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #65 on: October 11, 2018, 10:42:46 PM »
207 words.
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #66 on: October 12, 2018, 03:01:34 PM »
Today was very busy, but finished 85 words and now I'm calling it a night. Hope to do more tomorrow morning!  :angel:

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RCoots

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #67 on: October 12, 2018, 08:37:33 PM »
After a few very slow days (thank you migraines, SO much help), I plunked myself down and got 2.4k last night. *does the dance of words* Whoohoo!

Unfortunately, this means my goal of finishing the book by 90k is once again a pipe dream. Looks like i'm on track for another 100k+ book *faceplant*
 

Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #68 on: October 12, 2018, 10:59:25 PM »
288 words on current wip. It was excruciating and frankly, crap.

Onwards and upwards.
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

LilyBLily

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #69 on: October 13, 2018, 06:08:04 AM »
I just read an inspirational article about word goals: Instead of 50 words, how about two sentences? Sounds much more doable to me.
 

Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #70 on: October 13, 2018, 07:18:38 AM »
I wrote over 100 words today.  I'm thinking 117 but I don't remember.

It was actually 127.

Yesterday I wrote 259 words.

Today I wrote 1,600 words.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #71 on: October 13, 2018, 10:52:09 AM »
I wrote over 100 words today.  I'm thinking 117 but I don't remember.

It was actually 127.

Yesterday I wrote 259 words.

Today I wrote 1,600 words.

Nice!  :clap:

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #72 on: October 13, 2018, 01:33:42 PM »
1,772 for me today.
 

LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #73 on: October 13, 2018, 01:41:20 PM »
216 yesterday  :banana:
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #74 on: October 14, 2018, 03:37:36 AM »
You are all doing so well!  I'm really inspired to see how much success everyone is having each day.

I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy. 

:catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #75 on: October 14, 2018, 03:51:05 AM »
You are all doing so well!  I'm really inspired to see how much success everyone is having each day.

I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy. 

:catrun

Feel for you there, that is the loss of a family member and horrible. I lost two in three months a few years ago and it was gut wrenching.

This thread however was a good find, three days of 2000+ words and a real roll hit the buffers today. Lots of staring at a screen and I think around 200 words committed. Feel a little better now though, and there's tomorrow to come.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #76 on: October 14, 2018, 08:40:28 AM »
I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy.

Sorry to hear about your kitty.  Lost one to lung cancer a couple years ago.  Well, technically, the vet killed her.  (Not euthanasia.)  Still irks me.  Running total is one to massive heart attack, two to kidney failure (one long term, one short term), one to diabetes and one to lung cancer (idiot vet (imho)).
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #77 on: October 14, 2018, 09:01:42 AM »
Only 250 today, unless I write more later.  LOL.  Nope.  Only 250 today.
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Captain Cranky

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #78 on: October 14, 2018, 11:41:12 AM »

I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy. 

:catrun

I'm sorry to hear that, Lorri  :icon_cry: I agree with it being gut wrenching, our animals are our family, it's never easy. Hugs to you  :heart:
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #79 on: October 14, 2018, 01:18:11 PM »
I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy. 

:catrun

*hugs*
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #80 on: October 14, 2018, 06:25:33 PM »
So forgot to post yesterday. I got some writing done, but it was personal stuff, not on my wip.

No actual words on my draft today either, but lots of writing in trying to figure out why I'm spinning my wheels, and working through the plot inconsistencies. It's still writing I guess, geared towards the final goal.  :shrug
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over nothing is all you will have gained. -Neil Gaiman
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #81 on: October 15, 2018, 03:18:41 AM »
Finished 700 words last night.  Hoping to do that well today!    :Healing:
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LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #82 on: October 15, 2018, 09:39:29 AM »
1422 yesterday (partly to make up for the 0 the day before).
Sorry to hear about your kitty, Lorri
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #83 on: October 15, 2018, 10:04:21 AM »
You are all doing so well!  I'm really inspired to see how much success everyone is having each day.

I did not write anything yesterday.  My kitty lost his fight to cancer early in the morning...holding on weeks longer than expected.  He was a very sweet and very tough little guy. 

:catrun
I'm sorry! It's such a terrible thing losing a furry babe. Hugs and much love to you.  :heart:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #84 on: October 15, 2018, 11:39:26 AM »
77 words today since I can't count the words written in lesson plans   :icon_eek:
 

ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #85 on: October 15, 2018, 12:44:34 PM »
Lorri, so sorry to hear about your cat.  { Hug }

1,057 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #86 on: October 15, 2018, 01:56:58 PM »
Only 22 words today.  I may be kicked out of the thread.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #87 on: October 16, 2018, 12:56:20 AM »
Only 22 words today.  I may be kicked out of the thread.

It's been a rough week.  We'll both try to do better today.  :tap

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LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #88 on: October 16, 2018, 08:09:28 AM »
372 words yesterday  :dance:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #89 on: October 16, 2018, 08:20:36 AM »
Wrote 130 words today.  Woot?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #90 on: October 16, 2018, 08:47:42 AM »
1248 today, and to be honest pretty disapointed with myself. Procrastination ruled today but when I eventually got to it things were productive.

I have a meeting in the morning but am determined to make amends tomorrow afternoon.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #91 on: October 17, 2018, 10:15:21 AM »
Only 140 words today.  Approaching the end of Act One and I've killed off a character I probably shouldn't have, which means I need to figure out what's gonna happen in this transitional chapter that takes place before the last chapter of Act One.  Then it's into uncharted territory since I only planned out the story beats of Act One and only a rough idea of Act Two, most of which was committed to memory which is likely mostly lost to the sands of time except for those bits I actually typed up.  At least I know how it all ends.  Had that planned out long ago.  Well, mostly.

But Act Two is where some fun stuff should happen because that's when the characters go on a little adventure while trying to avoid being killed.  Good times.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #92 on: October 17, 2018, 11:19:23 AM »
Kicked procrastination's big hairy butt yesterday, with 1544 words  :banana: :banana: :banana:
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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #93 on: October 17, 2018, 12:29:47 PM »
1273 for today.
 

Kyra Halland

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #94 on: October 17, 2018, 03:41:47 PM »
This is a great approach! I've been using it, though I haven't posted here yet. Right now, my main project is revisions on book 2 of my current series, but I'm also working on the first draft of the next series. By the time I finish my daily quota of revision, I'm pretty wiped out (CFS/ME severely limits my mental and physical energy) but 50 words in the evening, that's easy! I focus more on writing scenes/parts of scenes than word count, and always end up with way more than 50 words. 800+ tonight.

PS: Lorri, I'm so sorry about your kitty. I've lost kitties myself (though none to illness), and they each leave a kitty-shaped hole in your heart.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #95 on: October 18, 2018, 02:55:50 AM »
I'm back!  Got up early and edited two chapters...then wrote over 1k words.  :writethink:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #96 on: October 18, 2018, 09:22:23 AM »
Hit 420 words today.

I think I'm about halfway through this book.
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LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #97 on: October 18, 2018, 09:34:54 AM »
874 words yesterday. Going to do some sprints this morning, so today will see a decent word count.
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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #98 on: October 18, 2018, 10:02:03 AM »
I may have my groove back!

3378 today.
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #99 on: October 18, 2018, 10:08:48 AM »
Wow!  Great job, everyone!   :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #100 on: October 19, 2018, 08:23:15 AM »
Slight improvement over yesterday with 435 words today.
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LMareeApps

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #101 on: October 19, 2018, 09:40:04 AM »
1077 words yesterday.  Maybe 2 chapters left to write for this story  :banana:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #102 on: October 20, 2018, 04:55:50 AM »
Got about 500 finished this morning.  Hope to do more tonight!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #103 on: October 20, 2018, 08:17:02 AM »
Just finished 600 words.  Things did not go as planned.  Got to figure out how to get it back on track.
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"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #104 on: October 20, 2018, 09:14:11 AM »
Just finished 600 words.  Things did not go as planned.  Got to figure out how to get it back on track.

Some of my best plot twists happen that way!  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #105 on: October 21, 2018, 09:15:44 AM »
Just finished 800 words.  Back on track.  This chapter is another long one.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #106 on: October 21, 2018, 09:26:08 AM »
750 words, but hope to get more done tomorrow! 

 :catrun

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #107 on: October 21, 2018, 12:52:58 PM »
I need to do a better job of remembering to post!

1914 today.
 

Kyra Halland

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #108 on: October 21, 2018, 02:49:02 PM »
530 words, late in the day. My main task today was taking two small scenes that weren't working in the novel I'm revising right now and totally rewriting them into one big scene that I think does what it's supposed to. Added 700 words there. So my brain was pretty fried, but I still managed those 500+ new words on the other project.


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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #109 on: October 22, 2018, 03:33:40 AM »
Over 50 words written today for the first time since the middle of the week.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #110 on: October 22, 2018, 08:21:29 AM »
Just finished 105 words.  I feel like this book is becoming too dialogue heavy though.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Angstriddengoddess

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #111 on: October 22, 2018, 10:34:30 AM »
1034. Finally had to stop trying to make it perfect and just sprint  :catrun but hey, the words are on the page.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #112 on: October 23, 2018, 10:41:13 AM »
Wrote 330 today and they did more than just talk.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #113 on: October 23, 2018, 10:41:51 AM »
By the way, is it bad if the same character dies three times in the same chapter?
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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #114 on: October 23, 2018, 12:21:11 PM »
By the way, is it bad if the same character dies three times in the same chapter?

I think that entirely depends on your genre.   Grin

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #115 on: October 24, 2018, 10:50:39 AM »
Just finished writing 215 words.  More action, less dialogue.  But, at some point, they're going to have to tell their friend he's dead.  Maybe tomorrow.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #116 on: October 24, 2018, 12:16:11 PM »
1400 words this afternoon and maybe a few more tonight.  I'm so far behind and Halloween is a week from tomorrow!

 :catrun

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #117 on: October 24, 2018, 01:47:24 PM »
3658 for the day.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #118 on: October 25, 2018, 03:28:29 AM »
3658 for the day.

Now THAT is a good day! Congrats  :clap:

I'm at about 2k so far, but need to get more done tonight.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #119 on: October 25, 2018, 08:14:36 AM »
Only 160 today but it felt like more.

I'm at 7,107 words for the month so far.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #120 on: October 25, 2018, 11:38:10 AM »
Only 160 today but it felt like more.

I'm at 7,107 words for the month so far.

Congrats!  :cheers

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ImaWriter

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #121 on: October 25, 2018, 01:33:31 PM »
3553 today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #122 on: October 26, 2018, 11:04:37 AM »
Wrote 140 words today.  One character is in the process of informing the other about his death.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #123 on: October 27, 2018, 07:07:34 AM »
Wrote 255 words today.  Death notice still in progress.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Kyra Halland

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #124 on: October 27, 2018, 08:36:26 AM »
1500 words last night. It was the big crisis scene in this novella (prequel to a series). The protagonist got his heart broken, and he's about to make a decision that, while a very bad decision, is also the only honorable thing he can do. It's also the decision that kickstarts the conflict for the series proper. So, big, important scene, one that I've been working over in my head for a long time now. It was actually kind of fun to write.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #125 on: October 28, 2018, 09:15:31 AM »
Just finished 300 words.  How often can the same character die in a single scene?
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WasAnn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #126 on: October 28, 2018, 10:22:33 AM »
Though I didn't get eve 50 works for well over a week. Didn't even touch the next WIP while I celebrated the completion of another. I broke my streak of do-nothing a few days ago.

Had one already well begun and already plotted in my evil little head.

Wed: 3K+ words
Thurs: 8K+ words
Fri: Just shy of 8K words
Sat: Edited 30K, wrote 5K+

Whoot! My streak should end soonish, but I'll celebrate it while I can.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #127 on: October 28, 2018, 10:23:22 AM »
420 words, but the big news is I FINALLY figured out how to open the 'magic' book!   :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #128 on: October 28, 2018, 11:32:00 AM »
420 words, but the big news is I FINALLY figured out how to open the 'magic' book!   :cheers

Was it in a solid metal box?
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #129 on: October 29, 2018, 04:42:38 AM »
420 words, but the big news is I FINALLY figured out how to open the 'magic' book!   :cheers

Was it in a solid metal box?

No, but it does have some power of its own.  LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #130 on: October 29, 2018, 08:26:59 AM »
Wrote 250 words today.  Now they're arguing over bear or bare naked women.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #131 on: October 30, 2018, 06:47:37 AM »
1200 yesterday and 500 at lunch today!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #132 on: October 30, 2018, 08:39:02 AM »
Just finished 465 words.  Worried about the amount of dialogue though.

If I can somehow manage 1,483 words over the next two days, I'll be at 10,000 words for the month.  Or, as Amanda M. Lee calls it, Tuesday.   :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #133 on: October 31, 2018, 06:34:38 AM »
Wrote 1,005 words today.  Just need to write 478 words tomorrow to hit 10k for the month.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #134 on: November 01, 2018, 06:32:46 AM »
I wrote 480 words today, which puts me at 10,002 words for the month.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #135 on: November 02, 2018, 02:18:04 AM »
Edited and about 75 words yesterday.  Hope to get more done today!  Did not make my Halloween deadline, but the end is in sight.
 :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #136 on: November 02, 2018, 08:28:41 AM »
Off to a good start.  The first day of October, I wrote 75 words.  Today, the first day of November, I wrote 330 words.

This is a long chapter though.  I think around 3,500 words.  And a lot.  Of.  Dialogue.  Also, I need to remember to find beta readers since I haven't been in contact with my previous beta readers for over a year.  Or more.
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"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #137 on: November 02, 2018, 10:28:54 AM »
Off to a good start.  The first day of October, I wrote 75 words.  Today, the first day of November, I wrote 330 words.

This is a long chapter though.  I think around 3,500 words.  And a lot.  Of.  Dialogue.  Also, I need to remember to find beta readers since I haven't been in contact with my previous beta readers for over a year.  Or more.

Dan, you are on a roll!   :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #138 on: November 03, 2018, 08:10:14 AM »
Today I wrote 325 words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #139 on: November 04, 2018, 12:29:47 PM »
Only 305 words today.

Is it wrong that I keep going until my word count is a multiple of 5?  It just makes the math a little easier.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #140 on: November 05, 2018, 10:40:35 AM »
Only 255 words today, but finally made it to one of the scenes that I've had in mind probably since I first started writing this story, so I'll have that scene to do for tomorrow.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #141 on: November 05, 2018, 10:42:13 AM »
And what's going on with everyone else who used to participate in this thread?  Have they graduated to the 2k a day thread and left us behind?
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RappaDizzy

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #142 on: November 05, 2018, 11:21:46 AM »
And what's going on with everyone else who used to participate in this thread?  Have they graduated to the 2k a day thread and left us behind?

Maybe it was too dialogue heavy.  :hehe
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #143 on: November 06, 2018, 09:48:43 AM »
Only wrote 115 words today, including editing the current chapter.

And what's going on with everyone else who used to participate in this thread?  Have they graduated to the 2k a day thread and left us behind?

Maybe it was too dialogue heavy.  :hehe

Indeed.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #144 on: November 07, 2018, 10:12:16 AM »
Just finished writing 655 words for today which brings me to 1985 words for the month so far.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #145 on: November 08, 2018, 10:44:11 AM »
Only 260 words written today, he wrote to himself given the conspicuous absence of everyone else.  Reached the end of Act One which is where my outline ended.  Now to outline Act Two and get moving on that.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #146 on: November 09, 2018, 09:32:43 AM »
Wrote 445 words today.  The adventure begins.  Well, Act Two, that is.  To outline it or not outline it, that is the question.  At any rate, I'm already 445 words into writing it.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #147 on: November 10, 2018, 09:01:30 AM »
Wrote 1,110 words today.  One day, I may be able to write in a week the same number of words Amanda M. Lee writes while flossing her teeth.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #148 on: November 10, 2018, 10:11:35 AM »
Well done, Dan!  I've been doing some research, but back to writing this weekend.  :tap

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #149 on: November 11, 2018, 09:50:18 AM »
Only 150 words written today.  I really need to map out Act Two a bit.

Or maybe I'll just wing it.
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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #150 on: November 12, 2018, 02:27:42 AM »
287 words so far today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #151 on: November 12, 2018, 09:35:37 AM »
Only 150 words for me today.
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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #152 on: November 13, 2018, 04:30:54 AM »
577 today.
 

Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #153 on: November 13, 2018, 06:12:56 AM »
Wrote 204 more words after posting, for a total of 781 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #154 on: November 13, 2018, 08:57:39 AM »
I wrote 350 words today.  Rats.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #155 on: November 14, 2018, 10:19:14 AM »
Only 55 words written today, but busy day.  Not for writing, obviously.
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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #156 on: November 15, 2018, 08:20:33 AM »
137 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #157 on: November 15, 2018, 12:03:56 PM »
I wrote 90 words today.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #158 on: November 16, 2018, 09:37:27 AM »
And up to 205 words for today.
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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #159 on: November 16, 2018, 11:36:38 AM »
646 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #160 on: November 17, 2018, 08:48:44 AM »
Only 100 words for me today.  I need to carve out some time to boost my numbers again.
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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #161 on: November 17, 2018, 11:48:38 AM »
192 words today.
« Last Edit: November 17, 2018, 12:13:52 PM by Marigold »
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #162 on: November 18, 2018, 04:51:03 AM »
Marigold and Dan...you two are awesome!   :clap:

I need to get back to work.  Got caught up with promotions, but I hope to join you with my word count by this evening.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #163 on: November 18, 2018, 08:47:00 AM »
I finished my current wip last night, so today I've started editing. Does -48 words count for anything?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #164 on: November 18, 2018, 09:08:53 AM »
I finished my current wip last night, so today I've started editing. Does -48 words count for anything?

Absolutely!  :pdt

I have 110 words and still going...

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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #165 on: November 18, 2018, 10:46:38 AM »
454 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #166 on: November 18, 2018, 03:48:09 PM »
Wrote 160 words yesterday.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #167 on: November 19, 2018, 02:30:09 AM »
Nice job, everyone!  :cheers

I wrote 510 words yesterday.  Hope I can do as well today!

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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #168 on: November 19, 2018, 02:56:12 AM »
Managed to carve out the entire morning for writing. Best day I've had in six months: 1129 words.

Thank you @Lori Moulton for starting this thread. Setting a reasonable goal (at least 50+ words a day) got me started again after a two-month hiatus. Most grateful to you.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #169 on: November 20, 2018, 02:54:24 AM »
I wrote 510 words yesterday.

My word count for yesterday was the same digits as yours, just in a different order: 105.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #170 on: November 20, 2018, 07:27:27 AM »
137 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #171 on: November 20, 2018, 09:56:10 AM »
Wrote 360 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #172 on: November 21, 2018, 09:16:21 AM »
Wrote 175 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #173 on: November 22, 2018, 09:17:23 AM »
Only 90 words today.  Also, I made the discovery that at some point I started referring to the main character by his nickname rather than his name.  Oy.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #174 on: November 24, 2018, 06:50:32 AM »
Stuck in editing.  This is what happens when you start a story one Christmas and try to finish it the next! LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #175 on: November 24, 2018, 08:43:11 AM »
I wrote 180 words yesterday and 210 words today.

My space opera, on the other hand, is largely stalled.  Writing a few words here and there each day but not making a lot of progress on it, whereas on this fantasy story (the one I'm counting for this thread) I've written 5,845 words for the month so far.

Though with only eight days left in the month, I'm not sure I'll best October's 10,002 words written.  I'd have to write an average of 520 words a day to match.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #176 on: November 24, 2018, 09:56:08 AM »
Dan, that's wonderful!  Your word counts are great and your other book will be there, when you're ready. :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #177 on: November 25, 2018, 02:01:36 AM »
301 words yesterday.
320 words so far today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #178 on: November 25, 2018, 09:05:51 AM »
I wrote 575 words today.

Dan, that's wonderful!  Your word counts are great and your other book will be there, when you're ready. :goodpost:

Thanks.  I still work on the space opera every day, but I'm lucky to get more than a few words each day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #179 on: November 25, 2018, 12:29:50 PM »
I did advertising and changed my cover.  Hoping to get my 50 words in later tonight.  :angel:

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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #180 on: November 26, 2018, 03:57:57 AM »
756 words today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #181 on: November 26, 2018, 05:25:15 AM »
756 words today.

Wonderful! I have 250 words so far and hope to write more this afternoon.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #182 on: November 26, 2018, 06:15:16 AM »
Wonderful! I have 250 words so far and hope to write more this afternoon.
        ^^^
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #183 on: November 26, 2018, 11:32:41 AM »
Another 260 words.  Time to eat leftovers!   :dance:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #184 on: November 27, 2018, 08:55:43 AM »
I wrote 130 words yesterday and 485 words today.  Only 2,638 words to go to match last month's total which is an average of 660 words per day.  Oy.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #185 on: November 27, 2018, 07:25:47 PM »
463 words yesterday.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #186 on: November 28, 2018, 05:43:44 AM »
I wrote just over 1k words last night!  Today might not be quite so good, but hope to sneak in a little writing time after work.
 :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #187 on: November 28, 2018, 08:20:14 AM »
Wrote 685 words today.  Three days to write at least 1,953 more.

Also, I finally broke the 50k mark on my space opera.  Well, not quite.  I'm not sure how much of the word count is notes.  Regardless, the word count is over 50k, so I'll take it even if it is with an asterisk.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #188 on: November 28, 2018, 10:22:33 AM »
836 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #189 on: November 28, 2018, 03:20:40 PM »
Everyone is doing so well!  Congrats.  :goodpost:

I got another 1k tonight, so I hope I'll get this finished on time.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #190 on: November 29, 2018, 09:06:02 AM »
Only 130 words written today, making for near impossible odds of November beating October in terms of word count.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #191 on: November 29, 2018, 11:16:36 AM »
Only 130 words written today, making for near impossible odds of November beating October in terms of word count.

You've had two great months!  :clap:

I wrote 1,500 words today, but need to get some other stuff done tonight.  Hope to write more tomorrow!

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Marigold

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #192 on: November 29, 2018, 12:41:45 PM »
486 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #193 on: November 30, 2018, 03:51:30 AM »
I wrote 1,000 words before bed last night (which counts as today since it was after midnight) and another 250 a short time ago, putting me at 1,250 for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #194 on: November 30, 2018, 08:15:02 AM »
I wrote 1,000 words before bed last night (which counts as today since it was after midnight) and another 250 a short time ago, putting me at 1,250 for the day.
                                                                              ^^^
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #195 on: November 30, 2018, 09:00:53 PM »
125 words yesterday.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #196 on: December 01, 2018, 07:05:44 AM »
I wrote 1,000 words today in the wee hours of the morning.  Thought perhaps I'd do more this afternoon but that didn't happen.

Anyway, that put me at 10,430 words for November which just beats out October's 10,002 words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #197 on: December 02, 2018, 12:47:35 PM »
155 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #198 on: December 03, 2018, 09:14:31 AM »
715 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #199 on: December 04, 2018, 08:08:48 AM »
Three days of updates here. grint

Saturday, December 1st: 615 words
Sunday, December 2nd: 485 words
Monday, December 3rd: 840 words

October Average: 322.6 words per day
November Average: 347.7 words per day
December Average so far: 646.7 words per day

I very much doubt I'll be able to maintain that pace. :shocked:

Again, I'm only keeping track of one WIP here.

And I really need to finish the stories for my newsletter which will come out later this month.  I thought I had one or two finished already, but I checked the other day and four out of four stories aren't done.  Very bad.
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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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #203 on: December 06, 2018, 08:54:41 AM »
97 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #208 on: December 08, 2018, 07:28:41 PM »
67 words yesterday.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #211 on: December 09, 2018, 02:58:49 PM »
57 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #213 on: December 10, 2018, 06:47:17 AM »
After a frustrating week, finally a good day. 3,421 words.

 :clap:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #218 on: December 12, 2018, 07:23:25 AM »
I wrote 800 words today.
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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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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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.
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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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« Reply #230 on: December 16, 2018, 11:28:34 AM »
117 words today.
 
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« 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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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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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« 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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« 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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« 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.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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« 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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« 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.
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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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« 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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #250 on: December 23, 2018, 09:44:57 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!  :clap:

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

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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« Reply #252 on: December 24, 2018, 05:02:44 PM »
I finished my Christmas story!  :smilie_zauber:

Happy Holidays!

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« Reply #253 on: December 24, 2018, 10:28:34 PM »
I finished my Christmas story!  :smilie_zauber:

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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #254 on: December 25, 2018, 02:36:33 AM »
I finished my Christmas story!  :smilie_zauber:

Happy Holidays!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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« Reply #256 on: December 25, 2018, 10:14:23 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.  :cheers

Merry Christmas and Congrats on the great word counts!

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« 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.

 
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« 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.
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« Reply #259 on: December 27, 2018, 10:20:34 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!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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« Reply #261 on: December 28, 2018, 06:54:18 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!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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. :cool:

Over 1k words today.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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« Reply #264 on: December 29, 2018, 10:57:01 AM »
284 words today.
 
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« Reply #265 on: December 29, 2018, 11:06:29 AM »
Another 2k on my story.  I like suspense!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #266 on: December 30, 2018, 04:40:09 AM »
1,051 words today.
 
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« Reply #267 on: December 30, 2018, 10:03:21 AM »
533 words today and over 1500 in my new short story now :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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« Reply #269 on: December 30, 2018, 11:04:34 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.
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« Reply #270 on: December 31, 2018, 08:29:39 AM »
2,058 words today.
 
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« 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.


2,058 words today.

 :clap:  I only made it over 2k once this month.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #272 on: January 01, 2019, 02:26:20 AM »
Wow!  Great week everyone.  Word counts look amazing!  :clap:

I wrote another 2k over the weekend and figured out my plot twist this morning. :smilie_zauber:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #273 on: January 01, 2019, 05:12:00 AM »
1,042 words today.
 
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« 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.
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« Reply #275 on: January 01, 2019, 06:46:48 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. :dance:

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« Reply #276 on: January 01, 2019, 07:08:10 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. :dance:

All 28 pages of it.  But that's counting the front and back inside and outside covers, so 24 pages plus the cover.   :dizzy
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« 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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #279 on: January 02, 2019, 09:58:07 AM »
I wrote 350 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #280 on: January 02, 2019, 12:42:47 PM »
I managed to write 757 words today.

Thanks to Lorri again for starting this thread and giving us all some accountability as well as achievable goals.
^^^This.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.  :dizzy

Quite an experience. I'll pace myself to something slower.  :cool:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #282 on: January 03, 2019, 01:54:16 AM »
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.  :dizzy

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

Wow!  Well done, Solo!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #286 on: January 04, 2019, 01:51:55 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!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #289 on: January 06, 2019, 09:29:35 AM »
Another 1000 words today!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #290 on: January 06, 2019, 12:00:22 PM »
Just over 1k words.  Might try to get a little more done tonight.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #291 on: January 06, 2019, 01:40:57 PM »
Just over 1k words.  Might try to get a little more done tonight.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #294 on: January 07, 2019, 01:38:15 AM »
Great word count, everyone!!!

Whether it's 50 words or 5k...just keep writing!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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 . . .
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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #298 on: January 08, 2019, 11:18:59 AM »
319 on my writing (and quite a bit more on work stuff).
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« 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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #300 on: January 09, 2019, 08:47:06 AM »
I wrote 1,105 words today, which is short of the 1,919 I needed to get back on track which means I need to write 1,657 words tomorrow to catch up.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #301 on: January 09, 2019, 09:10:12 AM »
I forgot to write down my word count before I started (LOL) but I think I wrote about 1k today.  I finished Chapter 1 of the second part of my spy story. 

If/when I ever combine it all into one book, I'll change the chapter numbers.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #302 on: January 09, 2019, 11:36:49 AM »
I'm a little over 1k today and going strong. Tomorrow is going to be a bad day for writing but a good day for shopping.  :shrug  :dizzy
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #303 on: January 09, 2019, 12:57:27 PM »
I think I wrote about 100 words in my current WIP but I also created my second draft of the blurb for the novella I am planning on releasing in late February :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #304 on: January 09, 2019, 03:08:30 PM »
788 today. Goal had been 1,500. Still good, however. This is the worst month of the year for me at work, and I don't think I managed to write a single word last January I was so brain dead. I'm trying to fight through it this year.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #305 on: January 10, 2019, 03:24:34 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.

LOL. I suggest letting your mom read each chapter you start. Avoiding bodily harm from mom is quite the incentive to write fast.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #306 on: January 10, 2019, 09:05:53 AM »
I wrote 1,200 words today, which is short of the 1,657 I needed to get back on track, but now I only have to write 1,300 words tomorrow to catch up.
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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #307 on: January 10, 2019, 01:06:39 PM »
429 words today (and I've left the bride in the middle of a meltdown)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #308 on: January 10, 2019, 01:09:06 PM »
429 words today (and I've left the bride in the middle of a meltdown)

I leave characters in the midst of stuff all the time.  grint
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #309 on: January 11, 2019, 09:19:35 AM »
Only 1,120 words for me today.  I had hoped to write more of the current scene and finish it, but I'm so tired right now I cannot keep going.  Had an early start today for work.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #310 on: January 11, 2019, 09:56:09 AM »
Today, I wrote a little over 600 words while sitting in the car waiting between stores. This shopping thing has become addictive. I mean seriously addictive.

On a side note, I almost finished mom's scene, but earned a serious glare when I told her it wasn't done. I might be needing to find another state to live in soon if I don't finish it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #311 on: January 11, 2019, 12:19:20 PM »
Brutal day at work today, but I opened my story and wrote 130 words. 

That's the point of this thread...even on a bad day, it feels good to get something done!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #312 on: January 11, 2019, 12:41:37 PM »
Brutal day at work today, but I opened my story and wrote 130 words. 

That's the point of this thread...even on a bad day, it feels good to get something done!  :catrun

I can't even imagine being creative after one of those days at work. Usually I just want to crawl into bed and hope tomorrow would start.   :clap:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #313 on: January 11, 2019, 12:56:04 PM »
140 words today (the bride is slightly calmer but still emotional)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #314 on: January 11, 2019, 01:14:20 PM »
140 words today (the bride is slightly calmer but still emotional)

Do brides really calm down before the honeymoon?
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #315 on: January 12, 2019, 08:10:53 AM »
I wrote 1,075 words today which brings me back up (and a little over) my December daily average word count.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #316 on: January 12, 2019, 10:53:57 AM »
I wrote 1,075 words today which brings me back up (and a little over) my December daily average word count.

Yay!  :clap:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #317 on: January 12, 2019, 10:55:17 AM »
I'm over 750 words for today and sadly I started another trilogy a spin off in the series. Grrrr  :dizzy  :shrug  :tap
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #318 on: January 12, 2019, 01:14:23 PM »
About 100 words written (although 10 pages edited of another piece). The source of the bride's emotional outburst has been discovered.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #319 on: January 13, 2019, 08:45:18 AM »
650 words so far today!  Hope to get a few more tonight.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #320 on: January 13, 2019, 09:54:00 AM »
I wrote 1,405 words today.  Despite the slow start for the month, this month's average daily word count is now higher than last month's average daily word count.  Not looking like it's going to be finished at the 80k word mark considering I'm currently at just under 74k and nowhere near the end though.  If I maintain my current daily average, I'll be at 90k by month's end.  I'm guessing I may need to be in the 100k-120k range now to reach the end, especially since I ended today's writing session by splitting up the main characters which means they now need to get back together again before facing the big bad.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #321 on: January 13, 2019, 11:41:14 AM »
A little over 1K written today and I finished editing the second novella in the series although I have to put all those edits onto the computer now.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #322 on: January 13, 2019, 12:59:29 PM »
I'm a little over 1600 words for today, but I really wanted to hit 3k. I'm try writing in bed. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #323 on: January 14, 2019, 11:30:43 AM »
330 words  :confused:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #324 on: January 14, 2019, 11:56:18 AM »
I'm almost at 3k. Going to try to finish this scene before bed. Wow did I like what I wrote today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #325 on: January 14, 2019, 12:54:41 PM »
I'm almost at 3k. Going to try to finish this scene before bed. Wow did I like what I wrote today.

Awesome  :tup3b
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #326 on: January 14, 2019, 01:13:07 PM »
Only 1,305 words for me today, but I wrapped up two mini-cliffhangers while creating a third.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #327 on: January 15, 2019, 10:12:04 AM »
Just 1,065 words for me today but still maintaining a comfortable lead over December's average daily word count.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #328 on: January 15, 2019, 12:49:43 PM »
125 words.

Still working on balancing work and writing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #329 on: January 15, 2019, 12:57:33 PM »
1500 words today which shocked me cause my list of rl stuff was insane today. Hope everyone had a good Monday!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #330 on: January 15, 2019, 01:08:51 PM »
Wow!  Everyone is doing great...and Idontknow, you are on a roll!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

I figured out my plot twist and working on my word count right now.  Hope to get a little more done tonight.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #331 on: January 16, 2019, 09:11:56 AM »
Only 1,125 words for me today.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #332 on: January 16, 2019, 09:44:59 AM »
900+ words written and started transcribing so I've lost over 250. something is wrong with this picture.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #333 on: January 16, 2019, 11:52:24 AM »
I've managed to stick with my 50+ routine every day and took my 18,000 word languishing WIP to a completed 54,000 first draft in the last couple months. Now I'm writing some short fiction while letting the novel rest before editing.

It really works - I know I'm committed now.

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #334 on: January 16, 2019, 12:07:54 PM »
I've managed to stick with my 50+ routine every day and took my 18,000 word languishing WIP to a completed 54,000 first draft in the last couple months. Now I'm writing some short fiction while letting the novel rest before editing.

It really works - I know I'm committed now.

Congrats!!!!!  :smilie_zauber:   :clap:    :goodpost:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #335 on: January 16, 2019, 12:45:46 PM »
421 words and the story is over 12K (thinking another 2K at most for this first draft)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #336 on: January 17, 2019, 01:43:17 AM »
Thanks to a snow day I am over 300 words for the day already (and have done a load of laundry, graded some papers, and run the dishwasher).

Edit: finished with 1902 words and that was editing some as I went. Bigger news: the short story is done! Well, the first draft at least.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #337 on: January 17, 2019, 09:28:09 AM »
I wrote 1,015 words today.  Getting close to the 80k mark.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #338 on: January 17, 2019, 10:53:06 AM »
I barely did 50 word ugh what a day. Hopefully tomorrow is a good writing day.   :shocked:  :n2Str17:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #339 on: January 17, 2019, 01:16:45 PM »
I barely did 50 word ugh what a day. Hopefully tomorrow is a good writing day.   :shocked:  :n2Str17:

You still got 50 more than you had this morning  :littleclap

Positive vibes your way for tomorrow!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #340 on: January 18, 2019, 12:36:50 AM »
I wrote 1,015 words today.  Getting close to the 80k mark.

You are rocking it out! Keep it up. 

  :band:  :band:  :band:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #341 on: January 18, 2019, 10:39:10 AM »
I wrote 1,350 words today, which was largely helped by a character going off on an angry rant.
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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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #342 on: January 18, 2019, 11:18:03 AM »
I wasted my day and only wrote about 500 words.  :icon_sad:  :rant  :icon_cry:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #343 on: January 18, 2019, 12:40:41 PM »
No writing in my WIPs (they've all made it to editing stage, eek!) but I did put 80-100 words in on my first newsletter.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #344 on: January 18, 2019, 01:15:45 PM »
No writing in my WIPs (they've all made it to editing stage, eek!) but I did put 80-100 words in on my first newsletter.

 :clap:

Remember, a picture says a thousand words.

My last newsletter was a novella.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #345 on: January 19, 2019, 04:23:04 AM »
Can I plug an app I just found for you "no matter what" writers out there? It's called Goal Meter (it's on Android...not sure about Apple). I love it!

First, you set your goal. Mine is to write 475,000 words this year. But, since I have already written close to 30k, I didn't want to skew the numbers and have a 30k writing day. So I subtracted what I had already wrote from my total and made my goal 444K words. (The app allows custom meters beyond the usual time or reps or miles, ect) See first pic.

Then you set a daily task to help you achieve your goal. In my case, I have to write around 1300 words every day. Then you assign the task to which goal you want to achieve. (Again, customizable!) See second pic.

At the end of the day, you click the task and say whether you achieved or failed at that task for the day. Whether you finished the task or not, you add however many words you wrote and it subtracts from your total goal. Third pic.

I love the app because it's customizable and does what I wanted when I started looking for a goal app...plus, it's got cute pictures in it instead of the usual boring text-based goal apps. I plan on adding some more goals like losing weight.

*Commerical over* Sorry, I just love this app and wanted to share. Here's a link if you're interested.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goalmeterapp.www&hl=en_US
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #346 on: January 19, 2019, 06:30:59 AM »
I've been staring at my computer all week and failed to do anything. Today I finally got my butt in gear. 1600+ so far. I was cracking along at about 10k a week, but since December and real life reared its unpleasant head, I've been missing my mojo. Perhaps I'm finally getting it back.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #347 on: January 19, 2019, 08:34:45 AM »
I've managed to stick with my 50+ routine every day and took my 18,000 word languishing WIP to a completed 54,000 first draft in the last couple months. Now I'm writing some short fiction while letting the novel rest before editing.

It really works - I know I'm committed now.

Edmundde, I'm so glad this is working for you!!! It's really helped me stay on track.  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #348 on: January 19, 2019, 08:35:43 AM »
Thanks to a snow day I am over 300 words for the day already (and have done a load of laundry, graded some papers, and run the dishwasher).

Edit: finished with 1902 words and that was editing some as I went. Bigger news: the short story is done! Well, the first draft at least.

Yay!!!!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #349 on: January 19, 2019, 08:37:51 AM »
I've been staring at my computer all week and failed to do anything. Today I finally got my butt in gear. 1600+ so far. I was cracking along at about 10k a week, but since December and real life reared its unpleasant head, I've been missing my mojo. Perhaps I'm finally getting it back.

You've come to the right place!  We're all about mojo. LOL    :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #350 on: January 19, 2019, 09:28:39 AM »
I wrote 1,035 words today which put me over the 80k mark.  No idea if I can end it within the next 20k words though, considering my MCs are split up and they still have to get back together and move on to fight the big bad.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #351 on: January 19, 2019, 11:19:15 AM »
I wrote 1,035 words today which put me over the 80k mark.  No idea if I can end it within the next 20k words though, considering my MCs are split up and they still have to get back together and move on to fight the big bad.

Congrats!!!!!   Blow up the world in 19k words. It's the perfect ending.
 
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« Reply #352 on: January 19, 2019, 11:20:37 AM »
I barely wrote 300 words today. It was a bit busy. I need a good day but I doubt that's going to be tomorrow. 
 
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« Reply #353 on: January 19, 2019, 12:06:43 PM »
Blow up the world in 19k words. It's the perfect ending.

Already destroyed the world in a previous novel.  And it's going to happen in another WIP, so probably best not to dip into that well too many times.  ;)
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« Reply #354 on: January 19, 2019, 12:55:55 PM »
Everyone has had such a wonderful week...I think we need to celebrate!  What's more perfect for Fantasy Friday than Firefly/Serenity?  :cheers


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« Reply #355 on: January 20, 2019, 07:19:44 AM »
I wrote 1,025 words today.  If I can average 1,030 words per day for the rest of the month, I can boost my daily average for the month to 1k/day.
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« Reply #356 on: January 20, 2019, 11:31:44 AM »
I wrote about 500 words today which isn't too bad considering I didn't expect to get any. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.
 
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« Reply #357 on: January 22, 2019, 02:01:23 AM »
Yesterday I think I literally got 50 words. Just one short paragraph written. I'm going to try to do better today.  :shrug
 
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« Reply #358 on: January 22, 2019, 09:55:18 AM »
I wrote 1,225 words yesterday and 1,255 words today.  The MCs are together again sooner than expected due to an unexpected circumstance.  My current average daily word count is now 1,008.  Hopefully I can keep it at 1,000+ for the rest of the month.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #359 on: January 22, 2019, 10:33:42 AM »
90 words today (working on completing a short story prompt for a contest)
 
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« Reply #360 on: January 22, 2019, 01:50:00 PM »
A little less than 100 words. Um at least I got words down. Hopefully I don't hate them so much I delete them tomorrow and a few friends.  :tap
 
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« Reply #361 on: January 23, 2019, 08:57:59 AM »
A snow day means 1K written between two short stories :)  (one for a contest, one for a reader magnet as I try to build my newsletter subscriptions--I have 3 people on it so far!)
 
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« Reply #362 on: January 23, 2019, 10:11:32 AM »
I wrote 1,555 words today.  A minor villain kidnapped some children and plotted evil things to do to them.
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« Reply #363 on: January 23, 2019, 10:22:20 AM »
I wrote 1,555 words today.  A minor villain kidnapped some children and plotted evil things to do to them.

Oh no!!!!

Though in all seriousness, careful with that the only thing less funny than evil things with kids is evil things to animals. You can kill a million people in a book but not an animal.
 

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« Reply #364 on: January 23, 2019, 10:55:34 AM »
Though in all seriousness, careful with that the only thing less funny than evil things with kids is evil things to animals. You can kill a million people in a book but not an animal.

No worries about animals.  Someone with a pet was killed earlier in the book, so I made sure to have a special chapter assuring readers the pet would be okay.
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« Reply #365 on: January 23, 2019, 11:45:47 AM »
I seriously stopped reading a book last fall because the dog was murdered (so thanks for the reassurances on the pet's survival)
 
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« Reply #366 on: January 23, 2019, 12:37:06 PM »
I barely hit 100 words again. I need some good days.  :HB
 
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« Reply #367 on: January 24, 2019, 03:11:46 AM »
I wrote 2.2k over the weekend (mostly on Monday) and 600 last night.  Over halfway through part 2 of my spy story.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #368 on: January 24, 2019, 03:40:26 AM »
So far for today, I'm at -1 words.  Also, I did a quick count and one character has died 23 times so far.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #369 on: January 24, 2019, 03:54:37 AM »
So far for today, I'm at -1 words.  Also, I did a quick count and one character has died 23 times so far.

LOL  Is this the romance?

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« Reply #370 on: January 24, 2019, 04:02:34 AM »
So far for today, I'm at -1 words.  Also, I did a quick count and one character has died 23 times so far.

LOL  Is this the romance?

No, this is the fantasy adventure.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #371 on: January 24, 2019, 07:17:51 AM »
I wrote 1,165 words today.  I guess technically I wrote 1,166 words since I deleted a word at the start.  So, technically, I'm ahead by 1,165 words today.  Over 87k now.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #372 on: January 24, 2019, 12:39:05 PM »
Around 400 words today (but I skipped the gym...)
 
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« Reply #373 on: January 24, 2019, 01:58:57 PM »
1625 today. Only missed one day since putting myself on a 1300 a day goal.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #374 on: January 25, 2019, 01:46:42 AM »
500 words yesterday and decided it was a great place to end part 2 of my story, so I published it! 

Starting part 3 today.  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #375 on: January 25, 2019, 02:33:08 AM »
500 words yesterday and decided it was a great place to end part 2 of my story, so I published it! 

Starting part 3 today.  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #376 on: January 25, 2019, 04:36:24 AM »
Last night, I realized the chapter title I'm using on the chapter I'm writing doesn't quite fit and that it would be more appropriate for the next chapter.  And then I came up with a title for the current chapter that did fit.  Didn't write it down because the computer was off and I figured it was so obvious and easy that I'd remember it the following day which is today.

I remember that it was three words long.  Maybe.  Other than that, no idea.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #377 on: January 25, 2019, 09:21:59 AM »
I wrote 2,250 words today, which puts my monthly total so far just 40 words short of matching December's total word count.  So, technically, if I only write 50 words over the next week, I'll beat December's word count.

My last chapter was over 10k words long.  Normally, my chapters are 1k-3k.  Not sure if that's good or bad.

I'm anticipating hitting 95k for the WIP by the end of the month.  I don't know how long this one will end up since there's still a long way to go to wrap up the story.

I sometimes feel like there's too much dialogue, but then sometimes when I go back and read it, it doesn't seem as bad as I think it seems when I'm writing it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #378 on: January 25, 2019, 11:41:09 AM »
500 words yesterday and decided it was a great place to end part 2 of my story, so I published it! 

Starting part 3 today.  :cheers



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #379 on: January 25, 2019, 11:43:10 AM »
Last night, I realized the chapter title I'm using on the chapter I'm writing doesn't quite fit and that it would be more appropriate for the next chapter.  And then I came up with a title for the current chapter that did fit.  Didn't write it down because the computer was off and I figured it was so obvious and easy that I'd remember it the following day which is today.

I remember that it was three words long.  Maybe.  Other than that, no idea.

This drives me nuts. Usually happens when i'm driving. I'll see in my head a scene translate it into the perfect words, but by the time I can write it down I forget the words. Nothing ever comes close to those words either. It drives me out of my mind
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #380 on: January 26, 2019, 08:00:40 AM »
I wrote 1,300 words today, which means January's word count has officially surpassed December's word count.  By, well, 1,260 words.

Not bad considering I got to a bad start this month with 350 words the first day and not much better the subsequent four days.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #381 on: January 26, 2019, 08:11:15 AM »
Since I set my goal of 1300 words a day this year (475,000 words this year), I've been working on getting up earlier in the morning. That means 5:30 am instead of the usual 6:30. It's usually not that productive of a time for me, but it's getting better. I'm getting used to it...a little.

Between the little extra time in the morning and writing on my lunch break at work, the past 2 days I've hit my goal before the end of lunch! That means when I've carved out a little time in the evening, I've been going over my daily goal.

That also means that since Friday nights are movie nights for my family, I can actually watch one tonight without thinking about making sure I make my goal.

Side note, tonight is Fantastic Beasts and the whatever of whoever...the second one. Haven't seen it. Any good? I've heard mixed reviews from it's really good to "they're ruining the Harry Potter universe!"
 
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« Reply #382 on: January 27, 2019, 03:03:22 AM »
2100 words last night. I needed a 'snippet' for a Facebook group, so jumped forward and wrote a scene that doesn't happen until later in the story. 

I don't do that very often, but this one was fun!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #383 on: January 27, 2019, 12:56:26 PM »
I wrote 1,175 words today.  This is exciting stuff.  The characters went to the library.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #384 on: January 28, 2019, 12:30:14 PM »
I wrote 1,075 words today.  The characters are still in the library.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #385 on: January 29, 2019, 07:14:57 AM »
I wrote 1,250 words today.  Two characters have gotten out of the library.

I'm over 30k words for the month so far, just 100 words short of 31k.  Even if I quit now, I'll exceed December's average daily word count.

How long are fantasy adventures supposed to be?  I'm at around 94k words now and not even close to the ending.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #386 on: January 29, 2019, 07:51:26 AM »
I wrote 1,250 words today.  Two characters have gotten out of the library.

I'm over 30k words for the month so far, just 100 words short of 31k.  Even if I quit now, I'll exceed December's average daily word count.

How long are fantasy adventures supposed to be?  I'm at around 94k words now and not even close to the ending.

I think a story should be as long as it needs to be. I have one at 4k words and one that will end up being over 200k.  You always have the option of releasing it as two or three books (even doing a pre-order) or keeping it all one book. 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #387 on: January 29, 2019, 12:54:22 PM »
I barely wrote 50 words yesterday, but finished 1500 today.  Feeling a little better.  :tap

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #388 on: January 30, 2019, 10:23:38 AM »
I wrote 1,040 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #389 on: January 30, 2019, 11:06:07 AM »
I haven't written a word in days except 250 last Saturday. I really need to get my butt in gear.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #390 on: January 30, 2019, 11:23:37 AM »
I haven't written a word in days except 250 last Saturday. I really need to get my butt in gear.

Yes, you do!  But we say it in a 'you rock, we know you can do this' type of way.   :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #391 on: January 30, 2019, 01:40:01 PM »
I think a story should be as long as it needs to be.

I agree but sometimes I feel like I'm in the minority on that.

Also, I guess there are reader expectations about such things too.  But it's always struck me as odd that certain books need to be this long or that long to be considered "proper" novels in specific genres.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #392 on: January 30, 2019, 01:44:38 PM »
I think a story should be as long as it needs to be.

I agree but sometimes I feel like I'm in the minority on that.

Also, I guess there are reader expectations about such things too.  But it's always struck me as odd that certain books need to be this long or that long to be considered "proper" novels in specific genres.

Dan, I used to worry about it...then I realized the story dictates how long it should be.  I'm not saying we should never edit or keep a story from wandering around too much, but some stories take longer to tell than others.  I keep telling myself to write the story as it wants to be told.  :cheers

ETA:  When I wrote my last story (the Christmas one) I knew it would be a novella.  I just didn't think I could keep people from guessing the 'twist' at the end if I made it too long. 

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« Reply #393 on: January 31, 2019, 08:52:30 AM »
I wrote 1,150 words today.  Well past all my goals for the month, I think.  And still one day to go.


Dan, I used to worry about it...then I realized the story dictates how long it should be.  I'm not saying we should never edit or keep a story from wandering around too much, but some stories take longer to tell than others.  I keep telling myself to write the story as it wants to be told.  :cheers

I don't worry too much about it.  I sometimes think too much consideration is given for story length over story quality.  I tend to think that if you read something and felt it was too short or too long, perhaps the quality wasn't there.

Of course, you do want them wanting for more, especially if you have a series, but an individual story should feel complete and satisfying regardless of length.
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« Reply #394 on: February 01, 2019, 08:20:43 AM »
I wrote 1,410 words today.

That means I finished January with 34,500 words written which is an average of 1,112.9 words per day, an improvement of 269.67 words per day over December's daily average.  Also means I wrote 8,360 more words in January than in December.

My WIP is now at 97,675 words.  Bummer I couldn't have hit 100,000 this month.
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« Reply #395 on: February 02, 2019, 08:37:25 AM »
I wrote 1,215 words today.  Ended a chapter on a cliffhanger.  You know it's going to go badly.  Next chapter will jump to different characters before resolving the cliffhanger in the subsequent chapter.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #396 on: February 03, 2019, 05:31:29 AM »
After a frustrating few weeks of inactivity, I finally got my focus back and wrote 1,068 words today.
 
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« Reply #397 on: February 03, 2019, 09:59:24 AM »
After a frustrating few weeks of inactivity, I finally got my focus back and wrote 1,068 words today.

Congrats!  That's great.  :goodpost:

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« Reply #398 on: February 03, 2019, 12:15:34 PM »
I wrote 1,610 words today which puts me over the 100k mark.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #399 on: February 04, 2019, 08:19:05 AM »
I wrote about 600 words yesterday and after finishing a lot of promotional stuff...hope to write at least 50 today!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #400 on: February 04, 2019, 10:21:55 AM »
Got at least 80 words in on my new reader magnet.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #401 on: February 04, 2019, 10:42:35 AM »
I wrote 1,085 words today.  Trying to see if I can stay above 1,000 every day this month.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #402 on: February 04, 2019, 01:18:52 PM »
I'm on a 5 day streak for my 1300 words a day goal. Not sure I'll be able to get it today. Been too busy. We'll see what happens in the next couple hours before bedtime.

Edit: Managed to get in 574 words. Better than nothing, I suppose.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #403 on: February 05, 2019, 08:30:17 AM »
I wrote 1,115 words today.  Two of the characters have discovered what they initially thought to be good news had instead, after doing the math, resulted in them being in a worse situation than before, thanks to the third character and his peculiar obsession.

In loosely related news, I am trying to remember to use DuckDuckGo as my search engine instead of the others, because who knows how many terrorist watch lists I'm on as a result of the things I end up searching for online.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #404 on: February 05, 2019, 11:08:47 AM »
My dog was being groomed today so I popped over to Panera for lunch and writing while I waited. I fell short of my usual Panera sessions, but then I had the grilled cheese sandwich and it's usually the spinach/artichoke souffle that inspires me. I did manage to get down 1,473 words.

What shall tomorrow bring?

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #405 on: February 05, 2019, 11:30:45 AM »
My dog was being groomed today so I popped over to Panera for lunch and writing while I waited. I fell short of my usual Panera sessions, but then I had the grilled cheese sandwich and it's usually the spinach/artichoke souffle that inspires me. I did manage to get down 1,473 words.

What shall tomorrow bring?

I think the grilled cheese turned out to be fairly productive.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #406 on: February 05, 2019, 01:26:02 PM »
My dog was being groomed today so I popped over to Panera for lunch and writing while I waited. I fell short of my usual Panera sessions, but then I had the grilled cheese sandwich and it's usually the spinach/artichoke souffle that inspires me. I did manage to get down 1,473 words.

What shall tomorrow bring?

I think the grilled cheese turned out to be fairly productive.  :dog1:

And yummy!
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #407 on: February 05, 2019, 02:28:41 PM »
I wrote today for the first time in forever only 450 words, but they were decent so I cant complain. I'm hoping for more tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #408 on: February 06, 2019, 12:16:57 AM »
I wrote today for the first time in forever only 450 words, but they were decent so I cant complain. I'm hoping for more tomorrow.

That's great!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #409 on: February 06, 2019, 12:48:41 AM »
I wrote today for the first time in forever only 450 words, but they were decent so I cant complain. I'm hoping for more tomorrow.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #410 on: February 06, 2019, 09:01:33 AM »
I wrote 1,210 words today.  Have to figure out a plausible explanation for how the characters know the distances between major cities when there's no Internet or cell phones to look it up.  Also, they don't have a map.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #411 on: February 06, 2019, 09:57:56 AM »
I'm over 1k today hoping for 2-3 but well see. The story is rolling through my head. Hopefully it stays that way.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #412 on: February 06, 2019, 11:11:48 AM »
600 words yesterday and 800 today.  I'm almost halfway through part 3 of my spy book.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #413 on: February 06, 2019, 12:17:14 PM »
No writing but I did a bit of editing. Just checked and I got twelve pages done. Not too shabby, I think, and I did find a plot hole that needed correcting. Plus there was something I added in the beginning that I didn't follow up on.

That's why I need to write every day so I remember what I did.

I'm up to 69,981 words and I still have a ways to go. I should easily hit 80K. Easily if I plant butt in chair with fingers on keyboard at least for some time each day.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #414 on: February 07, 2019, 08:32:08 AM »
I wrote 1,405 words today.  Introduced a new character then promptly killed him off.  Hopefully readers will find it amusing.

It also put me past the 105k word mark.  One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long.  This one won't be it (probably (hopefully!)), but it makes me realize a 1,000,000 word novel is not an insurmountable task.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #415 on: February 07, 2019, 09:52:22 AM »
One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long.

Why?  :icon_rofl:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #416 on: February 07, 2019, 10:06:10 AM »
Lorri, you are my hero.

I've written 635 words today. No big deal, right? I used to have 5k days. Often.

But not lately. I've been too busy caught up in all the writing stuff. No more. I'm going to write every day on this thing until it's done. I started this novelette back in October. It's way past time to finish it.

It's not as though I'm talking a major undertaking. Really, I should be able to finish this thing in a week. I've even got it plotted with turning points.

Anyway, thanks again. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #417 on: February 07, 2019, 11:55:53 AM »
Lorri, you are my hero.

I've written 635 words today. No big deal, right? I used to have 5k days. Often.

But not lately. I've been too busy caught up in all the writing stuff. No more. I'm going to write every day on this thing until it's done. I started this novelette back in October. It's way past time to finish it.

It's not as though I'm talking a major undertaking. Really, I should be able to finish this thing in a week. I've even got it plotted with turning points.

Anyway, thanks again. :)

Congrats, Cathleen!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #418 on: February 07, 2019, 04:55:29 PM »
One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long. 


Let me know when the print version's available.   :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #419 on: February 08, 2019, 02:06:23 AM »
One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long. 


Let me know when the print version's available.   :icon_mrgreen:

The regular or the large print edition?  Amazon might need to deliver the latter by motor freight.  Hopefully, you have Prime.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #420 on: February 08, 2019, 07:55:19 AM »
One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long. 


Let me know when the print version's available.   :icon_mrgreen:

The regular or the large print edition?  Amazon might need to deliver the latter by motor freight.  Hopefully, you have Prime.  :hehe


Whichever one takes up the most shelf space.  The goal here is to impress onlookers with my reading prowess.   :cool:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #421 on: February 08, 2019, 08:09:39 AM »
One of my goals is to write a novel that's over 1,000,000 words long. 


Let me know when the print version's available.   :icon_mrgreen:

The regular or the large print edition?  Amazon might need to deliver the latter by motor freight.  Hopefully, you have Prime.  :hehe


Whichever one takes up the most shelf space.  The goal here is to impress onlookers with my reading prowess.   :cool:

Maybe it'll be the first book to have its own shelves.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #422 on: February 08, 2019, 09:00:12 AM »
I wrote 1,250 words today.  I really, really need to come up with a way to travel hundreds of miles in a short span of time, without trains, planes or automobiles.  Maybe a sailboat on wheels.  That might work, actually.  Hmm. . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #423 on: February 08, 2019, 09:16:47 AM »
Perhaps a hot air balloon with a favorable wind?
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #424 on: February 08, 2019, 09:33:35 AM »
Perhaps a hot air balloon with a favorable wind?

Thanks.  I actually looked that up the other day when I was looking for a solution.  My quick research indicated using a hot air balloon would not be the best idea as you couldn't control which direction it would go.

I think you would have more control with a sail.  If the wind was going the wrong way, you could take the sail down whereas on a hot air balloon, you just go with the flow.

Plus, they have no money, so they can't buy or rent a hot air balloon.  They can't buy or rent a boat or wheels either for that matter.

Unless they find something abandoned.  Hmm . . .  More thinking required.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #425 on: February 08, 2019, 11:50:51 AM »
Could they hot-wire a car? If it helps, they could steal the car of someone who really does have it coming, like maybe an ex-spouse. Just a thought.

I actually enjoy doing this with people--bouncing random story ideas off each other. Sometimes another person can provide you with that one missing piece that's been making you flounder about. I always know it's a good idea when I'm annoyed because I didn't think of it. In retrospect, it usually seems obvious. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #426 on: February 08, 2019, 12:08:28 PM »
Perhaps a hot air balloon with a favorable wind?

Thanks.  I actually looked that up the other day when I was looking for a solution.  My quick research indicated using a hot air balloon would not be the best idea as you couldn't control which direction it would go.

I think you would have more control with a sail.  If the wind was going the wrong way, you could take the sail down whereas on a hot air balloon, you just go with the flow.

Plus, they have no money, so they can't buy or rent a hot air balloon.  They can't buy or rent a boat or wheels either for that matter.

Unless they find something abandoned.  Hmm . . .  More thinking required.

Maybe a bicycle. The average person can travel upwards of 6miles an hour.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #427 on: February 08, 2019, 12:18:32 PM »
Could they hot-wire a car? If it helps, they could steal the car of someone who really does have it coming, like maybe an ex-spouse. Just a thought.

They're too young to have exes.  Cars can be found but there's a problem that there are no gas stations.  Or gasoline.


Maybe a bicycle. The average person can travel upwards of 6miles an hour.

Horses are faster but still not fast enough.  They (the characters) have already ruled it out and they sorta had access to a horse.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #428 on: February 08, 2019, 12:20:45 PM »
Perhaps a hot air balloon with a favorable wind?

Thanks.  I actually looked that up the other day when I was looking for a solution.  My quick research indicated using a hot air balloon would not be the best idea as you couldn't control which direction it would go.

I think you would have more control with a sail.  If the wind was going the wrong way, you could take the sail down whereas on a hot air balloon, you just go with the flow.

Plus, they have no money, so they can't buy or rent a hot air balloon.  They can't buy or rent a boat or wheels either for that matter.

Unless they find something abandoned.  Hmm . . .  More thinking required.

Maybe a bicycle. The average person can travel upwards of 6miles an hour.

Now if it was McGyver, he would rig up a sail on the bicycle using an old kite, shoe laces and chewing gum. Maybe a couple of little flags he swiped from a car dealership just to fancy it up.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #429 on: February 08, 2019, 12:22:26 PM »
No words today, but I worked on a brochure for a Book Fair I'm in next month. I just have to tweak the photo, but considering it's a photo of me, it's going to need a lot of tweaking.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #430 on: February 08, 2019, 12:36:05 PM »
Now if it was McGyver, he would rig up a sail on the bicycle using an old kite, shoe laces and chewing gum. Maybe a couple of little flags he swiped from a car dealership just of fancy it up.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #431 on: February 08, 2019, 12:48:42 PM »
Now if it was McGyver, he would rig up a sail on the bicycle using an old kite, shoe laces and chewing gum. Maybe a couple of little flags he swiped from a car dealership just of fancy it up.



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #432 on: February 08, 2019, 06:14:05 PM »
Okay, it's embarrassing, but not as bad as no words at all. 155. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #433 on: February 09, 2019, 08:21:35 AM »
No words yet today.  I remembered a character who is where the other characters are now and that character can help them travel several hundred miles in a short span of time.

The problem is trying to figure out if that character is actually there yet or not.  I have some established dates as well as a statement regarding the passage of time.  Which means I need to research my own previous work to determine whether that character is in that location or not, because with the data I have now, he could either have been there for about seventeen years or he is there presently or he won't be there for another year.

I should have kept notes.  And, by "kept", I mean I should have written more details down.  Instead of, you know, keeping track of things in my head.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #434 on: February 09, 2019, 11:03:30 AM »
No words yet today.  I remembered a character who is where the other characters are now and that character can help them travel several hundred miles in a short span of time.

The problem is trying to figure out if that character is actually there yet or not.  I have some established dates as well as a statement regarding the passage of time.  Which means I need to research my own previous work to determine whether that character is in that location or not, because with the data I have now, he could either have been there for about seventeen years or he is there presently or he won't be there for another year.

I should have kept notes.  And, by "kept", I mean I should have written more details down.  Instead of, you know, keeping track of things in my head.

I've always made notes at the end of my file. Really, really helpful. Sometimes I can't even remember names much less what they look like.

343 tonight. Lucky to squeeze that in between getting ready for taxes.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #435 on: February 09, 2019, 03:50:23 PM »
Only 640 words written yesterday.  So much for my 1k+/day goal for February.

I've always made notes at the end of my file. Really, really helpful. Sometimes I can't even remember names much less what they look like.

I have notes too.  Some at the beginning, others at the end and sometimes both.  Also separate files too.  Also a spreadsheet with timelines.

In this case, the date in the spreadsheet doesn't seem to align with the number of years count in the one novel.  So, either I have overlooked a date somewhere or the number of months and days indicated along with the number of years was arbitrary or my math was wrong or I used the wrong date.  No telling.  I can change the date in the spreadsheet to bring everything into sync, but if I referenced that date already in any published work, then I cannot.  There's a way around it, but it wouldn't make sense unless a date was already indicated.  Guess the only way to know for sure is to re-read my stuff to confirm one way or another.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #436 on: February 09, 2019, 04:28:33 PM »
268. I'm hoping this is simply a groove I've got to get back. Still, better than zero. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #437 on: February 09, 2019, 11:11:33 PM »
Only 640 words written yesterday.  So much for my 1k+/day goal for February.

I've always made notes at the end of my file. Really, really helpful. Sometimes I can't even remember names much less what they look like.

I have notes too.  Some at the beginning, others at the end and sometimes both.  Also separate files too.  Also a spreadsheet with timelines.

In this case, the date in the spreadsheet doesn't seem to align with the number of years count in the one novel.  So, either I have overlooked a date somewhere or the number of months and days indicated along with the number of years was arbitrary or my math was wrong or I used the wrong date.  No telling.  I can change the date in the spreadsheet to bring everything into sync, but if I referenced that date already in any published work, then I cannot.  There's a way around it, but it wouldn't make sense unless a date was already indicated.  Guess the only way to know for sure is to re-read my stuff to confirm one way or another.

In 1991, Diana Gabaldon published Outlander setting the date as 1945. At some point in the books, she mentions 1967 (it's time travel). When the book was published in England, it was pointed out to her that the conditions she described in Inverness were not correct in 1945 and that she should change the date to 1946. She did not change the date in subsequent editions but she changed the timeline so that in the next book, 1967 became 1968 which was supposed to be twenty years after she returned to present day, but wasn't. She didn't correct the timeline or the ages of the characters in that second book, either, just the year. I'm not sure she ever did an author's note but being a rabid fan, I followed her blog and found out.

If DG can get away with you, you might be able to.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #438 on: February 10, 2019, 05:42:51 AM »
In 1991, Diana Gabaldon published Outlander setting the date as 1945. At some point in the books, she mentions 1967 (it's time travel). When the book was published in England, it was pointed out to her that the conditions she described in Inverness were not correct in 1945 and that she should change the date to 1946. She did not change the date in subsequent editions but she changed the timeline so that in the next book, 1967 became 1968 which was supposed to be twenty years after she returned to present day, but wasn't. She didn't correct the timeline or the ages of the characters in that second book, either, just the year. I'm not sure she ever did an author's note but being a rabid fan, I followed her blog and found out.

If DG can get away with you, you might be able to.

Those are the kinds of things that would drive me nuts.  ;)

Like, hiding Luke Skywalker from his father Darth Vader by hiding him with Vader's stepbrother on Vader's birth planet under Vader's original Skywalker surname.  :icon_think:

On the upside, my spreadsheet has all the dates for my novels before Bad Fiction which means I only need to re-read Bad Fiction to sort out dates mentioned in it.  On the downside, Bad Fiction is also my longest (so far) published novel.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #439 on: February 10, 2019, 06:37:41 AM »
In 1991, Diana Gabaldon published Outlander setting the date as 1945. At some point in the books, she mentions 1967 (it's time travel). When the book was published in England, it was pointed out to her that the conditions she described in Inverness were not correct in 1945 and that she should change the date to 1946. She did not change the date in subsequent editions but she changed the timeline so that in the next book, 1967 became 1968 which was supposed to be twenty years after she returned to present day, but wasn't. She didn't correct the timeline or the ages of the characters in that second book, either, just the year. I'm not sure she ever did an author's note but being a rabid fan, I followed her blog and found out.

If DG can get away with you, you might be able to.

Those are the kinds of things that would drive me nuts.  ;)

Like, hiding Luke Skywalker from his father Darth Vader by hiding him with Vader's stepbrother on Vader's birth planet under Vader's original Skywalker surname.  :icon_think:

On the upside, my spreadsheet has all the dates for my novels before Bad Fiction which means I only need to re-read Bad Fiction to sort out dates mentioned in it.  On the downside, Bad Fiction is also my longest (so far) published novel.

Oh, yeah, I never understood the Skywalker thing either.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #440 on: February 10, 2019, 06:54:07 AM »
500 words so far today.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #441 on: February 10, 2019, 06:55:52 AM »
Oh, yeah, I never understood the Skywalker thing either.

Well, Darth Vader wasn't his father in Star Wars.  That was something added in The Empire Strikes Back.

But, then George Lucas piled on and made it worse.  I mean, Skywalker could have been a pseudonym.  Darth Vader could have been Anakin Starkiller instead of Anakin Skywalker.  Tatooine may have been where Luke was raised, but that doesn't mean Anakin had to be born there.  I think that was added in the prequels, as was Owen Lars being Anakin Skywalker's stepbrother.  I mean, c'mon.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #442 on: February 10, 2019, 07:06:03 AM »
Well, Darth Vader wasn't his father in Star Wars.  That was something added in The Empire Strikes Back.


Yep.  Check out The Secret History of Star Wars for the juicy details.  Really fascinating stuff.  The review by "Lothe" sums it up quite nicely.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #443 on: February 10, 2019, 09:13:40 AM »
Oh, yeah, I never understood the Skywalker thing either.

Well, Darth Vader wasn't his father in Star Wars.  That was something added in The Empire Strikes Back.

But, then George Lucas piled on and made it worse.  I mean, Skywalker could have been a pseudonym.  Darth Vader could have been Anakin Starkiller instead of Anakin Skywalker.  Tatooine may have been where Luke was raised, but that doesn't mean Anakin had to be born there.  I think that was added in the prequels, as was Owen Lars being Anakin Skywalker's stepbrother.  I mean, c'mon.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #444 on: February 10, 2019, 10:25:44 AM »
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #445 on: February 10, 2019, 11:00:22 AM »
Now that we have that settled ...

A bit of research and 659 words.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #446 on: February 10, 2019, 04:40:45 PM »
I'm past caring about anything to do with Star Wars. Why can't they just end it, like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games? No, they have to condemn it to a slow, tortuous death. Ugh.

968 today. That's not even embarrassing. Yee haw.

Of course, it might have helped that I finally got to the bit where the Mako attacked my selkie. I've been wanting to get to that scene. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #447 on: February 10, 2019, 04:51:07 PM »
I'll have to check the word count later.  I think I only had around 600 words yesterday (Saturday).

Then I researched the timeline again and found a different error while doing so.

So, I went through and corrected the errors then went through and corrected another error I was already aware of and hadn't finished correcting yet.  So both sets of errors now resolved.

Still working on the timeline which I need to sort out because I am getting close to the point where I need to know whether or not a certain character can be there.


I'm past caring about anything to do with Star Wars. Why can't they just end it, like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games? No, they have to condemn it to a slow, tortuous death. Ugh.

There are seven Star Wars movies: the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and Rogue One.  The rest were stuff Han Solo was hallucinating while frozen in carbonite.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #448 on: February 10, 2019, 05:08:52 PM »

There are seven Star Wars movies: the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and Rogue One.  The rest were stuff Han Solo was hallucinating while frozen in carbonite.  :hehe

If only this were true...

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #449 on: February 11, 2019, 12:41:43 AM »
like Harry Potter

Uh, I got bad news for you... :icon_rofl:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #450 on: February 11, 2019, 02:05:25 AM »
Pretty good morning. 1,918. Just a tad short of my 2K goal so maybe I'll find a few minutes to add those 82 words to it.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #451 on: February 11, 2019, 08:47:15 AM »
500 words so far! Hope to get more done this afternoon.

As for Star Wars, I watched three movies and there was an ending.



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #452 on: February 11, 2019, 09:59:49 AM »
So on Saturday, I wrote 685 words and today I wrote 1,130 words.

Searched through my book, Bad Fiction, and notes, looking for any confirmation of dates and ended up with a wider variety of possibilities.  LOL.  Wish I remembered the reference point the published book referred to.  I think I figured out a workaround that will leave it open to correction in a future book, should I remember or figure it all out.

I'm at around 109k words now.  Would a 200k word novel be too long?  :hehe

The length might make it "epic fantasy" at this point, but I don't know how "epic" it could be considering that the characters seem to talk a lot.  On the one hand, I seem to frequently worry my characters talk too much.  On the other hand, when a group of friends hang out together and go on trips or whatever, it seems pretty normal that they talk a lot, and argue about seemingly silly things.  I mean, I remember years ago I had a discussion/argument with my neighbor over who won the Civil War (American).  And it wasn't one of those philosophical debates over who really won something; it was a debate over who factually won.  (And, just so there is no question, I was the one who was right.)

Maybe I can rest easy on the possibility that TV sitcoms have conditioned readers to expect that characters will talk a lot and that talking moves storylines along further than standing around doing stuff.  Fingers crossed!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #453 on: February 11, 2019, 12:12:12 PM »
Darn, another 718 words and I only meant to write 82 so I could reach my 2K goal.

Nearly have the villain in my clutches.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #454 on: February 12, 2019, 03:03:42 AM »
So on Saturday, I wrote 685 words and today I wrote 1,130 words.

Searched through my book, Bad Fiction, and notes, looking for any confirmation of dates and ended up with a wider variety of possibilities.  LOL.  Wish I remembered the reference point the published book referred to.  I think I figured out a workaround that will leave it open to correction in a future book, should I remember or figure it all out.

I'm at around 109k words now.  Would a 200k word novel be too long?  :hehe

The length might make it "epic fantasy" at this point, but I don't know how "epic" it could be considering that the characters seem to talk a lot.  On the one hand, I seem to frequently worry my characters talk too much.  On the other hand, when a group of friends hang out together and go on trips or whatever, it seems pretty normal that they talk a lot, and argue about seemingly silly things.  I mean, I remember years ago I had a discussion/argument with my neighbor over who won the Civil War (American).  And it wasn't one of those philosophical debates over who really won something; it was a debate over who factually won.  (And, just so there is no question, I was the one who was right.)

Maybe I can rest easy on the possibility that TV sitcoms have conditioned readers to expect that characters will talk a lot and that talking moves storylines along further than standing around doing stuff.  Fingers crossed!

I like mindless chatter sometimes, if it acts to drive the story or develop characters. Some people are just chatty people and you wouldn't expect them to have one word comments. Just watch out the topic doesn't become redundant. I would definitely have a few beta readers go through it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #455 on: February 12, 2019, 03:05:19 AM »
Yesterday I wrote 400+ words and today I'm already over 400. Hoping to hit over 2k but well see. I want to get some canning done and hopefully start the seeds for my spring garden which i'm already late doing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #456 on: February 12, 2019, 08:32:08 AM »
Changed a few details and now I'm back on track!  Another 200 words today after the changes.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #457 on: February 12, 2019, 08:55:23 AM »
I wrote 1,090 words today.


I would definitely have a few beta readers go through it.

I'll probably have to pretend I'm different people and be my own beta readers.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #458 on: February 12, 2019, 11:02:01 AM »
Darn, my villain managed to talk his way out of a sticky situation, but he's not home free yet. 649 words tonight.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #459 on: February 13, 2019, 09:28:15 AM »
I wrote 1,265 words today.  Finally got them out of a seemingly endless journey and just about to their first destination.  That is, I'm 111k words in and they're finally going to reach the place they headed out for about 82k words ago.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #460 on: February 13, 2019, 11:15:48 AM »
There will be no words tonight. I did my taxes and there's no brain or motivation left.   :dizzy
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #461 on: February 13, 2019, 02:34:55 PM »
1350 for me today.

Anybody else do weird things to keep motivated and moving forward? Besides using a daily habit app to track when I hit my daily goal of 1300 words, I also use a spreadsheet to track my book's progress.

I love seeing that circle meter go up at the end of the day when I update the word count. Total motivation for me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #462 on: February 14, 2019, 10:26:58 AM »
I wrote 1,485 words today.  Even in the future, people hate spam.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #463 on: February 14, 2019, 12:50:22 PM »
Struggled a bit tonight. Only 310 words, but I was determined to get something down.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #464 on: February 14, 2019, 03:27:55 PM »
You go, Dan, Maggie, and munboy!

I've kept up some words every day, even if it's just 150 or so. It didn't help that I realized that my selkie story has grown what will likely be a 15k novelette, which will be too long to anchor my collection. So now I'm starting over with two short stories, which is something I haven't tried before. Maybe the best story will win.

One has a taxi driver who's given a lucky coin by a woman he saves. The woman is actually a Fae, although I'm not going to be that explicit. The taxi driver just knows she's something extraordinary, and the coin's luck is going to be specific to settling debts.

The other has a selkie in witness protection, and she's going to have to break cover to end some sort of Faerie incursion into the mortal world, although I haven't figured out what kind yet. Major sea monster stuff? I dunno. It seems like a selkie should be particularly suited to the task at hand or having one as a character is simply an indulgence.

Still wandering around in world-building land which is not an area of strength for me. I'm far better at things like characterization and three-act pacing. Still, I'm keeping some words going. Sometimes I can figure things out as I write them, but other times they'll bring me to a screaming halt until I figure out the answer.

Who knows? With two stories, maybe I can finish one. :)

And then I can finish my selkie novelette. I'll figure out something to do with it. It was originally supposed to be a prequel for a novel trilogy, so maybe I'll go back to that plan.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #465 on: February 15, 2019, 05:57:28 AM »
64 words that I wrote today:

Nobody sends cards to a dragon,
It's just an unfortunate fact.
Do they think that we'll burn them to ashes or what?
I would never commit such an act.

If people sent cards to us dragons,
Valentines with good wishes galore,
Then I'd break out my chocolates and pass them around,
And we'd waltz on a golden dance floor.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

ETA: It occurred to me that this would be better with the picture. :)


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #466 on: February 15, 2019, 08:46:01 AM »
I wrote 3,270 words today.  Will this book ever end?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #467 on: February 15, 2019, 09:27:57 AM »
Dan, picture the older pilot chanting, "Stay on target," as they're coming up on the wombat-sized widget that they have to blow on the Death Star. Besides, 3k is pretty good. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #468 on: February 15, 2019, 09:38:53 AM »
Dan, picture the older pilot chanting, "Stay on target," as they're coming up on the wombat-sized widget that they have to blow on the Death Star. Besides, 3k is pretty good. :)


It's not impossible.  I used to bulls-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home.  They're not much more than two meters.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #469 on: February 15, 2019, 09:51:41 AM »
Dan, picture the older pilot chanting, "Stay on target," as they're coming up on the wombat-sized widget that they have to blow on the Death Star. Besides, 3k is pretty good. :)


It's not impossible.  I used to bulls-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home.  They're not much more than two meters.

Important question since I'm avoiding writing today. What's bigger an ROUS or a womp rat?

Oh wait i wrote 100 words at the doctors today.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #470 on: February 15, 2019, 10:01:00 AM »
Important question since I'm avoiding writing today. What's bigger an ROUS or a womp rat?


Probably a womp rat, but I wouldn't want to mess with either species up close.   :icon_eek:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #471 on: February 15, 2019, 10:14:50 AM »
Important question since I'm avoiding writing today. What's bigger an ROUS or a womp rat?


Probably a womp rat, but I wouldn't want to mess with either species up close.   :icon_eek:

Pretty sure the womp rat is bigger. I checked IMDB and Westley is 1.8 meters. The ROUS was not quite as long as Westley was tall. It's close, though.

Maybe I should write some words.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #472 on: February 15, 2019, 11:42:03 AM »
Dan, picture the older pilot chanting, "Stay on target," as they're coming up on the wombat-sized widget that they have to blow on the Death Star. Besides, 3k is pretty good. :)

LOL.  Actually, I have a character that keeps reminding the others to stay focused on their objective.  Meanwhile, the MC who started out all rearing to go has turned into a whiny baby.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #473 on: February 16, 2019, 08:07:06 AM »
I only wrote 1,110 words today.  Close to the point where a character from a previous book is supposed to enter but I cannot seem to get my humor mojo back.  Feels like everything I try just falls flat.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #474 on: February 16, 2019, 08:08:35 AM »
400 words yesterday and I hope to finish book 3 by tonight.  And by book...I mean part.  It's about 10k words.

So far, this has turned out to be a good way to advertise my pen name. And no pressure.  I have both parts free today and tomorrow to get people caught up. LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #475 on: February 16, 2019, 08:10:08 AM »
I only wrote 1,110 words today.  Close to the point where a character from a previous book is supposed to enter but I cannot seem to get my humor mojo back.  Feels like everything I try just falls flat.

Maybe try writing something serious, dark and dangerous?  That's usually when I start thinking of something funny.  Always easier to write what you don't need at the moment.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #476 on: February 16, 2019, 08:16:49 AM »
I only wrote 1,110 words today.  Close to the point where a character from a previous book is supposed to enter but I cannot seem to get my humor mojo back.  Feels like everything I try just falls flat.

Maybe try writing something serious, dark and dangerous?  That's usually when I start thinking of something funny.  Always easier to write what you don't need at the moment.  :catrun

I did dark yesterday.  It stayed dark.   :icon_think:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #477 on: February 16, 2019, 09:45:19 AM »
I only wrote 1,110 words today.  Close to the point where a character from a previous book is supposed to enter but I cannot seem to get my humor mojo back.  Feels like everything I try just falls flat.

Maybe try writing something serious, dark and dangerous?  That's usually when I start thinking of something funny.  Always easier to write what you don't need at the moment.  :catrun

I did dark yesterday.  It stayed dark.   :icon_think:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #478 on: February 16, 2019, 10:50:41 AM »
I only wrote 1,110 words today.  Close to the point where a character from a previous book is supposed to enter but I cannot seem to get my humor mojo back.  Feels like everything I try just falls flat.

Maybe try writing something serious, dark and dangerous?  That's usually when I start thinking of something funny.  Always easier to write what you don't need at the moment.  :catrun

I did dark yesterday.  It stayed dark.   :icon_think:

Somebody needs a squirting flower in their lapel.

Somebody would probably drown from it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #479 on: February 16, 2019, 02:21:04 PM »
Congrats, Lorri, on finishing book 3! Woot!

I'm continuing with my extreme story solution to writer's block. I'm working on three at once right now, something I've never tried before. In the past I always saw it as a way to never be able to focus. Right now, if I can't make progress on one story, I move to another. Today, I had a combined word count of about 450, which is actually closing in on my overall bare minimum goal of 500. Hey, it worked for Sir Terry Pratchett. :)

It's a weird solution (for me), but it's working, so I'm happy for it.

I also edited fifty pages of Bellerophon, but I didn't bother counting words. A lot more than I wrote, though.

And Dan, if Maggie's squirting flower doesn't work, there's always the tried-and-true whoopie cushion.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #480 on: February 17, 2019, 12:08:33 AM »
Another 466 last night. I thought I was closing in on the end, but Manfred told me he needed to speak his piece before being tossed in the dungeons. Okay, miserable worm that he is, I can give him that much.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #481 on: February 17, 2019, 06:23:55 AM »
I wrote part of this earlier (for a teaser) but 2k words in book 4 so far!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #482 on: February 17, 2019, 10:08:10 AM »
I wrote 1,260 words today.  They took another detour.  They may never get where they are going.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #483 on: February 18, 2019, 02:04:36 AM »
Usual Sunday morning breakfast out and writing session. It was a good one at 2,374 words. Now I'll transfer them to my Word doc.

I think I'm with Dan on this one. I keep thinking I'm nearing the end but more words keep pouring out.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #484 on: February 18, 2019, 05:18:21 AM »
A little over five hundred words today between two stories, with 200+ yesterday. It feels like I'm plodding, but it also feels a lot better than being blocked.

Although I also got through another 50 pages of editing. I keep telling myself that I just have to tweak my habits until I find something I can sustain.  :smilie_zauber:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #485 on: February 18, 2019, 07:37:16 AM »
Although I also got through another 50 pages of editing. I keep telling myself that I just have to tweak my habits until I find something I can sustain.  :smilie_zauber:

Great work!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #486 on: February 18, 2019, 09:51:11 AM »
I wrote 3,000 words today.

You remember that scene in The Last Jedi where Jedi Master Luke Skywalker came in and used his vast Force powers to beat the First Order and emo Darth Vader to a bloody pulp?  Yeah, that never happened.  But I got to write that scene in my novel, sans Luke, the Force, the First Order and emo Vader of course.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #487 on: February 18, 2019, 11:55:46 AM »
The Last Jedi has mercifully faded from memory, but congrats on the 3k, Dan. That's cooking with gas. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #488 on: February 19, 2019, 09:11:02 AM »
I only wrote 1,015 words today.  The characters are split up again.  Two are back together, but now they need to escape where they are and rejoin their other friend so they can resume their journey.  Then, after that, they need to formulate a plan to defeat the villain and we're already 122k words into this thing and that seems a long way off yet because they still haven't reached the certain milestones they need to reach before beating the villain.

I'm beginning to worry this one may end up being my 1,000,000 word novel. :shocked:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #489 on: February 19, 2019, 09:14:36 AM »
I only wrote 1,015 words today.  The characters are split up again.  Two are back together, but now they need to escape where they are and rejoin their other friend so they can resume their journey.  Then, after that, they need to formulate a plan to defeat the villain and we're already 122k words into this thing and that seems a long way off yet because they still haven't reached the certain milestones they need to reach before beating the villain.

I'm beginning to worry this one may end up being my 1,000,000 word novel. :shocked:

Serialize it?  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #490 on: February 19, 2019, 09:25:29 AM »
Serialize it?  :cheers

I think that would tick people off because there aren't any natural cliffhangers for serialization because I hadn't planned on it.

They are so close to two of the three milestones right now.  So so close.  Will have to see how it goes.  I just need to get them out of their current mess, then they hit milestones one and two pretty close together.  Then milestone three won't take long.  After that they can try to take on the bad guy, unless I've forgotten something.  Then, well, beating the villain isn't so easy . . .

Maybe 150-200k words might be feasible.  I mean, there was a part where they were going to have to ally with the bad guy for a bit, but that's looking less likely to happen because he's gotten more villainous than originally intended.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #491 on: February 19, 2019, 11:00:44 PM »
I didn't have time to write anything during the hour before my dog and I sit to watch TV. Mikey usually sits in the recliner with me. He's a good companion because he doesn't try to hog the remote. After a while he gets tired of sitting with me and either goes to the sofa or lies down on the rug and falls asleep.

Ah-hah, I think. This is the time I can write. I sneak into the den, grab my AlphaSmart and start. I got 143 words done and he wakes up, dashes over to the recliner and jumps on me, right in the middle of a sentence. How in heck did he know?

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #492 on: February 20, 2019, 09:43:46 AM »
I wrote 2,100 words today.  I'm less than 400 words short of 125k.  Two of the characters are struggling to escape a marketplace.  Maybe tomorrow they'll get out.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #493 on: February 21, 2019, 05:38:07 AM »
470 before leaving for work this morning. Someone's dead, someone's in custody, and lawyer just showed up knowing way more than he should. About a quarter of the way through this one  :smilie_zauber:
 
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« Reply #494 on: February 21, 2019, 09:44:02 AM »
I wrote 1,535 words today, putting me over the 126k mark.  They got out of the marketplace, into the city and are in the midst of an encounter with a somewhat aggressive lady of the night (not the moon).
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« Reply #495 on: February 21, 2019, 11:07:49 AM »
621 for a total of 77,789. I really, really think I'm getting near the end. Maybe.
           
 
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« Reply #496 on: February 21, 2019, 01:53:42 PM »
I wrote like 10 sentences today. Ugh  :dizzy
Here and there since I've gotten this flu I've written but not much. I'm not even sure if of it's coherent.
 
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« Reply #497 on: February 22, 2019, 08:11:33 AM »
I wrote 1,860 words today, putting me within under 2k of 130k and that's when I had previously estimated to wrap things up between 100k-120k.  Long way to go, though I did work in some foreshadowing of things to come.

They finally (sort of) hit milestone #1.  As soon as they escape their current mess, they can hit milestone #2.  Maybe.  Hopefully.  Then it's on to milestone #3.  Then, they can take on the bad guy.  And then, well, it won't be over yet.  Did I say this might wrap up at 150k?  It's starting to look like it may be closer to 200k.

They still need to encounter a character that shows up in the future in a different book and it's this book they have to meet her in, so I still need to get that in yet too.  And, you know, make it a natural fit rather than shoehorn it in.  Oy.

And then I'll have to self-beta read and self-edit.  Fun times ahead!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #498 on: February 22, 2019, 08:30:32 AM »
I haven't posted here in forever, but I decided last month to write 500 - 1,000 words a day.  Except for traveling and illness, I've been doing it.  So, yesterday, over 600.  Today, 370 so far.  My current novella is almost done.
 
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« Reply #499 on: February 22, 2019, 08:33:02 AM »
I wrote 1,860 words today, putting me within under 2k of 130k and that's when I had previously estimated to wrap things up between 100k-120k.  Long way to go, though I did work in some foreshadowing of things to come.

They finally (sort of) hit milestone #1.  As soon as they escape their current mess, they can hit milestone #2.  Maybe.  Hopefully.  Then it's on to milestone #3.  Then, they can take on the bad guy.  And then, well, it won't be over yet.  Did I say this might wrap up at 150k?  It's starting to look like it may be closer to 200k.

They still need to encounter a character that shows up in the future in a different book and it's this book they have to meet her in, so I still need to get that in yet too.  And, you know, make it a natural fit rather than shoehorn it in.  Oy.

And then I'll have to self-beta read and self-edit.  Fun times ahead!

Sounds like you started a series and you just don't know it.  Maybe think about those milestones being a dividing point and make a trilogy.
 
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« Reply #500 on: February 22, 2019, 08:57:24 AM »
Sounds like you started a series and you just don't know it.  Maybe think about those milestones being a dividing point and make a trilogy.

What I'm referring to as milestones aren't necessarily major events, not in the sense where they could be breaking points for books in a series.

To use a rough Star Wars comparison, these would be the milestones:

Milestone #1: Luke meets with Obi-Wan to train him in the Force.
Milestone #2: Luke meets a guy and Obi-Wan slices off his arm.
Milestone #3: Luke and Obi-Wan need to find a ship to get off Tatooine.

So, I'm 128k words in and they've pretty much just met Obi-Wan. :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #501 on: February 23, 2019, 03:00:02 AM »
2,100 over the last two days. That's a big number for me these days. The last six months have been wild at work and I am feeling so burned out that it's hard to sit down and write big too.

Still, feeling burned out at work just makes me all the more driven to get through this ms and start editing so I can publish for the first time and start building a secondary income stream.

I'm hoping I feel at least some sense of accomplishment on that day. Lately, things I should be happy about achieving have taken on a sort of rote, check-it-off-the-list quality that I don't like.
 
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« Reply #502 on: February 23, 2019, 09:36:33 AM »
I wrote 1,225 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #503 on: February 23, 2019, 10:16:37 AM »
Moving ahead cautiously because it feels like the story is coming to an abrupt end. So only 585 words today and I think that's about all I'll write for the next few days.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #504 on: February 24, 2019, 02:21:14 AM »
Well, I did what I said I wasn't going to do. I wrote 2,282 words this morning. Just need a few more paragraphs to tie up loose ends and then the epilogue that leads into the next book in the trilogy.

Then on to editing but I'm also going to start the next book.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #505 on: February 24, 2019, 09:09:53 AM »
I wrote 1,270 words today.  Two characters are currently being pursued by killer kitchen utensils.
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« Reply #506 on: February 24, 2019, 10:01:42 AM »
I wrote 1,270 words today.  Two characters are currently being pursued by killer kitchen utensils.

Uh-huh. Alexa just told me how dangerous toasters are.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #507 on: February 24, 2019, 11:16:38 AM »
I wrote 1,270 words today.  Two characters are currently being pursued by killer kitchen utensils.


Those things can be very cruel.  They beat the eggs and whip the cream.   :icon_eek:
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« Reply #508 on: February 24, 2019, 11:51:37 AM »
Uh-huh. Alexa just told me how dangerous toasters are.

Not a toaster but a toaster does have a semi-prominent role in my space opera.

A toaster also plays a role in Dan's Lame Space Opera which is a separate space opera that's on the backburner right now.


Those things can be very cruel.  They beat the eggs and whip the cream.   :icon_eek:

Not one of those either.

The kitchen objects I used were something I thought of doing a parody cartoon with a few years back.  I think the plan was to take pictures of them in scenes and use comic-style dialogue clouds.  I don't remember if I did any sketches or not.  I seem to recall sketching out an idea but who knows.  It was just going to be a silly parody of a well-known evil army in a once-popular scifi series.

Anyway, I needed something for the scene I'm working on and remembered that and figured I'd make use of it here.  They're giant now (the cartoon would have used them actual size) and they want to kill everything.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #509 on: February 28, 2019, 01:50:01 PM »
Got very busy with all the things (besides writing) that we have to do...but finally got back to my book.  400 words today!  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #510 on: February 28, 2019, 10:45:10 PM »
I'm deep in editing and research for the next book.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #511 on: March 01, 2019, 08:47:06 AM »
Guess I haven't updated here in a couple days.

Here we go:

February 24: 620 words
February 25: 1,105 words
February 26: 1,470 words
February 27: 1,575 words

I'm at 1,030 words for today so far, but I am going to try to do some more writing later tonight, after Gotham and The Orville.

Also, I needed a character name for the scene I just finished, so Jeff, Lorri and Maggie have a character kind of named after them.  He didn't die, but he was turned into a bullfrog.  So, look for that scene when you never read my book.   :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #512 on: March 01, 2019, 10:35:51 AM »
Guess I haven't updated here in a couple days.

Here we go:

February 24: 620 words
February 25: 1,105 words
February 26: 1,470 words
February 27: 1,575 words

I'm at 1,030 words for today so far, but I am going to try to do some more writing later tonight, after Gotham and The Orville.

Also, I needed a character name for the scene I just finished, so Jeff, Lorri and Maggie have a character kind of named after them.  He didn't die, but he was turned into a bullfrog.  So, look for that scene when you never read my book.   :hehe

You named a guy after us?  This is going to be a very unique story.  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #513 on: March 01, 2019, 04:12:23 PM »
You named a guy after us?  This is going to be a very unique story.  :cheers

I'm certain it will be unique.  Whether anyone will want to read it is another story.

I did write more words before the end of the day, so I'll post my final word count for Thursday later.  I think I beat January in terms of both average daily word count and total word count for the month.

Seems like names came easier earlier in the book.  Of course, earlier in the book was stuff written four years ago or so.

I'm closing in on 140k.  I think I'm at just under 138k now.  Can I finish this in 12k words?  It's looking less likely.  I had earlier estimated I'd have this book finished by mid-February.  Looks like maybe, hopefully it will be done by mid-March.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #514 on: March 02, 2019, 12:53:07 AM »
I ended up writing 2,430 words yesterday which gave me a decent three-day total of 5,475 words which still doesn't beat my best ever (that I know of) three-day total which is mentioned earlier in this thread and I think is in the neighborhood of 6k-7k.  (I really need to write that down somewhere.)

So, for the monthly summary, in January I wrote 34,500 words and had an average daily word count of 1,112.90.  In February, I ended up writing 40,030 words and had an average daily word count of 1,429.64.

My worst day was when I wrote 620 words and the best day was when I hit 3,270 words.

I also try not to duplicate daily word counts in a given month.  Don't remember when I started that.

For comparison's sake, when I first started participating in this thread, my first day's word count was 75 words (worst day was 22 words) and I averaged 322.65 words per day that first month (October 2018) and my total word count for the month was 10,002 words which felt like a lot back then.  LOL.

So, thanks again to Lorri for (re)starting this thread over here.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #515 on: March 02, 2019, 02:20:10 AM »
Well done, Dan!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #516 on: March 04, 2019, 02:24:19 AM »
Well done, Dan!  :cheers

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Started a new WIP this morning. I've spent the last few days doing research, finally decided on my time period and the MC and then out of the blue comes another character. I'll let these two ladies fight it out for top spot.

Wrote 1317 words this morning and I have no idea where this is going. Oh, well, that's the fun, right?

Still editing the previous installment. That's going to take a while, but in the meantime, I'll be working on the current project.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #517 on: March 08, 2019, 01:33:56 PM »
Not much time to do anything until tonight.  Over 100 words so far and feeling much better.  Back on track and may even have figured out how to end this story!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #518 on: March 10, 2019, 09:09:11 AM »
Guess it's time for an update.  March hasn't gotten off to that great of a start.  Here are my word counts for the month so far:

March 1: 415 words
March 2: 100 words
March 3: 225 words
March 4: 520 words
March 5: 555 words
March 6: 775 words
March 7: 315 words
March 8: 2,500 words

For the day so far, I've written 1,090 words.  I might write more after dinner.  We'll see.

Finally reached the second milestone where they ran into a character from a previous book.  And they think he's insane, mostly because he thinks he's a character from a book and the author has it in for him.

Or was that supposed to be the third milestone?  Not sure now.  Anyway, they just have to encounter another character in their journey (because the character shows up in the space opera and the one character already knows he because he met her in this current book) and then find a vehicle and then go and try to beat the bad guy.  143k words into this thing now and maybe it will eventually reach an ending after all.
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« Reply #519 on: March 10, 2019, 10:06:02 AM »
A little over 200 words and a bunch of editing.  Hope to get more done this evening!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #520 on: March 11, 2019, 01:34:45 AM »
Another 1200 finished last night!  I'm on a roll.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #521 on: March 11, 2019, 02:05:47 AM »
I've been editing nearly every night but today, I got back to the WIP. 1959 words. I usually shoot for 2K, but that was close enough. I think the two women that are jostling for the #1 position are going to end up as co-mc's. That's a first for me except for the one I wrote about twin sisters.

           
 
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« Reply #522 on: March 11, 2019, 02:42:36 PM »
Didn't write any more on Saturday, so the count for Saturday remained fixed at 1,090 words.

Wrote 1,160 words on Sunday in a dialogue-heavy chapter where one character was convinced he and the others are all characters in a book and the other characters argue whether that could be true and also whether they might still be stuck in the virtual world they were stuck in previously.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #523 on: March 12, 2019, 02:15:34 PM »
I wrote 1,120 words on Monday.  Then I took a break of sorts and wrote 1,000 words in my lame space opera (not the regular space opera I'm also working on).
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #524 on: March 13, 2019, 07:56:43 AM »
I wrote 1,365 words today.  The characters have one more adventure to survive before reaching the place they need to reach to get the thing they need to go fight the bad guy.  Getting close to 150k.  Might be wrapped up in under 175k.  We'll see.

Also, wrote 56 words on the lame space opera.  I have almost 3k words written for it, plus I have about another 20k words of material that if I can edit and tie it into a cohesive whole would give me about 23k words of story and then if I write another 7k words to bring it in around 30k, I'd have a novella-sized story.  And that would give me a book in the space opera genre which hopefully maybe might possibly help with sales of the other full-length, more serious space opera when it's finished.  (That one is around 58k words at the moment.)

And, because I couldn't stop myself, I worked on the cover for the lame space opera.  Mostly the typography and the space background.  Still need to do a spaceship.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #525 on: March 14, 2019, 07:53:31 AM »
I only wrote 250 words today, unless I write more later tonight.  Not as close to 150k as I thought.  My word count includes about 1,500 words of notes and such, so instead of being at 148k, I am actually around 146.5k.

Having trouble coming up with a character name today too.  I rarely have problems with names.  I see other authors complain about difficulties coming up with character names and I'm all like, pfft, what's up with that?  It's easy.  Not hard at all.  Geesh.  And here I am stuck for a name, as in nothing is coming to mind.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #526 on: March 14, 2019, 07:58:21 AM »
Oh, I did write 277 words in my lame space opera today and one word in my "serious" space opera, which was a net gain of zero words because I changed a word.

Sad thing is that this lame space opera should be easy.  As I mentioned yesterday, I have a bunch of already written content for it that I just need to merge together into a cohesive story which shouldn't be hard and I know mostly how to do it.  And then add some stuff and, presto!, it'd be done, finished, finito.  I should be able to wrap it up in a week or so, ideally.  I have ideas I know I want to work in and such, but then when I sit down to do it, it's like everything goes blank and a lot of the words that do come out don't work.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #527 on: March 16, 2019, 03:08:09 AM »
Wrote 1194 this morning. Not what I wanted to reach, but I got a late start.

The two ladies are still fighting it out for top spot and so far they are neck and neck. I have the feeling that will change soon and my original lady will emerge the clear winner.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #528 on: March 16, 2019, 03:12:34 AM »
I only wrote 615 words yesterday.  I guess I can try to excuse the lower word count by the fact of spending time pulling out descriptions of a character they're soon to meet from a different WIP where the character has already appeared.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #529 on: March 16, 2019, 05:16:10 AM »
I started a new draft last night and cranked out about 1100 words.  My goal is to finish the draft before the end of April.  I rarely meet my own self-imposed deadlines, though.

Anyway, book 4 of Wheel of Fire is now officially under way.   :writethink:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #530 on: March 16, 2019, 05:26:19 AM »
I rarely meet my own self-imposed deadlines, though.

I know the feeling.  My space opera was supposed to be finished in a month.  That was two and half years ago.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #531 on: March 18, 2019, 03:18:56 AM »
Moving right along, I managed 1678 words today. That brings me to 6K+ words. Characters are showing signs of life and the story is advancing.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #532 on: March 18, 2019, 06:08:21 AM »
I wrote 205 words on Friday and 120 words on Saturday.  None yet for today.
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« Reply #533 on: March 19, 2019, 09:16:32 AM »
I wrote 325 words yesterday and 660 words today, bringing it up to 150k words which means I'm actually about 1,500 words short of 150k.  Also had to do some research on ancient women’s clothing so one can only imagine the types of ads I'll be seeing for a while now.  :shrug
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« Reply #534 on: March 19, 2019, 12:25:04 PM »
Spent the day on research. If I want to stay accurate (and I do), I'll have to change a few things. Also redid the cover for the umpteenth time. Hopefully, I'll get some writing done tomorrow.
           
 
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« Reply #535 on: March 19, 2019, 12:50:05 PM »
Sorry I've been gone.  Taking some online business tech courses for work and got really busy with finals.  However, I did finish spy book 4 this weekend (yay!) which leaves only one to go. They're short, but fun to write. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick's day!  :mhk9U91:

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« Reply #536 on: March 20, 2019, 02:11:16 AM »
I had planned on going to the library to write today, but the weather was so nasty, I couldn't bring myself to get dressed and leave the house. But, I know I really have to buckle down and work at least five days a week, so I was on a mission to find a way to write at home.

Success!! Another 1,557 words down on the screen. And my ladies once and for all decided which one this story is about. Not the one I thought a couple of days ago, but there is now a definite winner.
           
 
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« Reply #537 on: March 21, 2019, 03:44:29 AM »
Two days of writing in a row. So far, so good, but I don't want to jinx myself. I had to stop and do a bit of research a few times so my word count is only 1,004. Not as good as yesterday, but at least I've added to the MS. I'm up to 9K and a bit. Only another 70K to go.

           
 
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« Reply #538 on: March 21, 2019, 08:12:52 AM »
I can't remember the exact amount, but it was 520ish this afternoon.  I told my animals, but they really didn't care.
 
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« Reply #539 on: March 21, 2019, 09:01:57 AM »
I wrote 150 words yesterday and 255 words for today so far which may go up if I write later but given my track record lately that's probably not going to happen.
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« Reply #540 on: March 22, 2019, 02:06:12 AM »
My new writing nook is working to the tune of 1,082 words today. Hope I can keep it up.
           
 
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« Reply #541 on: March 23, 2019, 05:23:36 AM »
I’m going to jump in. I’m finally finished with my first book launch and as much marketing as I can figure out at this point. Seems like it’s time for book two. I wrote 441 words yesterday and 590 today.

My problem is that I never know where the heck my story is going. I only seem to be able to see bits and pieces of it. So I guess I will just peer ahead and write whatever scenes I can see, then piece them together later - which is how it went the last time. I was hoping I could plan it out...but so far that is not happening.
 
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« Reply #542 on: March 24, 2019, 05:34:16 AM »
I’m going to jump in. I’m finally finished with my first book launch and as much marketing as I can figure out at this point. Seems like it’s time for book two. I wrote 441 words yesterday and 590 today.

My problem is that I never know where the heck my story is going. I only seem to be able to see bits and pieces of it. So I guess I will just peer ahead and write whatever scenes I can see, then piece them together later - which is how it went the last time. I was hoping I could plan it out...but so far that is not happening.

Congrats on the launch. Much luck with it.

That's the way I always write. I just go where my characters lead me. The WiP is definitely character led. They sent me off in a direction of their own a few days ago. Now, 1162 words later, they are still headed the same way. Thank goodness. I will have to change a few descriptions in the beginning, but nothing major.

           
 
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« Reply #543 on: March 24, 2019, 11:57:03 AM »
I wrote 295 words Thursday, 620 words yesterday and 235 words today.

Had the current scene all worked out in my head earlier today while I was busy doing other things but when I was on the computer to work on it, lots of it went away.  Will try again tomorrow, hoping to remember the whole conversation between the two characters that talk in the scene tomorrow.

The characters need to escape this minor villain so they can get back on track with their mission to stop the big bad.
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« Reply #544 on: March 25, 2019, 09:17:44 AM »
I wrote 625 words today.

Also, missed that yesterday put me over the 150k mark for real.
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« Reply #545 on: March 26, 2019, 01:58:12 AM »
I wrote 625 words today.

Also, missed that yesterday put me over the 150k mark for real.

That's great, Dan!  :goodpost:

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« Reply #546 on: March 26, 2019, 08:00:34 AM »
I wrote 1,030 words today.
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« Reply #547 on: March 26, 2019, 12:59:13 PM »
I really have to thank the OP. Since I joined this thread, there's an open notebook on my desk where I write my daily word count. There are empty days, of course. But I believe I am now more productive.

For now, I have 2 WIP. Each is listed on the page and below the title, in column form, are the dates and number of words per day for each WIP. An example would be the period March 8 to 24: a total of around 29k words (6k for one WIP and 24k for the other).

Seeing my daily production in black and white seem to do it for me.
 
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« Reply #548 on: March 27, 2019, 08:19:42 AM »
I managed 271 words before I had to do some research.

 :HB :rant :dizzy :help :writethink:  because what I found out is that probably 75% or so of the historical facts are totally inaccurate.  PIFFLE. The overall history is correct because I've been researching that right along. It's the details ... important details ... that are wrong.

For example, my story takes place in 1237 in Wales and I used the title baronet. First, that title wasn't created in England until 1611. Second, English titles weren't used in Wales until mid-16th century. I'll do more research, but I'm afraid I'll have to either change the story drastically, or change the location.

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« Reply #549 on: March 28, 2019, 01:55:16 AM »
I managed 271 words before I had to do some research.

 :HB :rant :dizzy :help :writethink:  because what I found out is that probably 75% or so of the historical facts are totally inaccurate.  PIFFLE. The overall history is correct because I've been researching that right along. It's the details ... important details ... that are wrong.

For example, my story takes place in 1237 in Wales and I used the title baronet. First, that title wasn't created in England until 1611. Second, English titles weren't used in Wales until mid-16th century. I'll do more research, but I'm afraid I'll have to either change the story drastically, or change the location.

 :HB :HB :HB :HB :HB

Research does take up time. But better a researched book than a reader pointing out embarrassing inconsistencies later in a review.
 
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« Reply #550 on: March 28, 2019, 02:00:23 AM »
I confess I did a stupid thing AGAIN.

Setup pre-orders for two books. LOL
The first, a dark fantasy, is around 50% finished. Due May 2019.
The second, an epic fantasy (the 6th of a series), is about 20% finished. Fortunately, I got the maps for the book finished. Due June 2019.

I must have masochistic tendencies. But nothing like deadlines to add more force to two kicks to my lazy butt. LOL.
 
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« Reply #551 on: March 28, 2019, 02:21:31 AM »
I only wrote 195 words yesterday.

Also, had an idea for yet another story.  Wrote this one down lest I forget it and end up a couple weeks from now wondering what that great idea I had was.  Initially, I had thought about using it as a chapter in one of my current WIPs or as a book in one of my future series and even told an author friend about that plan, but then got to thinking later that it would probably be more effective as a standalone that would be written in first person.  I think it would be scarier as a story someone is telling you happened to them as opposed to something in third person describing how it happened to other characters.  The latter might work if it was an episode of a TV show but as a book I think first person will work better.  The goal is to have it be really, really scary, which means this is somehow going to end up as a comedy.  :confused:
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« Reply #552 on: March 28, 2019, 02:34:10 AM »
I only wrote 195 words yesterday.

Also, had an idea for yet another story.  Wrote this one down lest I forget it and end up a couple weeks from now wondering what that great idea I had was.  Initially, I had thought about using it as a chapter in one of my current WIPs or as a book in one of my future series and even told an author friend about that plan, but then got to thinking later that it would probably be more effective as a standalone that would be written in first person.  I think it would be scarier as a story someone is telling you happened to them as opposed to something in third person describing how it happened to other characters.  The latter might work if it was an episode of a TV show but as a book I think first person will work better.  The goal is to have it be really, really scary, which means this is somehow going to end up as a comedy.  :confused:

You can put some erotic scenes in it. Add beastkin, OP protagonists, some manga/hentai references, reverse harems, regular harems, irregular harems, a bare torso cover, and voila! - the best of all worlds! Those genres seem to be in vogue these days. Bestsellers, even. :)
 

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« Reply #553 on: March 28, 2019, 04:15:37 AM »
You can put some erotic scenes in it. Add beastkin, OP protagonists, some manga/hentai references, reverse harems, regular harems, irregular harems, a bare torso cover, and voila! - the best of all worlds! Those genres seem to be in vogue these days. Bestsellers, even. :)

No puppies?
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« Reply #554 on: March 28, 2019, 04:22:24 AM »
You can put some erotic scenes in it. Add beastkin, OP protagonists, some manga/hentai references, reverse harems, regular harems, irregular harems, a bare torso cover, and voila! - the best of all worlds! Those genres seem to be in vogue these days. Bestsellers, even. :)

No puppies?

Ah... nada. Puppies would change its rating to mature. :)
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #555 on: March 28, 2019, 06:50:24 AM »
I wrote the last few days. I forget to note down the starting number so I'm not sure how much - close to 2,000 over 3 days. But the good news is that I'm writing and the story is becoming more clear. I forgot that I actually like writing. With all that editing and marketing I kind of forgot...

 
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« Reply #556 on: March 28, 2019, 09:38:12 AM »
Wrote 430 words today.  Finally, I wrote a funny bit that I think actually comes off as funny, so yay!

The characters have finally reached the last milestone before they head off to face the villain.  Still have to actually write the milestone part but at least we're finally there.
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« Reply #557 on: March 28, 2019, 11:02:31 AM »
I wrote the last few days. I forget to note down the starting number so I'm not sure how much - close to 2,000 over 3 days. But the good news is that I'm writing and the story is becoming more clear. I forgot that I actually like writing. With all that editing and marketing I kind of forgot...

Sadly, the other aspects do take away the fun.
 
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« Reply #558 on: March 30, 2019, 12:04:25 PM »
I finally got back to my spy story and wrote 1,000 words today.  Nice to be back on track after fighting a cold all week.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #559 on: March 30, 2019, 12:41:07 PM »
No writing this week. I've been getting ready for a Book Fair tomorrow at my library. It's my first and probably my last book signing.
           
 
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« Reply #560 on: March 30, 2019, 12:48:03 PM »
No writing this week. I've been getting ready for a Book Fair tomorrow at my library. It's my first and probably my last book signing.

Best of luck!
 
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« Reply #561 on: March 31, 2019, 06:58:02 AM »
No writing this week. I've been getting ready for a Book Fair tomorrow at my library. It's my first and probably my last book signing.

Best of luck!

If they had bothered to promote it, it would have been much better. Twenty-three authors and only about a dozen people. But I did have a good time talking to a few people, meeting other authors, and hopefully steering some of them here.

Back to writing tomorrow.
           
 
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« Reply #562 on: April 01, 2019, 01:18:16 AM »
Back in the saddle with 2,135 words today.
           
 
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« Reply #563 on: April 01, 2019, 06:12:41 AM »
Got about 6k words written the past two days and finished my book! :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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« Reply #564 on: April 01, 2019, 08:21:36 AM »
Got about 6k words written the past two days and finished my book! :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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« Reply #565 on: April 01, 2019, 08:28:22 AM »
Got about 6k words written the past two days and finished my book! :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

 :dance: :banana: :dance:

On to the next one!  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #566 on: April 01, 2019, 10:16:34 AM »
Since the last update . . .

Thursday: 170 words
Friday: 600 words
Saturday: 320 words
Today: 785 words

So, quite a dip in productivity versus the past couple months.  For March, I ended up with a daily average of 580.81 words and a total of 18,005 words for the month.  Quite a drop from February's 40,030 words and January's 34,500 words.

Getting closer to the end though.  The characters encountered an unexpected obstacle in reaching their last milestone before reaching the villain.  It should have stretched out longer than it did but when one of the characters is a wizard, it's kind of hard for someone who doesn't know that to fight them.

The book is right around 155k right now.  Should have been wrapped up by now had I maintained the same productivity level as February.  I'm thinking it should be finished in another 20k-25k words which means two and a half weeks at February's daily average word count or a month and a half at March's.

Or like ten really, really productive days.  LOL.
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« Reply #567 on: April 01, 2019, 10:25:16 AM »
Since the last update . . .

Thursday: 170 words
Friday: 600 words
Saturday: 320 words
Today: 785 words

So, quite a dip in productivity versus the past couple months.  For March, I ended up with a daily average of 580.81 words and a total of 18,005 words for the month.  Quite a drop from February's 40,030 words and January's 34,500 words.

Getting closer to the end though.  The characters encountered an unexpected obstacle in reaching their last milestone before reaching the villain.  It should have stretched out longer than it did but when one of the characters is a wizard, it's kind of hard for someone who doesn't know that to fight them.

The book is right around 155k right now.  Should have been wrapped up by now had I maintained the same productivity level as February.  I'm thinking it should be finished in another 20k-25k words which means two and a half weeks at February's daily average word count or a month and a half at March's.

Or like ten really, really productive days.  LOL.

You're so close!  I think you'll have it finished soon.  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #568 on: April 01, 2019, 10:38:53 AM »
Since the last update . . .

Thursday: 170 words
Friday: 600 words
Saturday: 320 words
Today: 785 words

So, quite a dip in productivity versus the past couple months.  For March, I ended up with a daily average of 580.81 words and a total of 18,005 words for the month.  Quite a drop from February's 40,030 words and January's 34,500 words.

Getting closer to the end though.  The characters encountered an unexpected obstacle in reaching their last milestone before reaching the villain.  It should have stretched out longer than it did but when one of the characters is a wizard, it's kind of hard for someone who doesn't know that to fight them.

The book is right around 155k right now.  Should have been wrapped up by now had I maintained the same productivity level as February.  I'm thinking it should be finished in another 20k-25k words which means two and a half weeks at February's daily average word count or a month and a half at March's.

Or like ten really, really productive days.  LOL.

You're so close!  I think you'll have it finished soon.  :clap:

It seems like your characters keep moving the finish line on you. Hope this is the last time.
           
 

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« Reply #569 on: April 01, 2019, 10:56:11 AM »
Since the last update . . .

Thursday: 170 words
Friday: 600 words
Saturday: 320 words
Today: 785 words

So, quite a dip in productivity versus the past couple months.  For March, I ended up with a daily average of 580.81 words and a total of 18,005 words for the month.  Quite a drop from February's 40,030 words and January's 34,500 words.

Getting closer to the end though.  The characters encountered an unexpected obstacle in reaching their last milestone before reaching the villain.  It should have stretched out longer than it did but when one of the characters is a wizard, it's kind of hard for someone who doesn't know that to fight them.

The book is right around 155k right now.  Should have been wrapped up by now had I maintained the same productivity level as February.  I'm thinking it should be finished in another 20k-25k words which means two and a half weeks at February's daily average word count or a month and a half at March's.

Or like ten really, really productive days.  LOL.

You're so close!  I think you'll have it finished soon.  :clap:

It seems like your characters keep moving the finish line on you. Hope this is the last time.

Mine do that!  In fact, they did it this morning and I had to add an extra chapter before I could finish the story. LOL
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #570 on: April 01, 2019, 11:58:11 AM »
Since the last update . . .

Thursday: 170 words
Friday: 600 words
Saturday: 320 words
Today: 785 words

So, quite a dip in productivity versus the past couple months.  For March, I ended up with a daily average of 580.81 words and a total of 18,005 words for the month.  Quite a drop from February's 40,030 words and January's 34,500 words.

Getting closer to the end though.  The characters encountered an unexpected obstacle in reaching their last milestone before reaching the villain.  It should have stretched out longer than it did but when one of the characters is a wizard, it's kind of hard for someone who doesn't know that to fight them.

The book is right around 155k right now.  Should have been wrapped up by now had I maintained the same productivity level as February.  I'm thinking it should be finished in another 20k-25k words which means two and a half weeks at February's daily average word count or a month and a half at March's.

Or like ten really, really productive days.  LOL.

You're so close!  I think you'll have it finished soon.  :clap:

It seems like your characters keep moving the finish line on you. Hope this is the last time.

Mine do that!  In fact, they did it this morning and I had to add an extra chapter before I could finish the story. LOL
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Better that than skidding into an unexpected and abrupt ending. You could give your readers whiplash.
           
 

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« Reply #571 on: April 01, 2019, 12:35:37 PM »
Well, one character keeps looking for excuses not to go fight the villain.  And the one that thinks they're all characters in a book keeps expecting the worse.

I did manage to find someone willing to be a beta reader though.  So, yay!  Just need to line up two more.
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« Reply #572 on: April 03, 2019, 12:58:39 AM »
Got about 6k words written the past two days and finished my book! :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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On to the next one!  :writethink:

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« Reply #573 on: April 03, 2019, 03:18:01 AM »
I only wrote 190 words yesterday.  Hope to do better today.
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« Reply #574 on: April 03, 2019, 08:38:23 AM »
I wrote 600 words today and the characters have a new friend.
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« Reply #575 on: April 04, 2019, 09:40:07 AM »
Only 500 words today.  Really need to get back up to speed with February's levels.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #576 on: April 04, 2019, 09:48:06 AM »
I'm starting a new book, so focused on researching names.  Fun day!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #577 on: April 05, 2019, 05:27:31 AM »
I managed 1122 this morning. It's about time I threw in a battle of some sort or even a boar hunt. A lot of scope for serious injury in a boar hunt.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #578 on: April 05, 2019, 08:40:31 AM »
200 words so far today.  And no prologue for a change.  I think it will end up being a short flashback instead.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #579 on: April 07, 2019, 05:58:27 AM »
52 words to start a new piece!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #580 on: April 08, 2019, 09:13:10 AM »
I deleted the 52 words I wrote yesterday but am up to 305 words in the document :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #581 on: April 09, 2019, 09:59:45 AM »
Just slipping in some writing whenever I can. The problem is that I keep having to stop and do research since I've never written something set in Wales. I did read Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh Princes trilogy, but that was a long time ago.

Anyway, between yesterday and today, I wrote 600 words. I decided on a battle and I'll save the boar hunt until the end.

Last book in the trilogy will be back in Merry Olde England where I'm on familiar ground.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #582 on: April 09, 2019, 10:17:31 AM »
I'm working on my series this week.  I need to finish book 2 and maybe start book 3 before the end of summer.  I've got to get organized and finish holiday books before the holidays! LOL  These are for Halloween.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #583 on: April 09, 2019, 12:18:03 PM »
80 more words. The characters are dealing with a missing pair of socks.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #584 on: April 10, 2019, 10:21:17 AM »
100 words on top of designing several activities for school tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #585 on: April 13, 2019, 05:43:21 AM »
Well, my word count has been way down this month which is a bummer since this book should have been finished between the end of last month and now.  But last month's word count was bad too.  Need to get back to February levels.

April   4th: 350 words
April   5th: 575 words
April   6th: 375 words
April   7th: 225 words
April   8th: 545 words
April   9th: 505 words
April 10th: 595 words
April 11th: 285 words

I'm only averaging 431 words a day so far this month.   :icon_cry:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #586 on: April 17, 2019, 08:15:13 AM »
I've managed to bump my average up to 560.94 words per day.

April 12th: 1300 words
April 13th:   565 words
April 14th:   555 words
April 15th:   475 words
April 16th: 1335 words

I've noticed when only one or two characters are active in a scene, more description seems to happen.  When multiple characters are in a scene, they seem to talk and argue a lot.  The group was getting kind of large so in the chapter I finished today, I bid adieu to one of the six characters who have been traveling together.  Wasn't planned but as I was writing it, I came up with a humorous (hopefully) way for the character to exit.  Also fits the kind of thing that generally happens to said character.

So, now they are on their way to fight the bad guy except they are going to be making an unexpected, accidental trip where they briefly encounter the big bad they will square off against later.  Sooner than planned, but it fits a certain trope so I figured what the heck.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #587 on: April 20, 2019, 06:47:42 AM »
Doing better.  Average is up to 591.3 words per day.

April 17th: 645 words
April 18th: 905 words
April 19th: 710 words (unless I write more later)

Also, I took a break from writing, stole a car and led the police on a high speed chase.  The response was kind of disappointing as they only sent out three cars.  I was able to evade them by driving through an unlit tunnel, locking the steering wheel in place with a branch I had picked up ahead of time, then climbing out the window and jumping into the bed of a truck coming the other way.  The car didn't go far after that, but I managed to get out of the truck when it stopped near a field and disappeared into the woods where I hid out for an hour.  It made the local news, but I'm not a suspect so all is good.  Also, I wore gloves so no fingerprints.  I later shredded them and flushed them down the toilet.  Oh, and none of that actually happened; I was just checking to see if anyone was still reading this thread.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #588 on: April 20, 2019, 07:30:44 AM »
Doing better.  Average is up to 591.3 words per day.

April 17th: 645 words
April 18th: 905 words
April 19th: 710 words (unless I write more later)

Also, I took a break from writing, stole a car and led the police on a high speed chase.  The response was kind of disappointing as they only sent out three cars.  I was able to evade them by driving through an unlit tunnel, locking the steering wheel in place with a branch I had picked up ahead of time, then climbing out the window and jumping into the bed of a truck coming the other way.  The car didn't go far after that, but I managed to get out of the truck when it stopped near a field and disappeared into the woods where I hid out for an hour.  It made the local news, but I'm not a suspect so all is good.  Also, I wore gloves so no fingerprints.  I later shredded them and flushed them down the toilet.  Oh, and none of that actually happened; I was just checking to see if anyone was still reading this thread.

Is this different from your normal day?   :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #589 on: April 20, 2019, 07:31:45 AM »
I went back and edited four chapters, made a few other changes...and now I'm about halfway though book 2 in my series.  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #590 on: April 20, 2019, 07:39:15 AM »
Dan, what kind of a car was it?

I'm taking a break from writing (typing) because I have a possible rotator cuff tear. I set up Dictate in Word and got a mic but so far inspiration hasn't come. I'll keep trying.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #591 on: April 20, 2019, 07:45:38 AM »
Dan, what kind of a car was it?

I'm taking a break from writing (typing) because I have a possible rotator cuff tear. I set up Dictate in Word and got a mic but so far inspiration hasn't come. I'll keep trying.

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #592 on: April 20, 2019, 08:11:41 AM »
Dan, what kind of a car was it?

I'm taking a break from writing (typing) because I have a possible rotator cuff tear. I set up Dictate in Word and got a mic but so far inspiration hasn't come. I'll keep trying.

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.  :dog1:

Thanks. I go for an MRI on Monday and see the ortho on Wednesday. Hoping for PT and no surgery. We've already tried an injection with minimal results.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #593 on: April 20, 2019, 08:13:29 AM »
Is this different from your normal day?   :angel:

Usually I coverup and take my stealth vehicle to stop crime but today I felt I needed to brush up on the mindset of a criminal with firsthand experience.


Dan, what kind of a car was it?

A red one.


I'm taking a break from writing (typing) because I have a possible rotator cuff tear. I set up Dictate in Word and got a mic but so far inspiration hasn't come. I'll keep trying.

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.  :dog1:

Ditto.  :catrun
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #594 on: April 20, 2019, 09:18:39 AM »
Is this different from your normal day?   :angel:

Usually I coverup and take my stealth vehicle to stop crime but today I felt I needed to brush up on the mindset of a criminal with firsthand experience.


Dan, what kind of a car was it?

A red one.


I'm taking a break from writing (typing) because I have a possible rotator cuff tear. I set up Dictate in Word and got a mic but so far inspiration hasn't come. I'll keep trying.

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.  :dog1:

Ditto.  :catrun

You do know that red cars get stopped and ticketed more often by police than any other color. Next time, steal a baby blue car. They'll just sit in front of the donut shop and snicker.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #595 on: April 20, 2019, 09:48:10 AM »
You do know that red cars get stopped and ticketed more often by police than any other color. Next time, steal a baby blue car. They'll just sit in front of the donut shop and snicker.

They also get in more accidents.  That's why I picked a red one; I figured their insurance rates were high enough to cover it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #596 on: April 20, 2019, 09:49:30 AM »
On another note, I calculated that, at my current rate, it will take me approximately 84 years to finish all my WIPs.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #597 on: April 20, 2019, 10:41:41 AM »
About 200 words...
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #598 on: April 20, 2019, 11:05:17 AM »
On another note, I calculated that, at my current rate, it will take me approximately 84 years to finish all my WIPs.

Good thing people are living longer these days.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #599 on: April 21, 2019, 09:14:55 AM »
I attempted to dictate instead of typing today. I used Word's Dictate function. Several problems including it does not always capitalize the first word in a sentence and doesn't allow for voice corrections.

I had bought Dragon a while ago because it was on sale for $40 and a friend suggested I try to find out where I bought it from. Turns out, I bought it from Amazon 12/27/14 and it was in my Games and Software Library. The Key # was even listed.

It's all downloaded and installed. The next step is training. I think I should watch "How to Train Your Dragon" to get some pointers. Anybody notice that all the adults in that movie had Scots accents and all the kids had American accents? Weird.

I'll see how it goes and report back.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #600 on: April 21, 2019, 09:44:56 AM »
About 1k words so far today.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #601 on: April 24, 2019, 03:52:47 AM »
Current average is up to 598 words per day.

April 20th:    535
April 21st:    360
April 22nd: 1035

None today yet.

On another note, I calculated that, at my current rate, it will take me approximately 84 years to finish all my WIPs.

I did some recalculating.  At my current average (589 words per day) and if I make some my WIPs novellas, I can finish everything in 23.3 years.  If I make everything (with a couple exceptions) a minimum of 50k, it will take me 34.64 years to complete.

If I could manage to average 1000 words per day, I'd cut that in about half.  If I could write at Amanda Lee levels, I could finish everything in three years.  :hehe

Of course, that is all using arbitrary word count estimates based on popular conceptions of how long certain books *should* be.  But, I don't know about that.  Do arbitrary word counts make for better stories or do they just invite fluff for the sake of padding the word count to reach that goal?  In what way does the final word count really matter?  When you read a story, it either feels like a satisfying read or it doesn't.  Does a few more or less words make that big of a difference?  If you write a story and it comes up short according to some dogmatic word count chart, do you go back and add more filler to meet the word count?  Maybe you overlooked the character using the toilet.  Do you go back and describe the grunting and groaning as he struggled to squeeze it out, then describe how many wipes it took to clean himself?  On that note, is he a wiper or a washer?  Is that a key character trait that the reader really needs to know about?  Was there blood in his stool?  A bit of corn?  Should you, as the narrator of the story, dig deep and describe every detail of the character's bowel movement?  What shape was it?  Did the stools sink or rise to the top?  Does a 5,000 word chapter detailing the character's bathroom experience make a better story, especially if it gets you to that arbitrary word count your story needs to be to be considered a novel in its genre?  Does that make the character more relatable to the reader, allowing the reader to feel, hey, I use the bathroom too?

But I digress . . .  What was the point again?  Oh, yes, daily word counts.  On that topic, none for today so far, unless you count the 410 words of this post.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #602 on: April 24, 2019, 04:35:53 AM »
Much better than me, Dan. Me and my dragon have managed about four paragraphs of dictation, but having to dictate so slowly, keeps the wordage from flowing. I've deleted every single word so far.

I'll get there.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #603 on: April 24, 2019, 05:12:28 AM »
Much better than me, Dan. Me and my dragon have managed about four paragraphs of dictation, but having to dictate so slowly, keeps the wordage from flowing. I've deleted every single word so far.

I can't do dictation at all.  I suppose it might be different if I didn't have a choice, but I just can't get used to talking to a computer, especially one that doesn't talk back.  It's bad enough talking to people; I'm supposed to talk to a machine?

I had voice command on my computer in the 90s.  It was cool for a day or two, but then it was like, yeah, I'm just gonna use the mouse.

I sometimes think if I had money--you know, like those writers in movies that always seem to be rich because their first book sold so well or whatever--I could have a personal assistant and dictate to them and they could type it all down.  But then I'd worry they'd be like judging you as you "wrote" and they'd be like, are you sure that's what you want to write? or, even if they didn't, I'd be wondering if they were and trying to interpret every little gesture to determine whether or not they thought what I was writing was any good and then I'd be so sidetracked by that or I'd end up second-guessing everything before I dictated it, that probably not very much would be written at all.

Stupid personal assistants.  Ugh.

You could try talking into a tape recorder and having someone (or maybe yourself) transcribe it later.  I did some transcription jobs back in the early 90s.  The client liked micro-cassettes, so it was good that I had purchased a micro-cassette player so I could listen to the tapes and transcribe them.  Was kind of time-consuming though, as I had to frequently back up the tape to either confirm or make out what was being said.  I don't know what I charged but it should have been more.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #604 on: April 24, 2019, 07:14:28 AM »
I know I can write 3,000 words in an evening without too much stress... and yet I dither and don't. I've made a concerted effort to reach at least 2,000 words a day since April 8 when I started this new stand-alone action/adventure, but haven't made that average. Just below where I'm writing, under the notes for that chapter (which I copy over from my chapter outline so that I can stay on target with plot and don't let characters re-invent the plot as they go along), I put the word count for that day when I finish. I'll put it below. It makes an average of about 1650 words a day since I started.

If I could write more and dilly-dally less, I could make the target of 120,000 words by mid-June. It's difficult to avoid the negative self-talk, the negativity from people around, the anxiety, and everything else that sucks the energy out of writing... but I'm trying. So many books to write, so little focus. I can't get my head around dictation - and yet I have the sentences formed in my head as a voice whose words I type down. So, I plug away typing in Word because that's where I'm comfortable.

(edited to add - these are the CUMULATIVE totals -  Grin - not what I achieve each day.)
April 8, 0
April 9, 1952
April 11, 3925
April 12 5022
April 13 7175
April 14, 9113
April 15, 10,885
April 16, 12,461
April 17, 14,822
April 18, 16,486
April 20  18,009
April 21, 20,632
April 22, 22,783
April 23, 24,667
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #605 on: April 24, 2019, 07:28:10 AM »
April 8, 0
April 9, 1952
April 11, 3925
April 12 5022
April 13 7175
April 14, 9113
April 15, 10,885
April 16, 12,461
April 17, 14,822
April 18, 16,486
April 20  18,009
April 21, 20,632
April 22, 22,783
April 23, 24,667

Well, that was scary.  At first, I read the line that you can write 3,000 words in an evening and then I jumped to the list, where I thought those were your daily word counts.  I was impressed at 10,000; I think that surpasses Amanda Lee.  Then you hit 12k and 18k and 24k and geesh.  If I could write 24k words a day, I'd have all my WIPs finished in 6 months.  LOL.

I was a bit relieved when I figured out it was the cumulative total.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #606 on: April 24, 2019, 07:51:40 AM »
April 8, 0
April 9, 1952
April 11, 3925
April 12 5022
April 13 7175
April 14, 9113
April 15, 10,885
April 16, 12,461
April 17, 14,822
April 18, 16,486
April 20  18,009
April 21, 20,632
April 22, 22,783
April 23, 24,667

Well, that was scary.  At first, I read the line that you can write 3,000 words in an evening and then I jumped to the list, where I thought those were your daily word counts.  I was impressed at 10,000; I think that surpasses Amanda Lee.  Then you hit 12k and 18k and 24k and geesh.  If I could write 24k words a day, I'd have all my WIPs finished in 6 months.  LOL.

I was a bit relieved when I figured out it was the cumulative total.

lol I should have used the word 'cumulative'. In fact, I shall edit (if possible). That last day, with 24,000+ words would have been a doozy. :D
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #607 on: April 24, 2019, 11:30:13 AM »
Dan, if I could transcribe, I could type it directly into the laptop without a recorder go-between. Even typing a few paragraphs aggravates the shoulder.

I wouldn't transcribe without a dictaphone in any case. Foot controls for speed, replay, FF, REW, etc. I could bang out dozens of pages, but then that was my job.

Lea, I'm with you. When I type I can hear the words in my head which should mean I can dictate a sentence as easily as I write. I only wish that were the case.

But I'll keep plugging away at it. The Comfort Fit shoulder harness with ice pack helped and tomorrow I go see the ortho for the results of the MRI. Unless I have a really bad tear, I'll be insisting on trying PT first.

I also had two brownies tonight and I'm sure they had magical curative powers.


           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #608 on: April 24, 2019, 01:01:10 PM »
Dan, if I could transcribe, I could type it directly into the laptop without a recorder go-between. Even typing a few paragraphs aggravates the shoulder.

Sorry, I meant you could transcribe it later, when you're all healed up.

Our voicemail system at the office automatically transcribes messages and sends them in an eMail.  They are usually very, very wrong, but it might make for some entertaining writing.   :icon_think:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #609 on: April 24, 2019, 10:29:56 PM »
Dan, if I could transcribe, I could type it directly into the laptop without a recorder go-between. Even typing a few paragraphs aggravates the shoulder.

Sorry, I meant you could transcribe it later, when you're all healed up.

Our voicemail system at the office automatically transcribes messages and sends them in an eMail.  They are usually very, very wrong, but it might make for some entertaining writing.   :icon_think:

Okay, that's a thought.

I used to take lists of my co-workers names and run them through spell check. That was definitely entertaining. Now spell check is much more sophisticated and I wouldn't get such weird (and sometimes very apt) names.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #610 on: April 25, 2019, 10:09:23 AM »
No tear  :banana: and I successfully dictated 50 good words today.  :dance:

Doc found the source of the inflammation and injected cortisone directly into that spot. I'll still use the ice and I'll be checking on exercises as soon as I'm well enough to strengthen those shoulder muscles. I see marathon writing in my future.   :cheers  :band:  :cheers
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #611 on: April 26, 2019, 06:09:36 AM »
April 23rd:  675
April 24th:  875

None yet for today.  I have no chance of beating January or February's daily averages but I do have a shot at beating March's daily average word count.

Getting close to the 170k mark on this one.  Target is 180k, probably.  Who knows.  The characters wound up encountering the big big bad before taking on the big bad, so not sure how things are going to pan out.  If I stuck with my original plan, I'd probably end up taking another 100k to wrap it up.  Oy.

In other news, on my space opera, the one whose word count I'm not counting here, I seem to have written myself into a corner.  Finally reached the space cat chapter and one of the two-ish main characters called something into question which sort of throws a wrench into how the chapter was supposed to go down.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #612 on: April 26, 2019, 08:06:16 AM »
I wrote 1,140 words today, which puts me just past the 170k mark.  Some of the characters have now been captured by the big big bad.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #613 on: April 26, 2019, 09:34:45 AM »
Not much, but 211 words is better than yesterday. It's going to be a short battle scene.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #614 on: April 28, 2019, 11:58:35 AM »
Only 68 words yesterday but they were really bad words. They've been tossed.

Right now, I'm struggling with the battle scene and had to do a lot of research to make it as authentic as possible. Actually, I ended up devising my own strategies and they make sense to me. So, I'm 188 words further along today.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #615 on: April 29, 2019, 08:02:25 AM »
Up and down for me . . .

April 26th:   360
April 27th:   460
April 28th: 1065

Put one of the characters through the ringer today in an example of bad naked.  One of the bad guys is kind of sadistic.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #616 on: April 29, 2019, 09:38:34 AM »
Okay, the battle is won after 308 words, mostly dictated. I typed the last couple of sentences since they were dialogue.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #617 on: April 29, 2019, 04:02:03 PM »
I'm up to 34,886 in 20 days (when I started this new book), and I've written every day except one (I think), so that's an average of  1,744 a day.
Gotta lift my game.
Gotta write more.
Gotta stop chasing cyber butterflies every ten minutes.

My aim is to lift the average to 2,000 words a day... then 3,000. But I'm always aiming high and falling short - then shrugging a, 'whatever.'
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #618 on: April 30, 2019, 08:19:52 AM »
I wrote 1,535 words today.  Looks like my daily word count average will be better than March, but not as good as either January or February.  Maybe May will be better.

I've now hit the 175k mark which means I'm actually about 1,500 words short of 175k.

Not sure it will end at 180k as previously predicted.  I keep coming up with ideas for the big confrontation scene.  I mean, I've had the scene in mind since probably around when I started the book, but I keep coming up with stuff to build on it.  I think it will be a fun scene, if I can ever get to it.  LOL.

On the flip side, the character that was supposed to die 2/3rds of the way through the book hasn't.  Yet.  The character will still die, just not 2/3rds of the way through because I'm not writing another 100k in this book.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #619 on: April 30, 2019, 09:06:47 AM »
Good count, Dan.

Okay, the battle is won and it's time to tend the seriously injured unloved husband. Took 294 words to get there. This is so frustrating. I could always sit down and knock out 2K words at a time, but now I either stumble through dictation or can only type a bit before the arm starts acting up. Piffle:HB
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #620 on: May 01, 2019, 08:16:56 AM »
I wrote 2,660 words today.  The big, big bad is dealt with, presumably, and the characters are on their way to face the big bad.  The MC has finally made his change from whiny wanderer to warrior in his hero's journey.

I wound up writing 21,950 words for the month with a 713.67 words per day average which isn't as good as January or February but it did best March's word count of 18,005 words with a 580.81 daily word average.  Hopefully May will go better and I can wrap this one up.

The scene I thought would go on longer didn't seem to play out on paper as long as it did in my head.  I also realized after finishing the chapter that I had omitted a small detail I had meant to include.  Not sure whether to go back and add it tomorrow, fit it in somewhere else or leave it out entirely.  I am leaning towards one of the first two options.  I am now around 176k in actual word count.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #621 on: May 01, 2019, 08:37:11 AM »
I am back to work on my series.  I had to take a short break to rework some ideas, but I think we have them all fixed.  Not easy to trim a series from six months to six weeks (storyline time) but I think we've done it!

My co-author has decided she prefers writing children's stories...and she just finished an amazing one...so I'm going to wrap this up and move on to my next book.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #622 on: May 02, 2019, 07:45:37 AM »
I've gotten May off to a good start with 1,045 words today, which gives me a daily average of 1,045 words per day for the month so far.  LOL.

Starting the big battle scene.  Would have written more, but a big storm (IRL) is supposed to be coming and I don't like to have the computer on when there's lightning.  Why take chances, eh?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #623 on: May 02, 2019, 09:04:40 AM »
Giving up the battle for now. But not the war. Never the war. 

I have to dictate so slowly, nothing makes sense and I have to toss what I've allegedly written. Or I try to type and after a short while, my arm starts to hurt so bad I have to stop. I can't get enough momentum for the words to flow and everything I write is crap.

I think I'll concentrate on training my dragon by reading into it. Maybe after a week or so, it will accept my voice.

Keep up the good work everyone. Hopefully, I'll be back before long.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #624 on: May 03, 2019, 08:23:40 AM »
I wrote 1,795 words today which puts me within 1k of 180k of actual word count.

The characters are battling their way towards the big bad.  Maybe tomorrow or over the weekend they'll reach him.

Hopefully, they packed a lunch.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #625 on: May 04, 2019, 06:29:00 AM »
I wrote 2,200 words today as the characters battle their way to reach the big bad.

Doing fairly well so far this month with a three-day total of 5,040 words.  As I mentioned earlier in this thread, my personal best is 6,752 words over three days and this may be the closest I've come to that in quite a well.  Heck, if I could write 3,000 words tomorrow (LOL), I could set a new personal best.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #626 on: May 04, 2019, 06:37:49 AM »
I wrote today--but not counting.  All I'll say is it was enough to qualify for this thread. And enough to know I've hit a wall.  :HB Pondering whether to pound through said wall or have a glass of wine. Too early for wine, so . . .

This is not an "I love writing" kind of day. :tap
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #627 on: May 04, 2019, 07:31:43 AM »
Go Dan go!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #628 on: May 04, 2019, 08:36:05 AM »
Giving up the battle for now. But not the war. Never the war. 

I have to dictate so slowly, nothing makes sense and I have to toss what I've allegedly written. Or I try to type and after a short while, my arm starts to hurt so bad I have to stop. I can't get enough momentum for the words to flow and everything I write is crap.

I think I'll concentrate on training my dragon by reading into it. Maybe after a week or so, it will accept my voice.

Keep up the good work everyone. Hopefully, I'll be back before long.

Maybe you'll make it smarter.  It couldn't hurt.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #629 on: May 04, 2019, 08:39:39 AM »
I wrote today--but not counting.  All I'll say is it was enough to qualify for this thread. And enough to know I've hit a wall.  :HB Pondering whether to pound through said wall or have a glass of wine. Too early for wine, so . . .

This is not an "I love writing" kind of day. :tap



Crash through the wall...then the wine?  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #630 on: May 04, 2019, 10:24:02 AM »
I wrote today--but not counting.  All I'll say is it was enough to qualify for this thread. And enough to know I've hit a wall.  :HB Pondering whether to pound through said wall or have a glass of wine. Too early for wine, so . . .

This is not an "I love writing" kind of day. :tap




Crash through the wall...then the wine?  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

Good advice. Tomorrow is another day. I will crash through my wall, accept the headache, and move forward.  :dizzy

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #631 on: May 04, 2019, 01:56:53 PM »
I did some recalculating.  At my current average (589 words per day) and if I make some my WIPs novellas, I can finish everything in 23.3 years.  If I make everything (with a couple exceptions) a minimum of 50k, it will take me 34.64 years to complete.


Love this. Thanks, Dan.

My mind now is mush. Need a break.

                                                                WIP 1                                     WIP 2                              WIP 3                 WIP 4
                                                            Amazon Deadline!              Amazon Deadline!                     Running on Patreon and
                                                                                                                                                        serialized website
                                                                                                                                         (probably will polish and publish later)

March 3 to April 28                                 51,476 finished!                       23,942                            5,567                  13,144
                                                          (subject to review;
                                                      probably will reach 55K)
April 29                                                        -                                        1,313                            1,200                      -
May 1                                                           -                                        1,441                              -                          -
May 2                                                           -                                          -                                1,265                      -
May 3                                                           -                                        1,562                              -                           -


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #632 on: May 04, 2019, 10:17:36 PM »
Still training my dragon. Reading from a book directly into Word through Dragon at normal speed and volume. Fairly accurate. Now I have to learn to think and talk at the same time.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #633 on: May 05, 2019, 08:50:17 AM »
I wrote 1,115 words today.  The characters had to fight through a bunch of enemies and are now looking at the door which will open into the room where they will find the big bad.  Not all will survive.

But that will be for tomorrow.  Also, I should probably decide on who will deliver the final blow as any of those who survive will be capable of it.  (And who dies I've known since early on as this is a scene I've had planned in my head for maybe since I started writing this book.)

And then the book won't be over because they will still have to clean up the mess as some of the big bad's underlings are still back in the town the characters had to leave to get to the big bad.  So, after that, taking down the little bads.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #634 on: May 06, 2019, 09:02:37 AM »
I wrote 1,385 words today.  Still no big battle.  Instead, both sides were making their final preparations.  Also took care of a minor plot hole.  Well, not so much a plot hole as a question of logic.  That is, I knew why certain things were the way they were, but there was no in-story explanation and the reader would have had to have first read In Search of the Legendary Phineas Ray (or, possibly, Bad Fiction as the explanation might have also been in there) but I figured it best that it be stated explicitly in the current book.  It was an offhand reference anyway that actually presented a real world explanation, but even people that read Phineas Ray don't seem to have picked up on it.  And that sort of thing is actually a concern to me as sometimes I feel I may be making certain things too obvious, yet people still miss it.

Anyway, perhaps tomorrow they will all be ready to rumble!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #635 on: May 07, 2019, 06:59:44 AM »
I wrote 1,925 words today.  The big bad's soldiers have been defeated, but the big bad is still alive.  However, now one of the good guys is dead and the surviving good guys plus the big bad have all been captured by the big big bad.  Also, it occurs to me maybe I shouldn't be talking about spoilers like this.  :icon_think:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #636 on: May 07, 2019, 07:07:26 PM »
First real productive day yesterday on first draft of book three in my series, 1783 yesterday
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #637 on: May 07, 2019, 09:39:51 PM »
I wrote 1,925 words today.  The big bad's soldiers have been defeated, but the big bad is still alive.  However, now one of the good guys is dead and the surviving good guys plus the big bad have all been captured by the big big bad.  Also, it occurs to me maybe I shouldn't be talking about spoilers like this.  :icon_think:

I love Cliff Notes. Sorry about your dead good guy. I'm sure he meant a lot to you.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #638 on: May 08, 2019, 12:08:52 AM »
First real productive day yesterday on first draft of book three in my series, 1783 yesterday

Give yourself a star! Nothing feels better than a productive day.

I didn't get near your count but I'll take the 267 I scribbled yesterday. Also discovered I have too many characters. That can really mess things up, unless you're writing another Game of Thrones. Which I am definitely not!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #639 on: May 08, 2019, 12:48:02 AM »
I wrote 1,925 words today.  The big bad's soldiers have been defeated, but the big bad is still alive.  However, now one of the good guys is dead and the surviving good guys plus the big bad have all been captured by the big big bad.  Also, it occurs to me maybe I shouldn't be talking about spoilers like this.  :icon_think:

I love Cliff Notes. Sorry about your dead good guy. I'm sure he meant a lot to you.

Said character has been fated to die in this battle since very early on when I started writing the book.  At the time, it was meant to be more humorous but the book has since taken a more serious tone, so maybe it's a bit more tragic now.  Not sure.  I'll have to go over the scene again when I'm finished to make sure the death comes off well.

No animals die though, unless you count the mutants that are part squirrel.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #640 on: May 08, 2019, 03:15:40 AM »
I wrote 1,925 words today.  The big bad's soldiers have been defeated, but the big bad is still alive.  However, now one of the good guys is dead and the surviving good guys plus the big bad have all been captured by the big big bad.  Also, it occurs to me maybe I shouldn't be talking about spoilers like this.  :icon_think:

I love Cliff Notes. Sorry about your dead good guy. I'm sure he meant a lot to you.

Said character has been fated to die in this battle since very early on when I started writing the book.  At the time, it was meant to be more humorous but the book has since taken a more serious tone, so maybe it's a bit more tragic now.  Not sure.  I'll have to go over the scene again when I'm finished to make sure the death comes off well.

No animals die though, unless you count the mutants that are part squirrel.

One of the worst death scenes was Sirius Black. Bad enough that a beloved character got Kadavra'd, but it was almost like a throw away line. Maybe it was two lines. I had to go back and read it a few times before it sunk it. As fast as I read, I might have even missed it.

The squirrel thing depends. Was it the squirrels who became part human (or whatever they mutated into), or the humans who became part squirrel. If it was the former, then it definitely counts as a dead squirrel, although they are considered rodents in England and probably a lot of other places.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #641 on: May 08, 2019, 03:25:32 AM »
One of the worst death scenes was Sirius Black. Bad enough that a beloved character got Kadavra'd, but it was almost like a throw away line. Maybe it was two lines. I had to go back and read it a few times before it sunk it. As fast as I read, I might have even missed it.

Well, in mine, there's no real death scene.  The other characters spot the body in the aftermath of an event.

The squirrel thing depends. Was it the squirrels who became part human (or whatever they mutated into), or the humans who became part squirrel. If it was the former, then it definitely counts as a dead squirrel, although they are considered rodents in England and probably a lot of other places.

More along the lines of a mad scientist's creation.  So more of a DNA mix than subjecting squirrels to gamma rays.  ;)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #642 on: May 09, 2019, 06:04:40 AM »
1091 yesterday, 2038 today.  Feel like I'm starting to get somewhere!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #643 on: May 10, 2019, 08:29:27 AM »
Guess I've missed updating for a few days.

May 7th: 1,095 words
May 8th: 1,215 words
May 9th: 4,250 words

This novel may never end.  LOL.  The big bad is on the run.  The big big bad has been dealt with.  But . . . quite unexpectedly, a big big big bad has arrived on the scene.  So now the characters have to figure out how to both take care of the big bad and also figure out how to defeat this new big big big bad.  And do so without the help of the character that was lost in the big battle.  Also, they are out of weapons.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #644 on: May 10, 2019, 10:39:10 AM »
Guess I've missed updating for a few days.

May 7th: 1,095 words
May 8th: 1,215 words
May 9th: 4,250 words

This novel may never end.  LOL.  The big bad is on the run.  The big big bad has been dealt with.  But . . . quite unexpectedly, a big big big bad has arrived on the scene.  So now the characters have to figure out how to both take care of the big bad and also figure out how to defeat this new big big big bad.  And do so without the help of the character that was lost in the big battle.  Also, they are out of weapons.

Start a fight between the big bad and the big big big bad.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #645 on: May 11, 2019, 09:30:05 AM »
I wrote 1,825 words today.

Which means my three day total is 7,290 words.

Which means, to the best of my knowledge, I have set a new personal best.

My previous best, set back in high school many, many moons ago, was 6,752 words over the course of three days.

That was a full story, though, and this is only part of a book, but it's still more words.

So I've beaten the word count by 538 words.

And there's still the possibility that tomorrow's word count might beat Thursday's which would mean I would set another new personal best.

Yay!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #646 on: May 12, 2019, 11:45:06 AM »
Almost 3k words today!  And my two book series is going to be three...but trilogies are good, right?  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #647 on: May 12, 2019, 11:53:16 AM »
Almost 3k words today!  And my two book series is going to be three...but trilogies are good, right?  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #648 on: May 19, 2019, 07:00:39 AM »
I'm back to work on my series and have about another 3k finished over the past few days.  Hope all is going well for everyone!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #649 on: May 19, 2019, 11:52:32 AM »
246 words today that I think I'll actually keep. This story has involved a lot of starting, running into a wall, deleting, and repeat, but I feel like I'm finally making some forward progress.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #650 on: May 22, 2019, 11:31:19 AM »
84 words today but not sure how long some of them will stay.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #651 on: June 09, 2019, 03:30:01 AM »
I'm stuck in finals for a few more days...how is everyone else doing?  I hope to start writing again on Monday.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #652 on: June 09, 2019, 07:46:02 AM »
I'm stuck in finals for a few more days...how is everyone else doing?  I hope to start writing again on Monday.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

I have plans for tomorrow. Not sure what I'll be writing. A small brain wave hit me this morning and I started a new story completely different from what I've been working on. Wrote 198 words. Yup, just realized I had some wordage to report. Don't know if it will go anywhere or not.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #653 on: June 12, 2019, 12:22:55 PM »
Two 1K days in a row  Grin
 
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« Reply #654 on: June 13, 2019, 12:49:51 PM »

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #655 on: June 14, 2019, 12:23:31 AM »
186 words out of today's first 15-minute writing block. I have a feeling I am going to need five of them to reach 1K for the day instead of the four I needed yesterday.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #656 on: June 14, 2019, 03:14:51 AM »
I've got a plan to do some writing tomorrow. Hope my plan doesn't slide into the mud like my Sunday plan did. But, I think I have a better plan this time around.  :Healing:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #657 on: June 14, 2019, 08:18:47 AM »
I'm back and hoping to write tomorrow!  So glad to have a little more free time for a few weeks.   :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #658 on: June 14, 2019, 11:01:28 PM »
I'm back and hoping to write tomorrow!  So glad to have a little more free time for a few weeks.   :smilie_zauber:
I've got a plan to do some writing tomorrow. Hope my plan doesn't slide into the mud like my Sunday plan did. But, I think I have a better plan this time around.  :Healing:

Good luck!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #659 on: June 15, 2019, 02:06:12 AM »
Well, it worked out better than I thought. I'm working on the new idea and I got 1194 words in this morning.

My Sunday plan is back on track, I hope.  :tap
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #660 on: June 16, 2019, 05:14:01 AM »
1049 words today, now 2 graduation parties and a trip to library to "play" with the die-cut machine
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #661 on: June 17, 2019, 04:41:27 AM »
951 words. I was hoping for more but I was at McD's and rain was a serious threat.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #662 on: June 17, 2019, 12:06:47 PM »
513 words. Spent the majority of the day with family celebrating my niece's baptism :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #663 on: June 17, 2019, 11:36:57 PM »
513 words. Spent the majority of the day with family celebrating my niece's baptism :)

Congrats on both counts.

No writing plans for me today. Definitely tomorrow. I have an appt to get my car serviced and that should give me an hour or two of writing time in the waiting room.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #664 on: June 18, 2019, 08:12:59 AM »
513 words. Spent the majority of the day with family celebrating my niece's baptism :)

Congrats on both counts.


Thank you :)  It was a lovely day with family and I managed a few more hundred words before going to bed.

Today I wrote 1012 words, but it's only 6:12 here so I may add a few more...
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #665 on: June 19, 2019, 10:34:34 AM »
Another 1K day to keep my streak going!

My characters just had a short discussion about doughnuts; I'm thinking this scene might need a little more meat to it...
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #666 on: June 19, 2019, 11:01:50 AM »
Another 1K day to keep my streak going!

My characters just had a short discussion about doughnuts; I'm thinking this scene might need a little more meat to it...

Sugar without protein can leave you unbalanced.  :icon_rofl:

My auto appt got rescheduled to tomorrow so I'll be sitting in the waiting room with my AlphaSmart writing snappy dialogue about Victorian houses and mice. Should be interesting.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #667 on: June 20, 2019, 03:08:28 AM »
1500 words last night, and they finally got the book open! Now, I just have to decide what's in it. LOL
 :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #668 on: June 20, 2019, 05:27:55 AM »
I discovered that my car only takes synthetic oil which does not break down in the FL heat like regular oil. I'd just sat down to wait for my car to get an oil change when they came over and told me I wouldn't need an oil change for another 4K miles. Okay. Good news. Except I'd just sat down to write.

117 words.  :littleclap Better than nothing.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #669 on: June 20, 2019, 02:02:57 PM »
I got a little bit of meat to balance the scene but now they've wandered down to the beach and are doing some random poses
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #670 on: June 24, 2019, 12:43:39 AM »
Finally made it to Panera this morning where I got 1542 words written. The story took a turn I hadn't expected, but it's a good one. I find that my characters mostly know what they should be doing.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #671 on: June 24, 2019, 03:17:46 AM »
Almost 2k words yesterday.  Hoping to finish this book in about a week.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #672 on: June 24, 2019, 03:35:23 AM »
Almost 2k words yesterday.  Hoping to finish this book in about a week.  :smilie_zauber:

 :band:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #673 on: June 24, 2019, 05:43:15 AM »
Finished latest historical Western few days back, always get the blues when a book is done.  Single malt and choc ice cream usually cure.  This time feel so down I'll have to mix the two together to get boosted back to fulltime writing.  But I did manage 50+ words this morning and that's a spark of light at tunnel's end.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #674 on: June 24, 2019, 05:51:43 AM »
Finished latest historical Western few days back, always get the blues when a book is done.  Single malt and choc ice cream usually cure.  This time feel so down I'll have to mix the two together to get boosted back to fulltime writing.  But I did manage 50+ words this morning and that's a spark of light at tunnel's end.

It's always good to jump back on the horse.

 :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #675 on: June 24, 2019, 09:41:05 AM »
65 words today.

I might write more later but still pretty tired from driving 18 hours over three days for a wedding reception several states away.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #676 on: June 25, 2019, 01:31:19 AM »
65 words today.

I might write more later but still pretty tired from driving 18 hours over three days for a wedding reception several states away.

Amazing after that marathon drive you found the energy to even write 65 words. Dedication!  :tup3b
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #677 on: June 25, 2019, 06:28:44 AM »
65 words today.

I might write more later but still pretty tired from driving 18 hours over three days for a wedding reception several states away.

Amazing after that marathon drive you found the energy to even write 65 words. Dedication!  :tup3b

Thanks! Although today's grand total is still at 0.

I'm trying to work out the next part of the story but really it's just a day of procrastinating...
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #678 on: June 25, 2019, 09:11:17 AM »
65 words today.

I might write more later but still pretty tired from driving 18 hours over three days for a wedding reception several states away.

Amazing after that marathon drive you found the energy to even write 65 words. Dedication!  :tup3b

Thanks! Although today's grand total is still at 0.

I'm trying to work out the next part of the story but really it's just a day of procrastinating...

I'm not even trying today. My muse hides on laundry day. I don't blame her at all. BTW, her name is Fiona.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #679 on: June 25, 2019, 11:43:13 AM »


I'm not even trying today. My muse hides on laundry day. I don't blame her at all. BTW, her name is Fiona.


Love it!

648 words today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #680 on: June 26, 2019, 01:12:53 AM »
Went to the library today and knocked out 1185 words. Also edited Sunday's work, so it was a good day.

Oh, and a  :dog1: decided to show up. Also some seniors who I think will play a good part in the mystery.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #681 on: June 26, 2019, 02:59:07 AM »
Congrats on the word counts!  :goodpost:

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Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #682 on: June 26, 2019, 04:13:12 AM »
I won't post daily totals since it's been almost two months since I last posted.

I think the day of or after I last posted, our family dog went to the vet, then to the emergency care facility the following day.  Then, stayed in the doggy hospital for a couple days, then had surgery.  Came out of surgery okay and came home a day or two later.  Then back to the doggy hospital that Saturday morning where she passed away.

I didn't get a lot of writing done during that time, or after, and there were two days I didn't write at all, except maybe a few words on the space opera, which I haven't counted in these posts.

I ended May with a total word count of 33,865 words which was an average of 1,092.42 words per day.

Did better this month.  Last week, I wrote 8,200 words over a three day period which bested the 7,290 words written over a three day period in May.  I think I mentioned that in my last post.

I finished the novel today, which means my word count for June (through today) is 42,735 words which works out to be an average of 1,709.4 words per day.

Still have to edit and still only have one (potential) beta reader, but as it stands right now, this novel is 252,133 words long with 68 chapters.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #683 on: June 26, 2019, 05:13:33 AM »
Aw, Dan, I'm so sorry about your doggie. It's heartbreaking, I know, to lose a fur baby.

But congrats on finishing the novel. That's an epic accomplishment.

 :smilie_zauber:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #684 on: June 26, 2019, 06:10:12 AM »
Dan, so sorry about your dog.  It's never easy.

Congrats on finishing the book! 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #685 on: June 26, 2019, 08:11:24 AM »
Book 2 is done! Now, to start book 3 in the series. We're hoping to have it finished before the end of August.  :catrun

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #686 on: June 26, 2019, 08:42:46 AM »
Book 2 is done! Now, to start book 3 in the series. We're hoping to have it finished before the end of August.  :catrun

Yay!!!  :banana:

I've had so many do-overs this year, I'm not sure when (or even if) I'm going to be able to say that.  :shrug
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #687 on: June 26, 2019, 08:50:59 AM »
Book 2 is done! Now, to start book 3 in the series. We're hoping to have it finished before the end of August.  :catrun

Yay!!!  :banana:

I've had so many do-overs this year, I'm not sure when (or even if) I'm going to be able to say that.  :shrug

Thank you, Maggie Ann!  You'll get there.  :smilie_zauber:

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #688 on: June 26, 2019, 11:11:52 AM »
I won't post daily totals since it's been almost two months since I last posted.

I think the day of or after I last posted, our family dog went to the vet, then to the emergency care facility the following day.  Then, stayed in the doggy hospital for a couple days, then had surgery.  Came out of surgery okay and came home a day or two later.  Then back to the doggy hospital that Saturday morning where she passed away.


So sorry to hear that, man.  I know how tough it is to lose a pet.   :icon_sad:


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I didn't get a lot of writing done during that time, or after


Perfectly understandable, and I'm surprised you got as much done as you did.


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as it stands right now, this novel is 252,133 words long with 68 chapters


That word count translates to somewhere in the neighborhood of a 1000-page ebook on Amazon.   :icon_eek:


Book 2 is done! Now, to start book 3 in the series. We're hoping to have it finished before the end of August.  :catrun


Congratulations.   :cheers


I've had so many do-overs this year, I'm not sure when (or even if) I'm going to be able to say that.  :shrug


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #689 on: June 26, 2019, 11:56:54 AM »
Sorry for the loss of your dog, Dan  :(
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #690 on: June 27, 2019, 03:18:04 AM »
Surprised myself with 1206 words today. I may have spent too much time on the dog, but he was just so darned cute.   :dog1:  He also provided a good distraction for the sister when brother didn't want her to overhear his conversation with Chief.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #691 on: June 27, 2019, 06:53:29 AM »
Aw, Dan, I'm so sorry about your doggie. It's heartbreaking, I know, to lose a fur baby.

Dan, so sorry about your dog.  It's never easy.

So sorry to hear that, man.  I know how tough it is to lose a pet.   :icon_sad:

Sorry for the loss of your dog, Dan  :(

Thanks all.


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as it stands right now, this novel is 252,133 words long with 68 chapters

That word count translates to somewhere in the neighborhood of a 1000-page ebook on Amazon.   :icon_eek:

And then, sometimes, when editing, I tend to add words so who knows what the final word count will be.  Plus, I have yet to write the Acknowledgments section.

Already went through the first three chapters today and, yep, added words.

Maybe I can also do a "summary" version.  LOL.  Sold separately, of course.   :hehe

Does KU still pay by the page?  If so, cha-ching!  LOL.  You know, if anyone actually reads the whole thing.

Probably ought to do a paperback version for this one too.  It'll make the eBook look like a bargain.

The cover's done.  Yet, once again, I foolishly did not think ahead and designed for the eBook without considering the paperback.  I guess I can use the excuse that I originally designed the cover five years ago.  (Made minor revisions this year to make it "pop" more.  Hopefully.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #692 on: June 27, 2019, 06:58:21 AM »
Okay, with the fantasy epic (I guess it counts as an epic when it's 250k long) finished (except for editing and all that jazz), I can now move on to focus solely on the space opera that's been limpering along with a scant handful of words written each day.  (Is limpering not a word?  Spell-check does not approve.)

Except I haven't.

No.  Yesterday, I saw my "lame space opera" sitting on my hard drive and thought, hmm, I should work on that.

Also, did you know "lame" is now considered an offensive word?  Oy.

Anyway, so, today, I wrote 1,090 words on my lame space opera.  Technically, it was a lot of rewriting a short I wrote a while ago that I figured I could incorporate into this novel(la).  But, I added some new words too.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #693 on: June 27, 2019, 10:21:56 AM »
1085 today although there are definitely some segments that will need editing later.

The #1000wordsofsummer challenge has been a big motivator the last week and a half for me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #694 on: June 28, 2019, 04:07:57 AM »
Couldn't make it to the library today because I had a couple of appointments. Brought my AlphaSmart and managed 764 words while I was waiting.

I'm having a problem conceptualizing the covers for this series. I guess I'll wait until the first book is finished before deciding. Might be no-people covers.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #695 on: June 28, 2019, 08:09:07 AM »
Edited four chapters today.  Added some words, of course.

Wrote 1,140 words in the "lame space opera" but also rewrote a portion of yesterday's to make a scene less "adult" in nature and more goofy (hopefully).
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #696 on: June 28, 2019, 11:54:54 AM »
1018 written. Also fixed the formatting for the inside of the paperback version of the first novella in my trilogy (now if I could just get KDP Cover Creator to let me delete and rewrite some text, I'd be good to go!)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #697 on: June 28, 2019, 09:49:00 PM »
1018 written. Also fixed the formatting for the inside of the paperback version of the first novella in my trilogy (now if I could just get KDP Cover Creator to let me delete and rewrite some text, I'd be good to go!)

I make my covers in PowerPoint. It's really very versatile.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #698 on: June 28, 2019, 10:25:33 PM »
346 words today so far (it's a quiet day at work).
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #699 on: June 29, 2019, 01:11:25 AM »
I was waffling about going to the library this morning (I do my best writing there) because I had some errands to run this morning, but my muse (Fiona) had other ideas. Started to walk out the door, but I automatically picked up the messenger bag with my AlphaSmart in it and drove to the library. Wrote 1254 words. Fiona obviously knows best.

My average has always been 1K words per hour and I'd put in a two hour writing session. Now I'm averaging a lot more words in an hour. I wrote this 1254 in about 45 minutes and that's pretty close to what I've been doing since I started going to the library every day.

I don't think it's the library. I walked away from the series I was working on and went with an idea and characters that popped into my head one morning. I think I like these characters a lot better than the other series and that's why I'm able to put out more wordage.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #700 on: June 29, 2019, 10:19:48 AM »
I was waffling about going to the library this morning (I do my best writing there) because I had some errands to run this morning, but my muse (Fiona) had other ideas. Started to walk out the door, but I automatically picked up the messenger bag with my AlphaSmart in it and drove to the library. Wrote 1254 words. Fiona obviously knows best.

Good job!


1005 words today for me
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #701 on: June 29, 2019, 11:18:35 AM »
Visited a haunted building, edited one chapter in the epic fantasy and wrote 1,285 words in the lame space opera today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #702 on: June 29, 2019, 12:12:17 PM »
Visited a haunted building, edited one chapter in the epic fantasy and wrote 1,285 words in the lame space opera today.

Research or fun?

Sounds like the lame space opera isn't so lame with all those words you've been adding.

I was waffling about going to the library this morning (I do my best writing there) because I had some errands to run this morning, but my muse (Fiona) had other ideas. Started to walk out the door, but I automatically picked up the messenger bag with my AlphaSmart in it and drove to the library. Wrote 1254 words. Fiona obviously knows best.

Good job!


1005 words today for me

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #703 on: June 30, 2019, 02:18:51 AM »
Pretty good morning at the library. 1174 words and just for fun I strolled down the aisle where four of my books are shelved. Lovely. Keeps up the motivation.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #704 on: June 30, 2019, 05:42:05 AM »
Pretty good morning at the library. 1174 words and just for fun I strolled down the aisle where four of my books are shelved. Lovely. Keeps up the motivation.

 :band:

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #705 on: June 30, 2019, 01:01:21 PM »
1015

Plus waffles with a friend and family time all through the afternoon
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #706 on: June 30, 2019, 09:49:24 PM »
1015

Plus waffles with a friend and family time all through the afternoon

Now I need some waffles, but the places that let me sit for a couple of hours writing don't serve waffles. <sigh>
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #707 on: July 01, 2019, 02:33:54 AM »
Only 759 words today. I suspect I had waffles on my mind.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #708 on: July 01, 2019, 10:18:07 AM »
Only 759 words today. I suspect I had waffles on my mind.

You need my local coffee shop, space to work and waffles on the weekends.


1036 words for me today and now I start shifting the focus of the story.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #709 on: July 02, 2019, 04:30:48 AM »
Visited a haunted building, edited one chapter in the epic fantasy and wrote 1,285 words in the lame space opera today.

Research or fun?

Business.


Sounds like the lame space opera isn't so lame with all those words you've been adding.

It's not good.

I wrote 1,085 words on it on Saturday and another 1,065 words on Sunday.  (Giving my a five day average of 1,134 words per day.)  Or, I should say I rewrote that many words.  I started this lame space opera in May of 2016 before it went on the backburner for a while.  I've worked on it sporadically ever since.  Then, when getting close to finishing the fantasy epic, I started looking at it again as the next book to finish.  I realized I had what I had so far in it, plus a short story from several years ago that would be usable, plus a different short story from around the same time plus a series of three shorts I wrote a few years after that.  They were all space humor stuff and I figured by merging characters and rewriting the whole thing, I could marry them all together into one cohesive book that I could finish relatively quickly and get out prior to my other space opera being finished.

But, it's not going so well.  I'm trying to keep a lighter tone with this one, especially coming off the fantasy epic which had some dark (and adult) moments in it, and one of the short stories had an adult scene.  But, I've managed to silly it up (I hope) which makes it less adult despite a couple characters being completely naked in the scene.  But then the three story series that are the bulk of what I have written and would thus become the bulk of this book are a completely different style than everything else.

Melding the styles into one style is proving more difficult than merging characters.

Would possibly be easier if I hadn't apparently completely lost my ability to write humor.
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #710 on: July 02, 2019, 05:01:11 AM »
Visited a haunted building, edited one chapter in the epic fantasy and wrote 1,285 words in the lame space opera today.

Research or fun?

Business.


Sounds like the lame space opera isn't so lame with all those words you've been adding.

It's not good.

I wrote 1,085 words on it on Saturday and another 1,065 words on Sunday.  (Giving my a five day average of 1,134 words per day.)  Or, I should say I rewrote that many words.  I started this lame space opera in May of 2016 before it went on the backburner for a while.  I've worked on it sporadically ever since.  Then, when getting close to finishing the fantasy epic, I started looking at it again as the next book to finish.  I realized I had what I had so far in it, plus a short story from several years ago that would be usable, plus a different short story from around the same time plus a series of three shorts I wrote a few years after that.  They were all space humor stuff and I figured by merging characters and rewriting the whole thing, I could marry them all together into one cohesive book that I could finish relatively quickly and get out prior to my other space opera being finished.

But, it's not going so well.  I'm trying to keep a lighter tone with this one, especially coming off the fantasy epic which had some dark (and adult) moments in it, and one of the short stories had an adult scene.  But, I've managed to silly it up (I hope) which makes it less adult despite a couple characters being completely naked in the scene.  But then the three story series that are the bulk of what I have written and would thus become the bulk of this book are a completely different style than everything else.

Melding the styles into one style is proving more difficult than merging characters.

Would possibly be easier if I hadn't apparently completely lost my ability to write humor.

That's why I dumped my lame medieval historical romance. You lost your ability to write humor. I seem to have lost my ability to write historicals. I finally gave up the struggle. I was forcing the story and I didn't particularly like the characters. And I was only writing maybe once a week.

I'm now working on a contemporary mystery with some romance elements. Or it might be a contemporary romance with some mystery elements. Not sure. But I'm writing nearly every day. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up, but so far, so good.

You shouldn't have to tie yourself in knots to write a story. Hard to type that way, anyway.  :writethink:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #711 on: July 02, 2019, 05:54:19 AM »
You shouldn't have to tie yourself in knots to write a story. Hard to type that way, anyway.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #712 on: July 02, 2019, 05:56:02 AM »
I took a few days off and now getting back to book 3.  I'm not sure if there will be a book 4 or not.  It depends on how much we can resolve in this one.  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #713 on: July 02, 2019, 06:46:27 AM »
1015 today. If I get the urge to do a little more this evening, I will be over 23K in this piece.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #714 on: July 02, 2019, 07:03:40 AM »
Would possibly be easier if I hadn't apparently completely lost my ability to write humor.


Brevity is the soul of wit.  My advice: go watch the movie Fletch Lives.  Nothing does quick-hitting humor as well as that movie.  Watching it should help get your brain in the right gear.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #715 on: July 02, 2019, 01:25:14 PM »
Jumping in.

2351 on book 3 of my steampunk series, just starting things off. It's always fun in the beginning. Didn't get to my edits of book 2, really need to just finish those last few chapters, so I will make an effort tomorrow. ARC readers chomping at the bit.

650 or so on a pirate cat mermaid short story for an anthology submission.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #716 on: July 02, 2019, 01:45:11 PM »
650 or so on a pirate cat mermaid short story for an anthology submission.

Congrats!

And you have me intrigued with this one!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #717 on: July 03, 2019, 12:38:33 AM »
Jumping in.

2351 on book 3 of my steampunk series, just starting things off. It's always fun in the beginning. Didn't get to my edits of book 2, really need to just finish those last few chapters, so I will make an effort tomorrow. ARC readers chomping at the bit.

650 or so on a pirate cat mermaid short story for an anthology submission.

Welcome to the thread. And congrats on the wordage.

I think I wrote some good words this morning. Advanced both the mystery and romance aspects with 1064 words. I'll be adding just another sentence or two because something else occurred to me on the way home.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #718 on: July 03, 2019, 12:39:19 AM »
650 or so on a pirate cat mermaid short story for an anthology submission.

Congrats!

And you have me intrigued with this one!  :smilie_zauber:

Yeah, just what is a pirate cat mermaid? Definitely intriguing.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #719 on: July 03, 2019, 06:30:28 AM »
Wrote 1,015 words yesterday and 1,455 words today on the lame space opera.  Still mostly rewriting while adding some new content in the mix.  Still not merging well, but getting a better feel for it as I continue rewriting the old content to fit into the new.  Will need a larger rewrite later, but getting it merged and in place will help with that.

Edited eight chapters in the fantasy epic.  Keeps getting longer as I do.  LOL.  So, it will probably stay over 250k in length.  Only forty-three chapters left to go!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #720 on: July 03, 2019, 11:46:43 AM »
about 500 words today  :confused:  My motivation slipped away today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #721 on: July 03, 2019, 01:05:06 PM »
Wrote 1,015 words yesterday and 1,455 words today on the lame space opera.  Still mostly rewriting while adding some new content in the mix.  Still not merging well, but getting a better feel for it as I continue rewriting the old content to fit into the new.  Will need a larger rewrite later, but getting it merged and in place will help with that.

Edited eight chapters in the fantasy epic.  Keeps getting longer as I do.  LOL.  So, it will probably stay over 250k in length.  Only forty-three chapters left to go!

At first I thought you said you added eight chapters. Then I realized that you probably couldn't have done that overnight. Phew. Edited, right.

about 500 words today  :confused:  My motivation slipped away today.

500 is way better than 0. Pat yourself on the back for working through your lack of motivation.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #722 on: July 04, 2019, 12:59:01 AM »
Once again, I was forced by circumstance to have breakfast out while I waited for something in the area. I'm thinking I should always have my AlphaSmart with me when I leave the house just in case a writing opportunity arises.

So, 1029 words this morning, but I think I came up with this clue to early. I'll see if I can work around it or if I need to plop it in three or four chapters down the road.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #723 on: July 04, 2019, 02:11:23 AM »
Thank for the welcome! Meant to come back yesterday to say I finished editing book 2 and got another 1800 words on book 3.

Anyway, I'm writing a story for an anthology themed "swashbuckling cats" aka any ocean-going felines. I've always wanted to write a pirate/mermaid romance. So I'm sort of doing Treasure Island meets The Little mermaid with lesbian cats. I'm trying to think of a good name for the mermaid cats. I didn't like purrmaid, so right now I'm going with merkitty. Wanted something gender neutral so I didn't need a separate term for the boys. Half the characters are merkitties, the other half are regular cats who are pirates.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #724 on: July 04, 2019, 03:21:49 AM »
Editing . . .

"He folded his arms over his shoulders."

How does one do that?   :hug:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #725 on: July 04, 2019, 08:08:04 AM »
Reached the halfway point (in chapter numbers, not necessarily word count) in editing the fantasy epic.

And wrote 1,200 words in the lame space opera.  Er, rewrote.  Whatever.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #726 on: July 04, 2019, 12:21:58 PM »
1028 today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #727 on: July 05, 2019, 01:37:57 AM »
Must have been in the zone today. Wrote 2003.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #728 on: July 05, 2019, 06:17:27 AM »
Must have been in the zone today. Wrote 2003.

Awesome work!


5k run this morning and now 1K written
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #729 on: July 05, 2019, 02:45:35 PM »
Wrote (or rewrote) 1,220 words yesterday.

Edited five chapters, I think, in the fantasy epic.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #730 on: July 06, 2019, 05:20:01 AM »
Wrote 3k today. Yay!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #731 on: July 06, 2019, 06:11:10 AM »
Wrote 3k today. Yay!
Wow! Well done.  :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #732 on: July 06, 2019, 07:17:09 AM »
Wrote 3k today. Yay!

Great! Now I don't have to since you did enough for both of us. Kidding!

I had this great plan. I had tons of errands to run and other stuff to do around the house. One of my errands was AT&T and I've never just walked in there and gotten taken care of. Figured I'd sit and write while I waited. Nope. They were all just sitting around waiting for me. Piffle.

But there's always tomorrow when I, too, might write 3K words.  :tap
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #733 on: July 06, 2019, 07:58:30 AM »
Wrote 1,025 words today in the lame space opera and edited five chapters in the fantasy epic.  Only 22 chapters left to edit!

Also wrote 500-600 words in the other space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #734 on: July 06, 2019, 08:30:55 AM »
500 words in book 3...hope to do more tonight!   :catrun

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Kristen.s.walker

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #735 on: July 06, 2019, 10:28:34 AM »
I was sick the last two days. Wrote 2786 today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #736 on: July 07, 2019, 06:11:50 AM »
Another 1k words last night.  Hoping to find time to write that much today!  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #737 on: July 07, 2019, 07:54:05 AM »
1759 today. I had hoped for 2K and I would have made that and more, but stormy weather intervened. Had to scoot home ahead of the rain.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #738 on: July 07, 2019, 09:46:31 AM »
Three chapters of the fantasy epic edited and 1,400 words written in the lame space opera, plus 297 words written in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #739 on: July 07, 2019, 12:36:44 PM »
Three chapters of the fantasy epic edited and 1,400 words written in the lame space opera, plus 297 words written in the regular space opera.

How do you keep it all straight?

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #740 on: July 07, 2019, 01:05:53 PM »
I was out most of the day. Wrote 334 words.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #741 on: July 08, 2019, 01:09:42 AM »
Wrote 1667 this morning, but then I added a bit when I had to make some corrections.

The story is moving too fast again. I'm up to a total of 17.5K words and I need to hit at least 50K. At this rate, I'll have the mystery solved by the end of the week without reaching my goal.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #742 on: July 08, 2019, 01:16:11 AM »
Three chapters of the fantasy epic edited and 1,400 words written in the lame space opera, plus 297 words written in the regular space opera.

How do you keep it all straight?

I don't know.  Three different books, three different sets of characters.  I guess it's not unlike following the plot lines of multiple TV shows.

I might put the lame space opera on the backburner though.  I'm just not getting it to work out well.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #743 on: July 08, 2019, 01:17:31 AM »
The story is moving too fast again. I'm up to a total of 17.5K words and I need to hit at least 50K. At this rate, I'll have the mystery solved by the end of the week without reaching my goal.

Add in a character that's a moron and keeps messing things up.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #744 on: July 08, 2019, 04:52:53 AM »
Wrote 1667 this morning, but then I added a bit when I had to make some corrections.

The story is moving too fast again. I'm up to a total of 17.5K words and I need to hit at least 50K. At this rate, I'll have the mystery solved by the end of the week without reaching my goal.

Add a romance?  Maybe an obstacle to finding the next clue?  Have fun with the story!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #745 on: July 08, 2019, 05:32:45 AM »
The story is moving too fast again. I'm up to a total of 17.5K words and I need to hit at least 50K. At this rate, I'll have the mystery solved by the end of the week without reaching my goal.

Add in a character that's a moron and keeps messing things up.

That might work. One of the three friends is kind of a dingbat and clumsy to boot. She might do very nicely.

Wrote 1667 this morning, but then I added a bit when I had to make some corrections.

The story is moving too fast again. I'm up to a total of 17.5K words and I need to hit at least 50K. At this rate, I'll have the mystery solved by the end of the week without reaching my goal.

Add a romance?  Maybe an obstacle to finding the next clue?  Have fun with the story!

Already is a romance and I keep going back and forth with that. I'm genetically incapable of writing anything without a romance in it.  :kiss:

There are four main characters and my goal is a four book series. Two men have also popped up in the story that will do for two of the friends and I'm sure another one will poke his head out of the woodwork soon.

The last mystery/romance series I wrote consisted of 50 pages, 114 pages, 91 pages and 101 pages, and it's my best seller. The bundle is 309 pages and hardly sells at all. Maybe I should just stick to what works. I'm already at novella length (barely), and if I stop worrying about how many words/pages I need, the story will end when it's supposed to end.

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the help.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #746 on: July 08, 2019, 07:00:02 AM »
"The fence stood nearly teen feet high . . ."

Unless it's formed with bodies, this is a typo.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #747 on: July 08, 2019, 08:20:00 AM »
Five chapters edited (only fifteen chapters to go!) and 1,465 words written in the lame space opera.

And 41 words written in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #748 on: July 08, 2019, 10:10:30 AM »
Five chapters edited (only fifteen chapters to go!) and 1,465 words written in the lame space opera.

And 41 words written in the regular space opera.

Just can't walk away, can you.  :tap
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #749 on: July 08, 2019, 10:49:57 AM »
Five chapters edited (only fifteen chapters to go!) and 1,465 words written in the lame space opera.

And 41 words written in the regular space opera.

Just can't walk away, can you.  :tap

It's a terrible, terrible train wreck and I'm in the middle of it.  Hard to walk away from that unless you're David Dunn. 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #750 on: July 09, 2019, 07:29:00 AM »
Nine chapters edited (six to go!) in the fantasy epic, 1,030 words written in the lame space opera and 156 words written in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #751 on: July 09, 2019, 09:12:31 AM »
A mere 67 today.

I had planned on editing and thought the first 17 out of 73 pages were done. Nope, I've made some serious blunders in space and time and even the first paragraph needs to be rewritten.

Didn't even describe anyone's eye color (a la JKR) so I spent a few hours writing up mini-bios for all the main characters (still a couple of secondary to go), changing many of the names, and finally settling on some place names.

Time to get serious.  :icon_redface:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #752 on: July 09, 2019, 10:15:43 AM »
Does 696 words of bio and settings count?

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #753 on: July 09, 2019, 11:57:25 AM »
Still fighting this cold. Wrote 2410 words today before I got dizzy/light-headed and had to stop.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #754 on: July 09, 2019, 12:55:04 PM »
Still fighting this cold. Wrote 2410 words today before I got dizzy/light-headed and had to stop.

Summer colds are always the worst. Hope you feel better soon.   :Healing:

While re-editing the first 17 pages (+1), I wrote enough words to add on another page. I'll call it the standard word count for a page. 250.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #755 on: July 09, 2019, 05:25:01 PM »
I'm in outlining mode right now.  I wrote 60k words of the first draft and was on page 10 of my 12-page outline, but then I stopped because the book didn't end the way I liked.  So I'm re-outlining the conclusion.  Once that's done, I'll wrap up the draft.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #756 on: July 10, 2019, 01:12:19 AM »
Back to the library and 1499 words. I'm planning on editing another ten or so pages and will probably get more wordage out of that.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #757 on: July 10, 2019, 05:09:05 AM »
I have finished editing the fantasy epic.  Yay.  It closes out at 252.9k words.

Now I need to line up a second beta reader volunteer somehow.

And finish the cover design.

Oh, and write the acknowledgments section, but I usually do that last, after the beta readers (but usually before editing . . .).
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #758 on: July 10, 2019, 06:09:39 AM »
I have finished editing the fantasy epic.  Yay.  It closes out at 252.9k words.

Now I need to line up a second beta reader volunteer somehow.

And finish the cover design.

Oh, and write the acknowledgments section, but I usually do that last, after the beta readers (but usually before editing . . .).

 :goodpost: :cheers :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #759 on: July 10, 2019, 08:01:28 AM »
Cover design . . .  I think it's done.

Also, wrote 1,145 words in the lame space opera and 281 words in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #760 on: July 10, 2019, 08:11:14 AM »
I have finished editing the fantasy epic.  Yay.  It closes out at 252.9k words.

Now I need to line up a second beta reader volunteer somehow.

And finish the cover design.

Oh, and write the acknowledgments section, but I usually do that last, after the beta readers (but usually before editing . . .).

 :band:

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #761 on: July 10, 2019, 10:55:55 AM »
Feeling a little better today. 2395 words. Thanks for the well wishes.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #762 on: July 11, 2019, 05:14:52 AM »
Wrote (er, rewrote) 1,130 words in the lame space opera today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #763 on: July 11, 2019, 07:39:09 AM »
On the fantasy epic, I wrote 14 words for the acknowledgments if that counts.  LOL.  It's just weird not working on this one.  And those words were notes for the acknowledgments not the actual acknowledgments yet.

Also, I want to type it as "acknowledgements" but manage to refrain.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #764 on: July 11, 2019, 08:30:51 AM »
I'll be editing tonight. Nothing written. I had hoped to write during the interminable wait at the doc's office but they fooled me by being totally efficient and on-time. Piffle.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #765 on: July 11, 2019, 09:05:10 AM »
Wrote 2050 words today before I had to leave for the evening.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #766 on: July 11, 2019, 10:34:54 PM »
No new wordage, but I did edit 25 pages and designed all four of the covers for the series. They're still in mock-up mode after 492 (maybe 493, I lost count) versions, but I think I've got it. Now I'll be sending out the images for cutting out and whenever they get back to me, I'll finalize the covers. No rush at all.

I'm counting pages and not chapters because I don't chapterize until after the final edit.

The library and and the story are pulling me onward this morning.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #767 on: July 12, 2019, 07:31:13 AM »
No work done today on the fantasy epic.  Sent eMails yesterday to two people I need to list in the acknowledgments to see if it's okay and how they want their names listed.  Haven't heard anything yet.  Also haven't heard back from my prospective beta reader.  And on this one I really need beta readers because the villain(s) really do some nasty stuff to people and I want to make sure it's coming off as villainous rather than gratuitous, if that makes sense.

Wrote (er, rewrote) 1,280 words in the lame space opera.  It's at 22,208 words at the moment and the target was 30k.  Still about 7,100 words of old material to be rewritten, so that would put it at around 30k.  After that, I still need to mesh it all together better than what it is.  And I need to change the characterization of one character to make him more goofy and less "adult".
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #768 on: July 12, 2019, 08:47:18 AM »
With 1277 added today, I'm up to 20.5K total. It's getting there.

Now to work some more on those covers and edit a few more pages.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #769 on: July 12, 2019, 11:39:00 AM »
3254 words today on the main book. Still haven't touched the short story with the cat pirates/merkitties this week, really need to make time for that because it's due at the end of the month and I want time to polish it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #770 on: July 12, 2019, 12:58:06 PM »
3254 words today on the main book. Still haven't touched the short story with the cat pirates/merkitties this week, really need to make time for that because it's due at the end of the month and I want time to polish it.

You must be feeling better.  Grin
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #771 on: July 13, 2019, 05:58:32 AM »
Wrote (re-wrote) 1,395 words in the lame space opera.

Wrote 28 words in the regular space opera.

Did nothing on the fantasy epic.  Still waiting to hear from people.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #772 on: July 13, 2019, 11:53:24 AM »
3254 words today on the main book. Still haven't touched the short story with the cat pirates/merkitties this week, really need to make time for that because it's due at the end of the month and I want time to polish it.

You must be feeling better.  Grin

Slowly, yes. I'm also gaining momentum so it's easier to write even when I'm not feeling in top shape. 2676 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #773 on: July 13, 2019, 12:03:17 PM »
Nothing written, but I did do some editing and found that about half a page was missing. It was still in my Alpha Smart so I had no trouble pasting it back in. Phew. Could have been much worse.

Also worked on the covers. Having a hard time with one of the figures. I finally settled on a good pose but when I tried to remove the background, I ran into all sorts of problems caused by her wearing a gray sweater and the background being shades of gray. Spent way too much time on it and this was just the mock-up. I haven't even bought the images yet.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #774 on: July 14, 2019, 12:13:45 PM »
GD wanted to go to the farmer's market this morning and granddaughter trumps writing any day.

But the good news is that I conquered the background removal, bought the images and finalized the covers. Not that I have the books written, of course. I gave up on GIMP. I got it right one time and then failed to get it right numerous times after that. I then went to paint.net, watched a tutorial, and VOILA!! Easy, beasy. Removing the brick wall was harder and more time consuming, but I did it. I even removed an arm that was in an awkward position. Very proud of myself.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #775 on: July 15, 2019, 12:24:39 AM »
Back on track with 1177 words. Hope to get some editing done this afternoon.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #776 on: July 15, 2019, 10:15:43 AM »
Spent time with family yesterday. 2565 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #777 on: July 15, 2019, 11:36:57 AM »
Wrote 1,130 words yesterday and 1,440 words today in the lame space opera.

Wrote 219 words today in the regular space opera.

Sent copy of the fantasy epic to my beta reader yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #778 on: July 15, 2019, 02:40:37 PM »
I changed another cover!  Hoping to have more words tomorrow.   :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #779 on: July 16, 2019, 10:10:04 AM »
2513 words today. I'm also rewriting all of my blurbs. Currently finished: 2.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #780 on: July 16, 2019, 10:43:27 AM »
Wrote 1,480 words today for the lame space opera.

Wrote 73 words in the regular space opera.  Slow but it's a tough chapter since not everything going on is real.

Heard back from my beta reader for the fantasy epic.  Claims to be excited to start reading it.  I feel so sorry for her.

Also, fixed a computer.  Had to do some resoldering to get the screen working again.  Don't know how long it will hold out but it's working for now.  Next I need to get a rubber foot so the keyboard won't be wobbly.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #781 on: July 17, 2019, 08:57:35 AM »
Wrote 1,050 words in the lame space opera and 170 words in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #782 on: July 18, 2019, 02:17:11 AM »
Finally got some writing done!  Added about 1k words and happy with story now. :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #783 on: July 18, 2019, 02:23:39 AM »
Finally got some writing done!  Added about 1k words and happy with story now. :smilie_zauber:

Wordage is important but happiness with the story is everything.

Did some editing yesterday. Wrote 1449 this morning. I'm happy, too.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #784 on: July 18, 2019, 06:53:00 AM »
I wrote 1,365 words today on the lame space opera.  Again, technically, it was rewriting.  And, I will probably have to rewrite and lot of the rewriting later.  LOL.  But I'm starting to maybe get a feel for how to pull it all together which is probably good considering I'm about 30k words into it at this point.

Also wrote 430 words in the "regular" space opera.

Also, kind of itching to do some work on the space adventure series I mentioned in my thread in the
Deep Space Infinity subforum.  Haven't done any writing but have done some thinking on it which I think counts for something.  Also did an illustrated character sheet showing the main characters.

Also my beta reader reported in that she is making progress reading the fantasy epic.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #785 on: July 18, 2019, 12:05:13 PM »
Back to playing with covers tonight!  As soon as I finish this book, I'm going to write some mysteries.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #786 on: July 19, 2019, 06:51:49 AM »
I haven't been sleeping so that makes it hard to focus. I wrote 664 words yesterday, none on Tuesday.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #787 on: July 19, 2019, 07:51:39 AM »
Wrote 1,735 words today in the lame space opera and 129 words in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #788 on: July 19, 2019, 08:07:23 AM »
Back to playing with covers tonight!  As soon as I finish this book, I'm going to write some mysteries.  :catrun

My one mystery series outsells all my romance books, although there's a strong element of romance in the mystery. I'm writing another mystery series now. Fingers crossed it does as well.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #789 on: July 19, 2019, 10:09:15 AM »
I finished outlining the conclusion of my story.  I'm now ready to resume writing it and push to the finish line.  Once the first draft is done, I'll have to do some more outlining for the remaining books in the series.  I've got some other things I need to do, too.  Once all that's done, I'll start the second draft.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #790 on: July 19, 2019, 12:06:39 PM »
I haven't been sleeping so that makes it hard to focus. I wrote 664 words yesterday, none on Tuesday.

Hope you feel better soon.

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #791 on: July 19, 2019, 11:20:22 PM »
Same problem here, Kristen. Only getting about half my normal sleep. I'm just editing now to keep my mind in the story. Has to be done anyway and better sooner than later.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #792 on: July 20, 2019, 07:38:55 AM »
Wrote 0 words today in the lame space opera, but I did do some manuscript clean-up and organization: deleted older text that was rewritten, deleted no longer needed notes and organized the characters in a chart.  The latter is still a work in progress but it's more organized than I was before.

Wrote 103 words in the regular space opera, so I still hit the 50 word count minimum for the day.  :banana:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #793 on: July 20, 2019, 10:18:57 AM »
Wrote 2276 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #794 on: July 21, 2019, 02:47:55 PM »
Wrote 205 words yesterday in the lame space opera.

Just spent about a half hour drawing an alien.  Was almost finished--only had to draw the hands--and the drawing program froze and I lost the whole thing.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #795 on: July 21, 2019, 10:53:11 PM »
Wrote 205 words yesterday in the lame space opera.

Just spent about a half hour drawing an alien.  Was almost finished--only had to draw the hands--and the drawing program froze and I lost the whole thing.
Oh man that stinks.  Sympathies.  Good luck recreating it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #796 on: July 22, 2019, 01:16:43 AM »
Wrote 205 words yesterday in the lame space opera.

Just spent about a half hour drawing an alien.  Was almost finished--only had to draw the hands--and the drawing program froze and I lost the whole thing.

Piffle! Hope you can recreate him/her/it.

1209 words this morning and more clues have crossed our intrepid reporter's path. Will they bring him any closer to solving the mystery? Or will they only lead him down another blind alley with only his adorable dog, Sammy, for company.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #797 on: July 22, 2019, 07:06:42 AM »
Wrote 330 words today in the lame space opera.  Pace has really dropped.  LOL.  It's harder now that I'm working on integrating it all together into a cohesive whole.


Wrote 205 words yesterday in the lame space opera.

Just spent about a half hour drawing an alien.  Was almost finished--only had to draw the hands--and the drawing program froze and I lost the whole thing.

Piffle! Hope you can recreate him/her/it.

Oh man that stinks.  Sympathies.  Good luck recreating it.

Thanks.  I was so disappointed last night after losing it that I didn't attempt to redraw it.  Instead I drew a rock in a landscape which was like really, really simple.  LOL.

I suppose it's not a big loss.  These are generally little more than glorified doodles.  There's one that I plan to refine and making into a greeting card, but most aren't anything to get excited about.  Maybe character ideas for books or whatnot but not so far.

Earlier today, I did recreate the drawing.  I feel the one I did (and lost) last night was slightly better but at least its "regeneration" survives.

I try to do a drawing every day.  I started in February and I don't think I've missed a day yet.  It is sometimes difficult to come up with a new idea every day.  In March, I had like a week and a half of aliens then almost a week of weird animals in March.  Then, in April, almost two weeks of aliens again.

Certainly, none of these will ever hang in a gallery.  LOL.

I didn't do daily drawings last year but did have a number of drawings throughout the year and used them, with commentary, in my newsletter.  I may do the same this year, but it would be a huge issue if I use them all.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #798 on: July 23, 2019, 04:58:09 AM »
Wrote 345 words today on the lame space opera.

And only 82 words so far in the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #799 on: July 23, 2019, 07:04:09 AM »
Dan, I'm glad you recreated your drawing!  And Maggie, your book sounds very intriguing.

I spent last night making a video that I hope will get people to try my books.  We'll see.  LOL :pdt

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #800 on: July 24, 2019, 03:19:34 AM »
I wrote 235 words for the lame space opera today.  It really needs a lot of work.  I like the prologue but I'm not yet happy with anything else.

I ended up writing more on the regular space opera yesterday, so I finished with a total of 350 words on it yesterday.  And I've written 269 words for it so far today.

I'd really like to finish the lame space opera first, because it was supposed to be an easy thing to finish, and I thought it would give me something in the genre to release prior to the regular (more serious) space opera.  The plan was for the lame space opera to be around 30k words.  Maybe 40k?  But it's at about 33k right now and nothing much has really actually happened yet.  There's supposed to be tons of space battles and whatnot and it's a lot of dialogue.  Except for the prologue.  The prologue is pretty balanced with action and dialogue.  The rest, ugh.


I spent last night making a video that I hope will get people to try my books.  We'll see.  LOL :pdt

Good luck with the video!
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #801 on: July 24, 2019, 04:13:46 AM »
Dan, I'm glad you recreated your drawing!  And Maggie, your book sounds very intriguing.

I spent last night making a video that I hope will get people to try my books.  We'll see.  LOL :pdt

Thanks, Lori. I'm hoping for at least interesting, but I'll take intriguing. ;)

Good luck with the video. I have a few up on youtube but never could figure out what to do with them.

Finished editing the WiP last night. Nearly 25K and 104 pages.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #802 on: July 24, 2019, 11:10:23 AM »
I like making book trailers and I think they help a little with sales.  I mainly post them on social media.  This video has four trailers that I added in a 'playlist' and I have a few people watching all the way though...so that's a start!  :cheers

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #803 on: July 24, 2019, 12:36:48 PM »
Too many errands to run today, but I did manage 208 words. Not a lot but at least it was something.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #804 on: July 25, 2019, 07:31:17 AM »
Wrote 340 words for the lame space opera today.  It's a hot mess.  I really should stop working on it and step away from it for a time and come back to it fresh.

Yesterday, I ended up writing 567 words for the regular space opera and I've written 45 words for it so far today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #805 on: July 25, 2019, 08:50:45 AM »
Power went out last night during a thunderstorm, so no writing for me. 
It was back on this morning, so maybe I'll get some words down tonight.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #806 on: July 25, 2019, 09:08:32 AM »
Power went out last night during a thunderstorm, so no writing for me.

Reminds me of the time I had a big Latin test back when I was still in school.  I wrote a computer program to quiz me and help me study for this test.  Night before the test, I think I started studying using my program and then . . . thunderstorm . . . power outage . . .  I think the power was down for like two hours.  And then it was bedtime . . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #807 on: July 25, 2019, 10:48:57 PM »
Power went out last night during a thunderstorm, so no writing for me. 
It was back on this morning, so maybe I'll get some words down tonight.  :writethink:

You need an AlphaSmart. It runs on AA batteries which last about a year. Lightweight and easy to take anywhere. Just plug it into your laptop, hit send, and it uploads the wordage into your doc.

They don't make them anymore, but you can get them on Amazon or Ebay. I like the Neo best. Some of them have internet capability and some don't. I like not being plugged in while I'm writing.

About $30-40.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #808 on: July 26, 2019, 06:24:51 AM »
Wrote 1,040 words today for the lame space opera.

Didn't write anymore on the regular space opera yesterday and have only written 35 words for it so far today.


As for the sketch I had to recreate the other day, here he is for a limited time:


An eight year-old could probably do better but it is what it is.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #809 on: July 26, 2019, 11:51:33 AM »
Wrote 1,040 words today for the lame space opera.

Didn't write anymore on the regular space opera yesterday and have only written 35 words for it so far today.


As for the sketch I had to recreate the other day, here he is for a limited time:


An eight year-old could probably do better but it is what it is.

Aww, he's sweet.

           
 
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« Reply #810 on: July 26, 2019, 12:37:38 PM »
Dan, nice drawing! What's that logo on his shirt? :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #811 on: July 26, 2019, 01:20:58 PM »
Aww, he's sweet.

Thanks!

Dan, nice drawing! What's that logo on his shirt? :smilie_zauber:

Thanks!

The emblem either represents whatever space military he's in or his particular duty classification.  I haven't fully decided.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #812 on: July 27, 2019, 02:02:22 AM »
I didn't think I was going to make it to the library today, but my writerly self drove the car there instead of WalMart. I'll take the library any day over WalMart. So, 1420 words that I'm happy with. The story, both the mystery and romance sides, are progressing nicely.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #813 on: July 27, 2019, 02:32:50 AM »
So far, zero words written in the lame space opera and 7 words written in the regular space opera.

The lame space opera's word count is likely to drop from 35k to 7k today.  I am thinking about scrapping about 28k of it and starting over at chapter 3.  I'll still use some of that 28k, but will work it in as I revamp this thing.

Unless I change my mind once I get into it.  LOL.

But, as I was thinking of it last night and this morning, I think that may be the best way get this story on track.  I mean, it was supposed to be a short work to begin with, 30k-40k words I figured, and it's at 35k words and nothing has happened.  Plus two characters that were supposed to be in the main cast have fallen by the wayside and haven't been mentioned since the first chapter.  And there's thirty-three chapters so far!

So, I think I'm going to go over the characters, maybe do some trimming and merging, and see if I can get this thing on track.


Today's alien:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #814 on: July 27, 2019, 02:49:48 AM »
So far, zero words written in the lame space opera and 7 words written in the regular space opera.

The lame space opera's word count is likely to drop from 35k to 7k today.  I am thinking about scrapping about 28k of it and starting over at chapter 3.  I'll still use some of that 28k, but will work it in as I revamp this thing.

Unless I change my mind once I get into it.  LOL.

But, as I was thinking of it last night and this morning, I think that may be the best way get this story on track.  I mean, it was supposed to be a short work to begin with, 30k-40k words I figured, and it's at 35k words and nothing has happened.  Plus two characters that were supposed to be in the main cast have fallen by the wayside and haven't been mentioned since the first chapter.  And there's thirty-three chapters so far!

So, I think I'm going to go over the characters, maybe do some trimming and merging, and see if I can get this thing on track.


Today's alien:



Not as sweet as the other one, but a very inventive alien.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #815 on: July 27, 2019, 07:05:41 AM »
Okay, so 580 words written in the lame space opera today.  I think I've figured a way to salvage most of the 28k words that would have been scrapped.  Have still done some trimming, but I merged one character into another and demoted another character.

The problem is that the captain seems reasonably capable in the first chapter, but comes across as an utter moron in subsequent chapters.  That problem was caused by trying to merge different works together.  Now, the captain from chapter one remains the captain and the captain from subsequent chapters has been demoted.  So, now the character can remain a moron and the captain can still appear reasonably capable.  I think it's funnier now.

Not as sweet as the other one, but a very inventive alien.

Thanks!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #816 on: July 27, 2019, 07:53:18 AM »
Today's alien:



This one's a bit more Lovecraftian than the other one.  I approve.   :cool:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #817 on: July 27, 2019, 08:01:35 AM »
Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a few rants about how badly designed we are. Like, placing our breathing in a place where we can easily choke to death on our food. But his most fun observation is about our crotch: It's like building an amusement park in a sewer!

Not sure why this came to mind, so, carry on!
 

Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #818 on: July 27, 2019, 10:44:00 AM »
Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a few rants about how badly designed we are. Like, placing our breathing in a place where we can easily choke to death on our food. But his most fun observation is about our crotch: It's like building an amusement park in a sewer!

Not sure why this came to mind, so, carry on!

Thanks so much for that visual. I'm not sure I want to visit those nightmares I'll be having tonight.
           
 

Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #819 on: July 27, 2019, 03:33:53 PM »
But his most fun observation is about our crotch: It's like building an amusement park in a sewer!


That's an old engineering joke.  I first heard it back in the 90s, and I'm sure it's much older than that.  It goes like this:

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Four engineers were sitting around one day trying to figure out what kind of Engineer God is.

The first engineer says "I think God is a Mechanical Engineer, because of joints and muscle and sense of balance." The other three nod there heads and say "Yeah, could be."

The second engineer says "I think God is an Electrical Engineer, because of the nervous system and neural network." The other three nod there heads and say "Yeah, could be."

The third engineer says "I think God is a Chemical Engineer, because of hormonal balances and metabolism." The other three nod there heads and say "Yeah, could be."

The fourth engineer snaps his fingers and shouts out "I know, God MUST be a Civil Engineer!"

The other three ask "Why?"

"Well" says the fourth engineer, "who else would put a waste water drainage right through a prime recreational area?"
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #820 on: July 28, 2019, 11:04:20 AM »
Thanks, Jeff. Now I remember the joke.

Managed to squeeze out 129 words. Hope to do much better tomorrow.

           
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #821 on: July 29, 2019, 04:30:30 AM »
No writing, but I did update two covers. 

And I have a question...if my book gets up to #1 in a free category on Amazon, does that make me a BestGiving author?  :hehe

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #822 on: July 29, 2019, 07:06:44 AM »
Haven't written for almost three weeks (decided to simply focus on the traveling) but am back with new ideas :)

Wrote 150 words on a short story so far today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #823 on: July 29, 2019, 10:09:29 AM »
A good 1572 words today. Up to about 28K now.

No writing, but I did update two covers. 

And I have a question...if my book gets up to #1 in a free category on Amazon, does that make me a BestGiving author?  :hehe

You're entitled to that honorific. I've never even made it to #1 in Free.



           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #824 on: July 29, 2019, 10:46:24 AM »
No words yesterday on the lame space opera due to a missing hard drive issue.

Wrote 240 words today in it.  Working better with the character changes I made.


Yesterday, I wrote 63 words on the regular space opera which barely qualifies me for this thread.  LOL.  Wrote 338 words today so far.  Finally nearing the end of a chapter I've spent way too long on.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #825 on: July 29, 2019, 04:19:40 PM »
A good 1572 words today. Up to about 28K now.

No writing, but I did update two covers. 

And I have a question...if my book gets up to #1 in a free category on Amazon, does that make me a BestGiving author?  :hehe

You're entitled to that honorific. I've never even made it to #1 in Free.

Only made it to #9 in espionage so far, but thought I'd ask. :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #826 on: July 29, 2019, 11:33:44 PM »
A good 1572 words today. Up to about 28K now.

No writing, but I did update two covers. 

And I have a question...if my book gets up to #1 in a free category on Amazon, does that make me a BestGiving author?  :hehe

You're entitled to that honorific. I've never even made it to #1 in Free.

Only made it to #9 in espionage so far, but thought I'd ask. :angel:

I think anything in the top ten works just fine. Maybe even the top hundred since Zon uses that number when listing both paid and free.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #827 on: July 30, 2019, 11:59:19 AM »
166 words today
 
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« Reply #828 on: July 31, 2019, 02:40:46 AM »
For the lame space opera, I wrote 215 words yesterday.

For the regular space opera, I wrote 502 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #829 on: July 31, 2019, 06:56:11 AM »
For today, 220 words written for the lame space opera and 21 words so far for the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #830 on: July 31, 2019, 10:14:00 AM »
For today, 220 words written for the lame space opera and 21 words so far for the regular space opera.

I keep wondering if you're going to put "Lame Space Opera" as the title.  :hehe

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #831 on: July 31, 2019, 10:23:46 AM »
For today, 220 words written for the lame space opera and 21 words so far for the regular space opera.

I keep wondering if you're going to put "Lame Space Opera" as the title.  :hehe

It was originally going to be Dan's Lame Space Opera but now it's [super secret title] a.k.a. Dan's Lame Space Opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #832 on: July 31, 2019, 10:42:11 AM »
For today, 220 words written for the lame space opera and 21 words so far for the regular space opera.

I keep wondering if you're going to put "Lame Space Opera" as the title.  :hehe

It was originally going to be Dan's Lame Space Opera but now it's [super secret title] a.k.a. Dan's Lame Space Opera.

Better run it by Lulu.  :dog1:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #833 on: August 01, 2019, 12:01:24 PM »
294 words today
 
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« Reply #834 on: August 01, 2019, 12:31:16 PM »
I wrote 115 words today for the lame space opera.  Woohoo.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #835 on: August 02, 2019, 07:38:29 AM »
Going to switch gears this month and focus on getting the regular space opera finished.  I started it on August 1st of 2016 with the plan of writing 5,000 words a day and finishing it in 10 days.  :icon_rofl:  It's been three years now, so I probably ought to finish the thing.

My starting word count is 66,246 words.  I'm thinking maybe 90k when done.  But, maybe longer because it doesn't feel like it is two-thirds of the way finished.  But, I am fairly certain it will not be 250k+ words like the fantasy epic.  LOL.

With the fantasy epic, I averaged about 1,700 words per day for the last month I worked on it.  Last month, working on the lame space opera, I wrote 26,825 words which is an average of 865.32 words per day.  If I can get back up to at least 1k a day, I can get the regular space opera almost to the 100k mark.

So that will be this month's goal.

Will work on the lame space opera when I feel like it.  LOL.

So, for today so far, 0 words written for the lame space opera and 664 words written for the regular space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #836 on: August 03, 2019, 07:15:08 AM »
600 words yesterday, 212 today to put the short story over 2K.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #837 on: August 03, 2019, 07:20:09 AM »
Wrote 1,059 words yesterday and 57 words so far today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #838 on: August 04, 2019, 09:31:23 AM »
I've really been in a slump, but I got 117 words done today.  :icon_rolleyes:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #839 on: August 04, 2019, 09:42:50 AM »
I only wound up with 500 words yesterday and today, so far, I am at five.

Main issue is that I am a bit stuck.  That is, I know how the characters get out of their current situation and the characters have a vague idea of how to get out of it, but I need to figure out a convincing way for them to figure it out without it seeming like they randomly unlocked the puzzle.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #840 on: August 04, 2019, 12:21:34 PM »
You'll get there, Dan! :tap

I had a similar problem with my series but finally, came up with a solution. :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #841 on: August 04, 2019, 01:31:32 PM »
68 words (and ran a 5K)!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #842 on: August 04, 2019, 03:34:49 PM »
Only 250 words written yesterday.


You'll get there, Dan! :tap

I had a similar problem with my series but finally, came up with a solution. :cheers

Thanks.  Hopefully I'll figure out something soon.  I'm already thinking of detours for them to wind up on after they get out of their current situation and I worry if I don't get them out soon, so many other detour ideas will pile up that they'll never get back to the main plot.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #843 on: August 05, 2019, 06:38:16 AM »
I may have jumped the gun with today's wordage (1132). I've got to stop moving ahead so fast.  :writethink:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #844 on: August 05, 2019, 07:16:24 AM »
I may have jumped the gun with today's wordage (1132). I've got to stop moving ahead so fast.  :writethink:

Take the highs whenever you can.  Helps balance out those days you struggle to get any words down.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #845 on: August 05, 2019, 07:46:38 AM »
Not a word count update but a new sketch I did earlier today:



His mouth is right near his stomach for convenience.  Also means he doesn't have to worry about choking on his food because his nose holes are nowhere near his stomach intake orifice.  Makes wearing standard-issue uniforms problematic though.

If I could actually draw, I would do a comic book with some of these characters.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #846 on: August 05, 2019, 09:08:57 AM »
Not a word count update but a new sketch I did earlier today:



His mouth is right near his stomach for convenience.  Also means he doesn't have to worry about choking on his food because his nose holes are nowhere near his stomach intake orifice.  Makes wearing standard-issue uniforms problematic though.

If I could actually draw, I would do a comic book with some of these characters.

Maybe, try it anyway?  The drawings are unique and your fans might enjoy it!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #847 on: August 05, 2019, 10:15:15 AM »
I made it up to 450 today  :banana: Just 10,000 to go to get this short story done.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #848 on: August 05, 2019, 10:35:07 AM »
Not a word count update but a new sketch I did earlier today:



His mouth is right near his stomach for convenience.  Also means he doesn't have to worry about choking on his food because his nose holes are nowhere near his stomach intake orifice.  Makes wearing standard-issue uniforms problematic though.

If I could actually draw, I would do a comic book with some of these characters.

The characters are great and you don't have to be Stan Lee to do comics just like we don't have to be James Patterson to write a thriller. I say go for it. These are wonderful drawings and you can put your own humorous stamp on the story.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #849 on: August 05, 2019, 10:35:43 AM »
I made it up to 450 today  :banana: Just 10,000 to go to get this short story done.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #850 on: August 05, 2019, 11:38:17 AM »
540 words today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #851 on: August 06, 2019, 05:16:12 AM »
I wrote a whopping 75 words yesterday.  I guess my excuse is that Spider-Man: Homecoming was on TV last night and I watched it (for the first time) rather than, um, writing.

Also, did this guy before bed last night:



Obviously, he works out his right bicep more than his left.  Also, when looking at him now, he seems to be the love-child of Conan O'Brien and Donald Trump.  :icon_think:


Maybe, try it anyway?  The drawings are unique and your fans might enjoy it!  :cheers

Fans?  LOL.  I have more of these kinds of fans than book fans:




The characters are great and you don't have to be Stan Lee to do comics just like we don't have to be James Patterson to write a thriller. I say go for it. These are wonderful drawings and you can put your own humorous stamp on the story.

Thanks, but I don't seem to even be able to write humor anymore, else the lame space opera would be done by now.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #852 on: August 06, 2019, 12:10:03 PM »
I'm pretty happy with the 1023 words I wrote tonight and I'm also happy with where the story is going.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #853 on: August 06, 2019, 01:26:59 PM »
Wrote 195 words today, unless I write more in the next half hour, which is an improvement over yesterday's 75 but still not near the 1,000 I was hoping for each day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #854 on: August 06, 2019, 01:54:59 PM »
I realized there will be a book 4 in the series.  I was really hoping to keep it to 3...but now there will be a Christmas party! :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #855 on: August 06, 2019, 01:59:56 PM »
Haven't been writing much because of vacation and now I'm moving. But I've made some progress.

Finished the pirate mermaid cat story before the deadline and submitted it. Now back to the steampunk book 3. Wrote 3254 words today. Want to finish the first draft this month but I'm only a third of the way there and who knows how much time/energy this move will take.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #856 on: August 07, 2019, 11:25:08 AM »
Didn't write any more in the last half hour of yesterday so the word count remained static at 195.  I have written 600 words so far today with a chance I might write more in the next couple hours.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #857 on: August 07, 2019, 11:26:10 AM »
And this morning's drawing was an owl in a suit on the red carpet.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #858 on: August 07, 2019, 11:28:42 AM »
I want to see the owl in a suit drawing, sounds cute!

Wrote 2870 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #859 on: August 07, 2019, 11:37:46 AM »
Wanted to write a bit more but I lost track of the story and had to go back and reread the last four or five pages. Edited while I was at it but still added 1018 words for a total of 31.3K.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #860 on: August 07, 2019, 11:39:22 AM »
200 words
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #861 on: August 07, 2019, 12:45:03 PM »
I want to see the owl in a suit drawing, sounds cute!
Me too!  I am pro-owl.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #862 on: August 08, 2019, 01:59:02 AM »
By popular request, I guess . . .



Cue the disappointed groans.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #863 on: August 08, 2019, 03:00:10 AM »
Definitely not disappointed, Dan. He looks like a college president giving a welcome speech to the new freshmen.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #864 on: August 08, 2019, 08:04:20 AM »
By popular request, I guess . . .



Cue the disappointed groans.  :hehe


With apologies to ZZ Top...


Big eyes, sharp beak
Ate lots of mice this week
Taloned feet, wide wings
We birds of prey kill all the things

I ain't no wimpy guinea fowl
I'm a predator, a sharp-dressed owl.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #865 on: August 08, 2019, 09:41:04 AM »
My kids want you to name him Bill.  Just a suggestion.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #866 on: August 08, 2019, 09:50:08 AM »
I love the owl! He's very dapper.

Wrote 3062 words today. Must go back to packing and tomorrow I have to take another load of boxes between houses, so I'm not sure if I'll have much time to write.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #867 on: August 08, 2019, 10:03:53 AM »
My kids want you to name him Bill.  Just a suggestion.

I don't know that I can do anything about that.  It's not my fault Mr. & Mrs. Tanyard named him Jeff.  :hehe
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« Reply #868 on: August 08, 2019, 10:10:41 AM »
My kids want you to name him Bill.  Just a suggestion.


And give him a long beard and a fuzzy white guitar.   :cool:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #869 on: August 08, 2019, 11:42:56 AM »
I think Bill could be our forum mascot!

 :banana:

An even 1K words tonight.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #870 on: August 08, 2019, 11:43:26 AM »
145 words (plus about 2 hours of curriculum work)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #871 on: August 08, 2019, 11:58:17 AM »
I'm at 63 words for the day so far.  :rant

I think Bill could be our forum mascot!

Timothy couldn't afford the licensing fee.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #872 on: August 09, 2019, 10:00:58 AM »
I finished out with 85 words yesterday.  :dizzy

Tried another drawing and turned out pretty badly.  No need to show it here.  LOL.

I think this is more my style, maybe:



Anyway, here is an important life lesson for writers, especially younger writers regardless of whether that's in terms of age or starting out, and that is to save everything you write.  Not only that, but keep it accessible.

When I started writing, I didn't have a computer.  So everything was hand-written.  Then, my family later got a computer.  But, computer storage back in the ancient times of my youth was at a premium.  So, you didn't store much on disks.  On top of that, printouts were on dot matrix printers and publishers didn't like that.  I eventually bought a typewriter to type up stuff to send out, rather than use a dot matrix printer because, as I said, bad.  Publishers no likey.  Whatever.

Anyway, computer storage eventually became larger but you still didn't store much on the computer.  Digitizing documents wasn't really a thing because scanning quality wasn't real high, at least not for the average user.  And the highest quality scans took up a lot of space anyway so you were back to the storage problem.  Consequently, you didn't store a whole lot on the computer.

But, nowadays, it's not so bad.  A "small" file these days would have filled your entire hard drive way back when.  Consequently, in recent years, I have been endeavoring to get copies of everything I've written on my computer.  I don't scan in all the drafts, but I scan in final copies or significant drafts.  Also, notes, drawings, and so on.  I keep each story in its own folder and I have a spreadsheet with all (well, most) of my WIPs.

Why do I mention this?  Well, I haven't scanned in everything.

Some of you have mentioned I should perhaps give doing comics a go, despite my lack of actual drawing skills.  One possibility are the space-faring characters I've created.  But, I've had another idea percolating in my brain but couldn't quite figure out the write overall story world in which to tell it.

And then I remembered this story I started a long time ago.  It's even listed in my spreadsheet of WIPs.  (There's also a short story I wrote several years ago that could be folded in as part of the overall story.)  I had this story set in three time periods with most of the action taking place in the present day, well, what was the present day.  LOL.  And this idea that's been percolating would fit into the first time period, which I had, if I recall, only planned to write the ending of to show how that worked into the second time period and finally into the present day.  It makes more sense than the way I just described it.

I remember coming across this story not too terribly long ago when I was sorting through stuff to organize and toss and whatnot.  And I remember thinking, well, I am not going to be doing anything with this story for a while with all the other WIPs I have going, so there's no need to scan it in right now.  So, I didn't.

And now that I kind of want to work with it maybe, um, I am not entirely sure where it is.  I should have scanned it when I had it in my hands.  Oy.

So, the lesson is to both save everything you write and also keep it accessible.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #873 on: August 09, 2019, 10:26:14 AM »
Dan, I think your style has morphed into stitching old stories together. With all the practice you've had on the lame space opera, this one should be a piece of cake.

And I really like how the little alien's eyes and mouth move.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #874 on: August 09, 2019, 12:01:41 PM »
217 words added to a part earlier in the story
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #875 on: August 09, 2019, 12:22:07 PM »
Today I moved boxes and wrote 3369 words. I feel a bit like a superhero. Yeah, I know some people do 10k words a day without breaking a sweat, but this was a good day for me.

Almost reached the middle of the novel. When I'm not writing it, the ideas are just floating through my head and I'm itching to get back to it. Love this part of a draft. The worst is when I get close to the end and then have to, y'know, write a good ending. But right now there is so much room to explore and have fun.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #876 on: August 09, 2019, 01:06:44 PM »
Not as much as I wanted to, but then again, it never is. 867 tonight.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #877 on: August 10, 2019, 12:09:04 PM »
79 words (after working a yard sale for 6 hours and then doing curriculum work for an hour--can I count some of those words?  :help)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #878 on: August 10, 2019, 12:32:34 PM »
79 words (after working a yard sale for 6 hours and then doing curriculum work for an hour--can I count some of those words?  :help)

You did your 50+ and that's all that you have to do. After a six hour yard sale, I doubt if I'd even be able to push the power button on.

I thought I might take today off, then I kicked myself out of my lethargy and did 532 words. I'm up to 148 pages. My goal is 160 minimum and I'm confident now that I'll make it.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #879 on: August 10, 2019, 12:44:56 PM »
I thought I might take today off, then I kicked myself out of my lethargy and did 532 words. I'm up to 148 pages. My goal is 160 minimum and I'm confident now that I'll make it.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #880 on: August 11, 2019, 12:26:12 PM »
85 words today and only 3 hours at the yard sale
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #881 on: August 11, 2019, 12:34:13 PM »
85 words today and only 3 hours at the yard sale

Hope it was successful.

1382 and I didn't think I would get that far tonight.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #882 on: August 12, 2019, 06:10:47 AM »
I told myself I was going to finish the first draft of this short story that I've been poking at for the last three weeks and I did!

1226 words today, 4996 words in the story (I'm a little annoyed to be 4 words short of 5K but figure things will change once I edit)

85 words today and only 3 hours at the yard sale

Hope it was successful.

1382 and I didn't think I would get that far tonight.

We made over $250 profit for very low stress so definitely a successful fundraiser for the team :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #883 on: August 12, 2019, 11:44:19 AM »
I had to quit at 570 words because I realized I'd messed up my timeline. Back to the drawing board.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #884 on: August 12, 2019, 12:56:34 PM »
Here are a few days' worth of disappointing word counts:

8/8 105 words
8/9 120 words
8/10 50 words


I had to quit at 570 words because I realized I'd messed up my timeline. Back to the drawing board.

The downside of being a slow writer is that I sometimes forget where the characters are.  Well, not where specifically, but like whose sector of space they are in.  I long for my younger years when I could remember these details for years rather than days.

But, yeah, timelines too.  Like I have had to recalculate stuff to try to figure out how old characters were when certain events occurred which has been a bit troublesome because one character is older and the other is younger but the younger one had to be old enough to have done a certain thing when the older character was at a certain event and also the event has to be long enough ago that it feels like ancient history.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #885 on: August 12, 2019, 09:39:38 PM »
Here are a few days' worth of disappointing word counts:

8/8 105 words
8/9 120 words
8/10 50 words


I had to quit at 570 words because I realized I'd messed up my timeline. Back to the drawing board.

The downside of being a slow writer is that I sometimes forget where the characters are.  Well, not where specifically, but like whose sector of space they are in.  I long for my younger years when I could remember these details for years rather than days.

But, yeah, timelines too.  Like I have had to recalculate stuff to try to figure out how old characters were when certain events occurred which has been a bit troublesome because one character is older and the other is younger but the younger one had to be old enough to have done a certain thing when the older character was at a certain event and also the event has to be long enough ago that it feels like ancient history.

Ages, too. I think I'm going to have to make the grandparents the great-grandparents and kill them off. Nah, I'll let them die peacefully in their sleep. I did some figuring last night but I think I'm going to have to do a chart like a family tree.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #886 on: August 13, 2019, 01:29:18 AM »
I think I'm going to have to make the grandparents the great-grandparents and kill them off. Nah, I'll let them die peacefully in their sleep.

Unlike the screaming passengers in their car.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #887 on: August 13, 2019, 08:45:54 AM »
I think I'm going to have to make the grandparents the great-grandparents and kill them off. Nah, I'll let them die peacefully in their sleep.

Unlike the screaming passengers in their car.  :hehe

 :icon_rofl:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #888 on: August 13, 2019, 09:11:14 AM »
I think I'm going to have to make the grandparents the great-grandparents and kill them off. Nah, I'll let them die peacefully in their sleep.

Unlike the screaming passengers in their car.  :hehe

 :icon_rofl:

It's from a joke I heard long ago.

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like all the passengers in his car."

Not sure the original source.  The Internet, which is not always the most reliable of sources, seems to indicate Will Rogers (which seems a bit unlikely since he died in 1935 and it feels like a more modern joke) or Will Shriner who was born in 1953 so perhaps he is a bit more likely?  I don't know.  Who knows, maybe lots of people died when Model T drivers fell asleep at the wheel.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #889 on: August 13, 2019, 10:19:40 AM »
I think I'm going to have to make the grandparents the great-grandparents and kill them off. Nah, I'll let them die peacefully in their sleep.

Unlike the screaming passengers in their car.  :hehe

 :icon_rofl:

It's from a joke I heard long ago.

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like all the passengers in his car."

Not sure the original source.  The Internet, which is not always the most reliable of sources, seems to indicate Will Rogers (which seems a bit unlikely since he died in 1935 and it feels like a more modern joke) or Will Shriner who was born in 1953 so perhaps he is a bit more likely?  I don't know.  Who knows, maybe lots of people died when Model T drivers fell asleep at the wheel.

I knew the joke, Dan, but I had to laugh anyway.

Just finished the family tree. I had to do two family trees. The birth family and the adoptive family. Why do I make things so complicated for myself?

Time to write, I hope.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #890 on: August 13, 2019, 11:26:45 AM »
I knew the joke, Dan, but I had to laugh anyway.

I figured you might but I didn't want anyone else thinking I was trying to claim it as my own or something.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #891 on: August 13, 2019, 11:28:04 AM »
Wrote 330 words yesterday.  Woohoo.  Thought I was going to be done with this chapter with the characters having escaped a deadly monster but now one character wants to go back and check something out.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #892 on: August 13, 2019, 12:06:58 PM »
Wrote 1213 words and made a few minor changes to the family tree. It's making more sense now.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #893 on: August 15, 2019, 01:29:30 AM »
Wrote 210 words on Monday and 195 yesterday.

Finally got out of the chapter I've been in for ages, though I feel like I need to go back and add some description to the closing scene.  Anyway, started the next chapter either last night or the wee hours this morning--who can remember?--and this features different characters so it'll be a nice change for a bit, especially since the main character in this chapter has a few loose screws.  I will have to review his character arc at some point to make sure his descent into madness doesn't contradict the initial scenes where he seemed to be a suave semi-hero.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #894 on: August 15, 2019, 11:33:28 AM »
1075 tonight. I'll have to do some research tomorrow. Hope I can find what I need quickly.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #895 on: August 16, 2019, 07:55:26 AM »
Wrote 1,105 words yesterday.  Delved maybe too deep into the assassin's psyche otherwise the chapter would have basically been "he shoots, he scores!", you know?  Oh, 1,105 words and he hasn't even spotted the target yet, so that'll be for tonight's writing session.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #896 on: August 16, 2019, 11:46:01 AM »
323 words. Not much but I'm going to be editing what I wrote last night. I did the research and found what I needed but I really didn't understand it. I'm just going to go by what I heard in conversation from someone who knows. I'll have to make it more of a general thing.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #897 on: August 17, 2019, 08:01:33 AM »
Only 170 words yesterday.  None yet today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #898 on: August 19, 2019, 01:12:19 AM »
Had to make up for two lazy days so I wrote 2009 words this morning. Also had a flash of brilliance that told me how to fix my historical romance. But that's going to have to wait. Mostly, it'll be timeline changes. I need to compress everything together.

PS:  I passed the 40K mark.  :dance:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #899 on: August 19, 2019, 05:24:03 AM »
Had to make up for two lazy days so I wrote 2009 words this morning. Also had a flash of brilliance that told me how to fix my historical romance. But that's going to have to wait. Mostly, it'll be timeline changes. I need to compress everything together.

PS:  I passed the 40K mark.  :dance:

Well done!   :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #900 on: August 19, 2019, 06:52:42 AM »
Wrote 105 words on Friday and 95 words on Saturday.  I'm at 105 words for today so far.  Only way I can even match last month's daily average is if I write 1,500+ words per day for the rest of this month.  That seems unlikely.

Had to make up for two lazy days so I wrote 2009 words this morning.

Ten words short of the year.  :shrug
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #901 on: August 19, 2019, 08:26:49 AM »
Wrote 105 words on Friday and 95 words on Saturday.  I'm at 105 words for today so far.  Only way I can even match last month's daily average is if I write 1,500+ words per day for the rest of this month.  That seems unlikely.

Had to make up for two lazy days so I wrote 2009 words this morning.

Ten words short of the year.  :shrug

Darn. I'd better go back and add in those words. Don't want to look lazier than I already am.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #902 on: August 19, 2019, 09:58:03 AM »
PS:  I passed the 40K mark.  :dance:

 :clap:


1001 words today on a new piece that I hope will be the first novel in a trilogy.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #903 on: August 19, 2019, 11:06:53 AM »
I really need to boost my daily word count.  If I use this month's daily word count average and apply that to all my WIPs with their target word counts, it would take me 44 years to finish writing all of them.  If I use my daily word count average for the year so far, it would take me just a little over 13 years to finish everything.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #904 on: August 19, 2019, 12:12:09 PM »
I really need to boost my daily word count.  If I use this month's daily word count average and apply that to all my WIPs with their target word counts, it would take me 44 years to finish writing all of them.  If I use my daily word count average for the year so far, it would take me just a little over 13 years to finish everything.

The longest novel starts with but a single press of a letter on the keyboard.

Just did 1110 more tonight. Working up to a very emotional reunion between mother and child. Of course, the mother is 89 and has Alzheimer's and the daughter is 71, but tears will definitely be shed.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #905 on: August 20, 2019, 10:46:51 AM »
Only 488 tonight. I'm on my laptop and not my AlphaSmart which always stifles my word count. Didn't quite get through the emotional reunion scene but I'm one paragraph away from it.

Also took another look at my historical and the actual events surrounding it. So far, it's not as bad as I imagined. I guess I just needed to step away from it for a bit. It's the second book in the series that I have serious doubts about even though I'm about 1/3 of the way through.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #906 on: August 20, 2019, 11:10:45 AM »
I have survived the worst part of my move. Been too exhausted and sore to write most days. Did squeak in a few words here and there, I don't remember them all anymore since I didn't keep track.

But today I was sitting around a lot while work was getting done on the house (cleaning up a bad rat infestation, so much fun) so I actually did several solid hours of writing. 3581 words was a great chunk to catch up! I'm at 45k now so definitely halfway done, I planned this at 85k but I tend to write at least a little over, probably 90k in the first draft.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #907 on: August 20, 2019, 11:18:00 AM »
I have survived the worst part of my move. Been too exhausted and sore to write most days. Did squeak in a few words here and there, I don't remember them all anymore since I didn't keep track.

But today I was sitting around a lot while work was getting done on the house (cleaning up a bad rat infestation, so much fun) so I actually did several solid hours of writing. 3581 words was a great chunk to catch up! I'm at 45k now so definitely halfway done, I planned this at 85k but I tend to write at least a little over, probably 90k in the first draft.

Congrats on the move. Every time I move I swear I'm never going to move again but I can't seem to stay in the same house for more than ten or eleven years. It just works out that way.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #908 on: August 20, 2019, 11:21:07 AM »
I really need to boost my daily word count.  If I use this month's daily word count average and apply that to all my WIPs with their target word counts, it would take me 44 years to finish writing all of them.  If I use my daily word count average for the year so far, it would take me just a little over 13 years to finish everything.

Now that you've put this idea in my head, I have to go figure out my own timeline and weep.  :icon_cry:
Don't rush me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #909 on: August 20, 2019, 11:28:43 AM »
I really need to boost my daily word count.  If I use this month's daily word count average and apply that to all my WIPs with their target word counts, it would take me 44 years to finish writing all of them.  If I use my daily word count average for the year so far, it would take me just a little over 13 years to finish everything.

Now that you've put this idea in my head, I have to go figure out my own timeline and weep.  :icon_cry:

At my age, I don't even want to think about how long it would take me to finish the two series I'm working on.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #910 on: August 20, 2019, 12:03:32 PM »
First day of the new school year done and almost 200 creative words :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #911 on: August 20, 2019, 12:08:26 PM »
First day of the new school year done and almost 200 creative words :)

Our kids started a week ago. I can't believe how early they start. We used to start the day after Labor Day.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #912 on: August 21, 2019, 04:10:29 AM »
First day of the new school year done and almost 200 creative words :)

Our kids started a week ago. I can't believe how early they start. We used to start the day after Labor Day.

Probably a sneaky way to get us to adopt a year-round school year.  They just slowly tack on days until it is year-round.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #913 on: August 21, 2019, 04:14:00 AM »
Wrote 145 words yesterday.

So far today, I wrote 262 words before, ahem, falling asleep and ending up with a couple lines of gibberish.  And ants.  Yes, ants.  Some special symbol keyboard opened up and I had a series of numbers plus a line of ants.

On the plus side, at least I didn't (apparently) end up accidentally deleting large portions of text or accidentally open up a weeks-old draft and add to it instead of the current draft.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #914 on: August 21, 2019, 06:14:56 AM »
First day of the new school year done and almost 200 creative words :)

Our kids started a week ago. I can't believe how early they start. We used to start the day after Labor Day.

Probably a sneaky way to get us to adopt a year-round school year.  They just slowly tack on days until it is year-round.

Since we are no longer a farming economy, it makes sense to have school year round.

Wrote 145 words yesterday.

So far today, I wrote 262 words before, ahem, falling asleep and ending up with a couple lines of gibberish.  And ants.  Yes, ants.  Some special symbol keyboard opened up and I had a series of numbers plus a line of ants.

On the plus side, at least I didn't (apparently) end up accidentally deleting large portions of text or accidentally open up a weeks-old draft and add to it instead of the current draft.

Sounds like a win to me ... except for the ants, of course.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #915 on: August 21, 2019, 06:23:07 AM »
Since we are no longer a farming economy, it makes sense to have school year round.

If I recall, some teachers made the same or more money at their three-month summer jobs than they did the other nine months.

Plus, I think having three months off school is good.


In other news, my beta reader reported back that she's enjoying the book so far, so that's encouraging, even though she hasn't gotten to some of the darker stuff yet.  :worried:  Oh, we don't have an emoji for worried.  We have like five thumbs-up emojis but not a single worried emoji.  :confused:
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« Reply #916 on: August 21, 2019, 06:29:27 AM »
Since we are no longer a farming economy, it makes sense to have school year round.

If I recall, some teachers made the same or more money at their three-month summer jobs than they did the other nine months.

Plus, I think having three months off school is good.

I'm not thinking about the teachers or the kids. I'm thinking about the working parents who don't have three months off from work in the summer and have to worry about, and pay for, three months of child care.


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In other news, my beta reader reported back that she's enjoying the book so far, so that's encouraging, even though she hasn't gotten to some of the darker stuff yet.  :worried:  Oh, we don't have an emoji for worried.  We have like five thumbs-up emojis but not a single worried emoji.  :confused:

Hmmm, our Tim must be an optimist.

UPS just pulled up and I don't have anything on order. How disappointing.
           
 
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« Reply #917 on: August 21, 2019, 07:38:40 AM »
UPS just pulled up and I don't have anything on order. How disappointing.

I know, right?  The FedEx truck stopped outside our door at the office earlier today, but then left.  It's like, don't tease us like that!

We should start one of those online petition things to demand delivery drivers NOT stop outside places they don't have a delivery for.  It's a form of mental torture.  :hehe
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« Reply #918 on: August 21, 2019, 07:46:41 AM »
UPS just pulled up and I don't have anything on order. How disappointing.

I know, right?  The FedEx truck stopped outside our door at the office earlier today, but then left.  It's like, don't tease us like that!

We should start one of those online petition things to demand delivery drivers NOT stop outside places they don't have a delivery for.  It's a form of mental torture.  :hehe

I think they enjoy it.
           
 
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« Reply #919 on: August 21, 2019, 10:31:58 AM »
Word doc is only 57 words longer than it was at the end of yesterday but I deleted a segment and rewrote it to be stronger so I'm good with the low word count.

Now back to revising notes for the students.
 
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« Reply #920 on: August 21, 2019, 11:46:46 AM »
1753 words today.

It would be nice if I never had to move again. I was in my last house for almost ten years, which is the longest I've ever lived in one place. The thing is that we accumulated a lot of things by staying in one place for so long. Two years ago, we knew we wanted to start saving up to move so we actually did a major house purge/reorganization because we knew moving would be painful with so much stuff. Even still, it was chaotic and disorganized and I'm still trying to figure out how to get the last few big things from the old place without renting another moving van. Wish I had a good friend with a pickup truck or something.

But if it's at least another ten years, I'll be happy. Maybe by then I can have a runaway bestseller, become a multimillionaire, and then I can hire professionals to do all the work when I move into my fabulous mansion. ;)
 
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« Reply #921 on: August 21, 2019, 12:02:11 PM »
1753 words today.

It would be nice if I never had to move again. I was in my last house for almost ten years, which is the longest I've ever lived in one place. The thing is that we accumulated a lot of things by staying in one place for so long. Two years ago, we knew we wanted to start saving up to move so we actually did a major house purge/reorganization because we knew moving would be painful with so much stuff. Even still, it was chaotic and disorganized and I'm still trying to figure out how to get the last few big things from the old place without renting another moving van. Wish I had a good friend with a pickup truck or something.

But if it's at least another ten years, I'll be happy. Maybe by then I can have a runaway bestseller, become a multimillionaire, and then I can hire professionals to do all the work when I move into my fabulous mansion. ;)

Sounds like a plan!

1368 tonight and I'm up to 184 pages. I was hoping to hit 200 pages and it looks like that's in sight.

           
 
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« Reply #922 on: August 22, 2019, 10:45:59 AM »
Wrote 425 words yesterday.  Two characters died.

No words written yet today.
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« Reply #923 on: August 22, 2019, 12:14:06 PM »
Only 778 tonight but I'm headed for the big showdown.

           
 
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« Reply #924 on: August 22, 2019, 12:20:23 PM »
3494 words today. I suppose I could have written six more words somewhere to make a round 3.5K but I reached the end of a scene.

Someone got shot but it's a cliffhanger to find out who it was. Dun-dun-DUUUUHHHHHN!
 
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« Reply #925 on: August 22, 2019, 12:35:41 PM »
Only 52 words today and I don't like most of them.
 
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« Reply #926 on: August 23, 2019, 02:18:13 AM »
Only 95 words written yesterday.  :icon_cry:
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« Reply #927 on: August 23, 2019, 11:55:45 AM »
1268 tonight. That puts me at 45.5K words and 192 pages. I'm probably going to change part of what I wrote. I think I got the guy shot too soon. I'll see how it goes.

           
 
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« Reply #928 on: August 23, 2019, 12:05:34 PM »
1268 tonight. That puts me at 45.5K words and 192 pages. I'm probably going to change part of what I wrote. I think I got the guy shot too soon. I'll see how it goes.

Han shot first.
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« Reply #929 on: August 23, 2019, 03:58:38 PM »
2342 or so words today, half of which were written in the car. Didn't get carsick this time.
 
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« Reply #930 on: August 23, 2019, 07:18:02 PM »
About a thousand words, all non-fiction.  I'm answering questions for an author interview.
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« Reply #931 on: August 23, 2019, 09:03:46 PM »
1268 tonight. That puts me at 45.5K words and 192 pages. I'm probably going to change part of what I wrote. I think I got the guy shot too soon. I'll see how it goes.

Han shot first.

Darn right he did!!!
           
 
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« Reply #932 on: August 24, 2019, 12:38:28 AM »
Only 105 words yesterday which broke my trend of not having the same word count duplicated in a month.  Now, do I go for a hat trick or stay with doubles?
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« Reply #933 on: August 24, 2019, 11:22:38 AM »
3693 words today.

Han shot first, and I should take that as a lesson not to revise things too much. Sometimes the first instinct is the best one.
 
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« Reply #934 on: August 24, 2019, 11:35:57 AM »
3693 words today.

Han shot first, and I should take that as a lesson not to revise things too much. Sometimes the first instinct is the best one.

Boy, you're just barrelling right along. How many words are you up to now?

1412 tonight, bringing my word count to 46.8K and the page count to 198. I'll get a couple more pages out of the hostages being rescued, but for now, the bad guys have been taken into custody by the SWAT team using smoke grenades and a can of WD-40. Not standard equipment for a hostage situation, but they were in an old abandoned farmhouse and the hinges and knob were very likely rusty and squeaky. I thought it was a nice touch.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #935 on: August 24, 2019, 12:44:25 PM »
Word count has a gain of 102 words after I edited the ending of what I wrote yesterday before moving a tiny bit forward tonight.
 
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« Reply #936 on: August 25, 2019, 11:42:23 AM »
1732 words tonight. I'm now up to 48.5K words and 204 pages.

I'm going to have my work cut out for me when I do the first edit. Used to type 90wpm net. I'm still pretty fast, but my accuracy is in the toilet. I may have to switch to Dragon. I'll see how bad it is.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #937 on: August 26, 2019, 01:36:57 AM »
1418 this morning. Just broke 50K and I'm up to 210 pages.

I'm sure the first draft will be done by the end of the week or even sooner.
           
 
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« Reply #938 on: August 26, 2019, 03:04:28 AM »
1418 this morning. Just broke 50K and I'm up to 210 pages.

I'm sure the first draft will be done by the end of the week or even sooner.

Congrats!!!  :goodpost: :cheers

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #939 on: August 26, 2019, 11:18:14 AM »
207 words to sneak over the 2K mark in the newest piece.
 
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« Reply #940 on: August 26, 2019, 12:16:16 PM »
1418 this morning. Just broke 50K and I'm up to 210 pages.

I'm sure the first draft will be done by the end of the week or even sooner.

Congrats!!!  :goodpost: :cheers

Thanks, Lori. I did a little celebrating myself tonight.

207 words to sneak over the 2K mark in the newest piece.

Sneak over ... leaping over ... it's all good.

Speaking of sneaking, I snuck in another 1238 words tonight. Now that I'm in the habit of writing when my alarm goes off at 8pm to take my meds, I can't seem to skip a night either. I'm under the Imperious Charm of my phone alarm.
           
 
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« Reply #941 on: August 27, 2019, 02:26:23 AM »
Wrote 75 words on Friday, 160 on Saturday and 255 on Sunday.
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« Reply #942 on: August 27, 2019, 09:36:41 AM »

Speaking of sneaking, I snuck in another 1238 words tonight. Now that I'm in the habit of writing when my alarm goes off at 8pm to take my meds, I can't seem to skip a night either. I'm under the Imperious Charm of my phone alarm.

This is fantastic.
Both the extra words and the phone alarm's magic.
 
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« Reply #943 on: August 27, 2019, 11:58:34 AM »
1173 words tonight and I'm up to 220 pages. A lot of dialogue. I do so love writing dialogue.

           
 
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« Reply #944 on: August 27, 2019, 12:38:01 PM »
104 written, more ideas in my head.
 
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« Reply #945 on: August 28, 2019, 04:45:44 AM »
3693 words today.

Boy, you're just barrelling right along. How many words are you up to now?

I am currently just over 58K. Planned 85K but as I may have mentioned, I tend to write over what I plan and then cut back in editing. I hoped to finish by the end of August but it looks like it won't happen at this rate. I have a lot of work to do at my old house this week before I hand the keys back to the landlord.

Wrote 2106 words yesterday between painting sessions. I have a hard cutoff for this book on September 20 for my editor, so my first draft+revisions have to happen before then. I will keep working when I can.
 
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« Reply #946 on: August 28, 2019, 04:58:21 AM »
Wrote 515 words yesterday.  Around 300 so far today.  When I finish this and start to work on the next, I really need to go back to outlining.

1173 words tonight and I'm up to 220 pages. A lot of dialogue. I do so love writing dialogue.

I get more words down when there's dialogue.  I worry characters talk too much.
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« Reply #947 on: August 28, 2019, 05:11:15 AM »
Wrote 515 words yesterday.  Around 300 so far today.  When I finish this and start to work on the next, I really need to go back to outlining.

1173 words tonight and I'm up to 220 pages. A lot of dialogue. I do so love writing dialogue.

I get more words down when there's dialogue.  I worry characters talk too much.

And I worry I do too much introspection.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #948 on: August 28, 2019, 09:20:51 AM »
670 words today!  Finally, back in the story.

Even better news, this is the last book in the series!!!  I will miss the characters but excited to move on to a new adventure.  :smilie_zauber:

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Kristen.s.walker

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #949 on: August 28, 2019, 10:34:40 AM »
2450 words today, pushed me over 60K.
 
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« Reply #950 on: August 28, 2019, 11:38:02 AM »
2450 words today, pushed me over 60K.

Another milestone!

670 words today!  Finally, back in the story.

Even better news, this is the last book in the series!!!  I will miss the characters but excited to move on to a new adventure.  :smilie_zauber:

Know the feeling. You'll get to know the new characters and then they'll be your friends just like the ones you're saying goodbye to now.

Wasn't sure if I was going to continue last night's scene or start a new one, but I decided if I needed a break, my readers would need a break. I did go back to that scene eventually and ended up with 1619 words and the story is at 227 pages.



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #951 on: August 29, 2019, 12:26:07 PM »
Wrote 1,568 words tonight for a total of 55.6K and 234 pages. I'm getting pretty close to the end and I composed a last, short scene in my head for the ending. I may even finish tomorrow night, but if not, I'll hopefully finish Friday.

Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.
           
 
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« Reply #952 on: August 29, 2019, 12:42:19 PM »
1086 so far.  :tap

ETA: Ended up with 1440 for the day.  On to the next chapter!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #953 on: August 29, 2019, 12:43:32 PM »
Wrote 1,568 words tonight for a total of 55.6K and 234 pages. I'm getting pretty close to the end and I composed a last, short scene in my head for the ending. I may even finish tomorrow night, but if not, I'll hopefully finish Friday.

Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.

Hurricane?  Yikes!

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #954 on: August 29, 2019, 12:45:28 PM »

Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.

Stay safe


126 words tonight. Low numbers but better than 0.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #955 on: August 29, 2019, 01:34:21 PM »
Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.


Take care.
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« Reply #956 on: August 29, 2019, 01:38:16 PM »
Thanks, guys. The Cone of Warning shows it hitting us dead on at a Cat 3. But I've lived here long enough to know those things can change course in a heartbeat. I'm getting prepared, but not too worried.

The best thing is my AlphaSmart runs on AA batteries and I can just keep on writing.   :banana:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #957 on: August 29, 2019, 03:52:15 PM »


Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.

Wouldn'tcha know it, I'm going away for the weekend with the return trip scheduled to land in Orlando --at the same time as Dorian.  :HB
 
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« Reply #958 on: August 29, 2019, 06:09:20 PM »
Wrote nearly seven hundred words worth of a synopsis for a book I might write after Wheel of Fire is concluded.  I've had an idea for a trilogy rolling around in my head for a while, but the plot points hadn't come to me yet.  Well, now they have, or at least some of them have, so I had to get it all down while it was all fresh.

Still working on outlines for books five, six, and seven of the current series.  Once that's done, or once I feel like I've done as much as I can for now, I'll start the second draft of book four.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #959 on: August 29, 2019, 10:06:08 PM »


Getting ready for Hurricane Dorian.

Wouldn'tcha know it, I'm going away for the weekend with the return trip scheduled to land in Orlando --at the same time as Dorian.  :HB

Yup, looks like Orlando is going to be right in the path. Even if it goes a bit further south, Orlando will be on the side with the heaviest thunderstorms.

At least I'll get to try out my new accordion shutters.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #960 on: August 30, 2019, 12:43:59 AM »
So they finally named a hurricane after a literary figure?  ;)

Stay safe for those in its path.  Tornadoes are bad enough; can't imagine having to go through a hurricane.


Wrote 375 words on Tuesday and 115 yesterday.  Really need to decide what happens next so I can pick up the pace.  LOL.  I know the main characters need to get to A and B and I don't remember if they were going to get to A first then B or vice versa or if it really matters.  And then, of course, there is C which is the climax.  Or maybe D is the climax because there is another scene which needs to take place first and would work better before A (or is it B?) but then that begs the question of getting the main characters to that scene in a natural way.

I did conclude a subplot with another character, but the end result wasn't what that character had hoped for and is now running low on trustworthy-ish allies.

About 73k words in and still a long way to go.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #961 on: August 30, 2019, 04:01:11 AM »
So they finally named a hurricane after a literary figure?  ;)

Stay safe for those in its path.  Tornadoes are bad enough; can't imagine having to go through a hurricane.


That was exactly my thought, but I also thought they could have picked someone better. At least they didn't pick Dracula.

They now expect Dorian to be a Cat 4. Unless there's a miracle, I don't see how we can escape this.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #962 on: August 30, 2019, 12:29:25 PM »
Too pooped to write. In line to fill the gas cans for half an hour. In line at McD's drive through for forty minutes. After that, I didn't feel like writing, but my phone alarm made me sit down and do it.

I'm not going to post my word count because I kept falling asleep while writing it. Since I have very little idea what I wrote, I think I'll wait until tomorrow to either fix it up, throw it out, or finish it.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #963 on: August 30, 2019, 01:05:40 PM »
Too pooped to write. In line to fill the gas cans for half an hour. In line at McD's drive through for forty minutes. After that, I didn't feel like writing, but my phone alarm made me sit down and do it.

I'm not going to post my word count because I kept falling asleep while writing it. Since I have very little idea what I wrote, I think I'll wait until tomorrow to either fix it up, throw it out, or finish it.
Good luck and stay safe! And the fact that you wrote anything in light of what's coming and all the prep is awesome.
Don't rush me.
 
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« Reply #964 on: August 30, 2019, 11:15:41 PM »
Too pooped to write. In line to fill the gas cans for half an hour. In line at McD's drive through for forty minutes. After that, I didn't feel like writing, but my phone alarm made me sit down and do it.

I'm not going to post my word count because I kept falling asleep while writing it. Since I have very little idea what I wrote, I think I'll wait until tomorrow to either fix it up, throw it out, or finish it.
Good luck and stay safe! And the fact that you wrote anything in light of what's coming and all the prep is awesome.

Still prepping. I forgot to get cash and I need to pop a few things into my safe deposit box. Forgot to get pads for my poor  :dog1: who won't be able to go outside for probably a day or two. So, still running around.

Writing at least gives me a break from prepping.
           
 
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« Reply #965 on: August 31, 2019, 01:33:29 AM »
Hat trick achieved!  Wrote 105 words yesterday.


Still prepping. I forgot to get cash and I need to pop a few things into my safe deposit box. Forgot to get pads for my poor  :dog1: who won't be able to go outside for probably a day or two. So, still running around.

Writing at least gives me a break from prepping.

Has your dog used the pads before?  I know from experience that, even when they are used to using them, sometimes they think they just need to have their paws on the pad and it counts.  (It doesn't, especially when their front two paws are on the pad and, well, the waste expulsion orifice(s) is well off the pad.)

Stay safe!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #966 on: August 31, 2019, 01:57:25 AM »
Hat trick achieved!  Wrote 105 words yesterday.


Still prepping. I forgot to get cash and I need to pop a few things into my safe deposit box. Forgot to get pads for my poor  :dog1: who won't be able to go outside for probably a day or two. So, still running around.

Writing at least gives me a break from prepping.

Has your dog used the pads before?  I know from experience that, even when they are used to using them, sometimes they think they just need to have their paws on the pad and it counts.  (It doesn't, especially when their front two paws are on the pad and, well, the waste expulsion orifice(s) is well off the pad.)

Stay safe!

I was concerned he wouldn't use the pads myself. While I was in Target, a woman was buying a blue plastic kiddie pool. The clerk told me the idea is to put sod in the pool. I've got the perfect thing for it. A rectangular planter with a grid halfway up. I can put the pads under the grid and the sod on top. When I need to change the pads, we'll just have to lift the grid and put down fresh pads. Sounds good when I say it. Now I'll wait to see if it works. If it doesn't, thank goodness for tile floors.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #967 on: August 31, 2019, 02:19:32 AM »
I was concerned he wouldn't use the pads myself. While I was in Target, a woman was buying a blue plastic kiddie pool. The clerk told me the idea is to put sod in the pool. I've got the perfect thing for it. A rectangular planter with a grid halfway up. I can put the pads under the grid and the sod on top. When I need to change the pads, we'll just have to lift the grid and put down fresh pads. Sounds good when I say it. Now I'll wait to see if it works. If it doesn't, thank goodness for tile floors.

Yep, wood is no match for doggie waste, no matter how much you wax them.  The floor, not the dog.

There are also astroturf doggie waste collection devices.  It's a large sheet of astroturf on top of a plastic platform maybe an inch or so high, as I recall.  The astroturf has holes in it so liquid waste goes through and collects in the bottom.  I don't remember if you put a pad on the bottom or just spill it out.  Solid waste you just pick up.  Then, the whole thing can be sprayed with a hose or washed in a large laundry tub or whatever when it needs cleaning.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #968 on: August 31, 2019, 03:01:33 AM »
I was concerned he wouldn't use the pads myself. While I was in Target, a woman was buying a blue plastic kiddie pool. The clerk told me the idea is to put sod in the pool. I've got the perfect thing for it. A rectangular planter with a grid halfway up. I can put the pads under the grid and the sod on top. When I need to change the pads, we'll just have to lift the grid and put down fresh pads. Sounds good when I say it. Now I'll wait to see if it works. If it doesn't, thank goodness for tile floors.

Yep, wood is no match for doggie waste, no matter how much you wax them.  The floor, not the dog.

There are also astroturf doggie waste collection devices.  It's a large sheet of astroturf on top of a plastic platform maybe an inch or so high, as I recall.  The astroturf has holes in it so liquid waste goes through and collects in the bottom.  I don't remember if you put a pad on the bottom or just spill it out.  Solid waste you just pick up.  Then, the whole thing can be sprayed with a hose or washed in a large laundry tub or whatever when it needs cleaning.

Oh, yeah. I forgot about them. Well, I'll have my own little version of that. Right now, I just keep my orchid pots in the planter so they get good drainage. Got a dozen of those to bring in plus assorted other plants. Hope we have enough time. My house is going to be a jungle. At least this time, I don't have a rock garden to bring in.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #969 on: August 31, 2019, 03:40:58 AM »
At least this time, I don't have a rock garden to bring in.

Did you already move that in?  ;)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #970 on: August 31, 2019, 03:49:50 AM »
At least this time, I don't have a rock garden to bring in.

Did you already move that in?  ;)

No rocks this time. I learned my lesson. Now I only have bricks!  :roll:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #971 on: August 31, 2019, 11:50:46 AM »
I edited last night's wordage. Not as bad as I feared. Just some very creative spelling. Then I added on to it for a total of 1518 words.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #972 on: August 31, 2019, 01:32:49 PM »
A little over 200 words today although some of them replaced words written yesterday.
Also edited a piece that is right about 5K.
 
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« Reply #973 on: September 02, 2019, 04:19:54 AM »
Wrote 185 words on Friday and 545 words on Saturday.  Only managed 8,509 words for the month of August which is a daily average of 274.48 words.  Quite a drop from July where I averaged 865.32 words per day or June where I averaged 1,613.5 words per day.

Also, couldn't have pizza last night because someone decided to create their own drive-thru.  No one was hurt but the place will be closed for a while.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #974 on: September 02, 2019, 05:56:41 AM »
I hope no one sustains too much damage from the hurricane. On a similar note but much smaller scale, I have had three grandchildren (6, 4 and 1) here for the weekend, so the interior of the house looks as if it's been hit by a small hurricane. I still managed to get about 750 words written tonight after they went home. Whew.
     


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #975 on: September 02, 2019, 06:13:40 AM »
I hope no one sustains too much damage from the hurricane. On a similar note but much smaller scale, I have had three grandchildren (6, 4 and 1) here for the weekend, so the interior of the house looks as if it's been hit by a small hurricane. I still managed to get about 750 words written tonight after they went home. Whew.

I think I'd take Dorian over three little ones, much as I adore the grandkids.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #976 on: September 02, 2019, 12:12:23 PM »
Almost 600 words although starting to feel a little blocked for how to get to the next point...
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #977 on: September 02, 2019, 01:01:31 PM »
I didn't get much writing done, but I did consolidate my pen name with my real name, changed the relevant covers, and made a new cover for my fairytale.  Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe week!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #978 on: September 02, 2019, 11:47:29 PM »
Not doing anything right now. I wrote myself into a corner two nights ago and I haven't got the brain power to write myself out. Once I get the last of my outside things into the garage and close the shutter over my front door, I'm going to relax with a cup of hot tea and a slice of banana bread and let the words flow.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #979 on: September 03, 2019, 09:50:18 AM »
Wrote 575 words yesterday.  Figured out why they are taking a side trip instead of just going directly to where they need to go; hopefully I'll remember the reason why when I resume writing as I fell asleep in the middle of the characters' conversation regarding why they are making the aforementioned side trip.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #980 on: September 03, 2019, 10:53:13 AM »
hopefully I'll remember the reason why when I resume writing as I fell asleep in the middle of the characters' conversation regarding why they are making the aforementioned side trip.

I feel this way when I come up with great ideas or dialogue while driving.


528 words today along with prepping lessons for tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #981 on: September 03, 2019, 11:21:56 AM »
Wrote 575 words yesterday.  Figured out why they are taking a side trip instead of just going directly to where they need to go; hopefully I'll remember the reason why when I resume writing as I fell asleep in the middle of the characters' conversation regarding why they are making the aforementioned side trip.


Maybe they had to stop by Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.   :nerd:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #982 on: September 03, 2019, 11:55:19 AM »
Wrote 575 words yesterday.  Figured out why they are taking a side trip instead of just going directly to where they need to go; hopefully I'll remember the reason why when I resume writing as I fell asleep in the middle of the characters' conversation regarding why they are making the aforementioned side trip.


Maybe they had to stop by Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.   :nerd:

Or fight off Gorignak for a Beryllium sphere.

Did some figuring out myself tonight. I realized I need a bit of a transition to get myself out of the corner. Not a whole 'nother scene. Just a way to get one of the MCs from A to B. And it worked. 803 words plus two more ... THE END

Just a tad over 58K. I will be editing starting tomorrow.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #983 on: September 03, 2019, 03:27:56 PM »
Only 170 words written yesterday but at least I now remember the reason for the side trip; just have to work out the specifics.

Is it bad that I'm still not finished with this space opera (not to mention the lame space opera which I tabled for now) and I'm thinking about an gritty urban superhero story utilizing a side character from an as-yet-unreleased novel (currently in the hands of my beta reader)?  Had an idea for this story for a couple weeks or more and just occurred to me over the weekend I could write it utilizing a character I've already created.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #984 on: September 04, 2019, 01:48:39 AM »
While I'm waiting for something to happen outside (Dorian) and I can't do much inside (most of the outside is inside), I decided to edit. I won't go into the problems with my piece of crapola little laptop. Let's just say after a few hours, I got the filed opened from OneDrive and started to edit. Good words were starting to flow with one teeny-tiny little hitch. The space bar wouldn't work unless I paused for a second, then pressed hard. Can't get anything done that way.

So, I saved and closed intending to go back to my regular laptop (not as comfortable a working space) only to get a message that my edited file couldn't be uploaded to the server and as soon as the server was available, it would automatically be uploaded.

There goes my plan to while away the next couple of days editing. PIFFLE  :HB
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #985 on: September 04, 2019, 01:56:24 AM »
The space bar wouldn't work unless I paused for a second, then pressed hard. Can't get anything done that way.

Seems to me I had a keyboard with a similar issue.  Might have been on a laptop.  No delay, but I had to hit the space bar hard to get it to register.  So, you'd type everything normally but have to remember to really whack your thumb on the space bar if you didn'twantyourwritingtolooklikethis.

Long before that, I had a keyboard with a broken key.  I don't remember what letter it was that was broken but, until I got a new keyboard, I got around the issue by copying the letter from a pre-existing document and then using the keyboard shortcut for "paste" whenever I needed to use that letter.  Did that for a couple months, as I recall, by which point I had gotten rather proficient at using that keyboard shortcut whenever that particular letter was required.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #986 on: September 04, 2019, 02:27:29 AM »
You can try blowing the keyboard with some compressed air, use a hair dryer with no heat, if you have nothing else.  The pause is weird, but needing to press the key hard may indicate some crud in there. 
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #987 on: September 04, 2019, 02:46:36 AM »
The space bar wouldn't work unless I paused for a second, then pressed hard. Can't get anything done that way.

Seems to me I had a keyboard with a similar issue.  Might have been on a laptop.  No delay, but I had to hit the space bar hard to get it to register.  So, you'd type everything normally but have to remember to really whack your thumb on the space bar if you didn'twantyourwritingtolooklikethis.

Long before that, I had a keyboard with a broken key.  I don't remember what letter it was that was broken but, until I got a new keyboard, I got around the issue by copying the letter from a pre-existing document and then using the keyboard shortcut for "paste" whenever I needed to use that letter.  Did that for a couple months, as I recall, by which point I had gotten rather proficient at using that keyboard shortcut whenever that particular letter was required.

That reminded me that I do have an extra keyboard I can link up.

You can try blowing the keyboard with some compressed air, use a hair dryer with no heat, if you have nothing else.  The pause is weird, but needing to press the key hard may indicate some crud in there. 

I'll try that first. I didn't think of using the hair dryer.

Thanks to both of you.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #988 on: September 04, 2019, 09:02:45 AM »
Yikes, Maggie Ann, I hope you're safe from the hurricane (and you got that keyboard issue sorted out).

I finished the last of the work on my old house, so my move is all done except for the unpacking. Much as I want that to all be done with since I'm sick of staring at piles of boxes, we need to take it at a slower pace now because everyone is tired and sore. Hasn't helped my carpal tunnel, either. slowly getting back into a more normal routine but we mostly took off the three-day weekend to just recover.

Wrote 1062 words yesterday. Wrote 2008 words today. And somewhere over the weekend I wrote about 1700 words of a new project which was going to be a short story but will probably become a novel/series.

Also, my pirate cat mermaid story wasn't accepted into the anthology so I'll self-publish that one myself when I can find the time. Right after I figure out what kind of cover you put on a story about pirate cats and cat mermaids that doesn't look like a children's book.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #989 on: September 04, 2019, 09:30:27 AM »
Yikes, Maggie Ann, I hope you're safe from the hurricane (and you got that keyboard issue sorted out).

I finished the last of the work on my old house, so my move is all done except for the unpacking. Much as I want that to all be done with since I'm sick of staring at piles of boxes, we need to take it at a slower pace now because everyone is tired and sore. Hasn't helped my carpal tunnel, either. slowly getting back into a more normal routine but we mostly took off the three-day weekend to just recover.

Wrote 1062 words yesterday. Wrote 2008 words today. And somewhere over the weekend I wrote about 1700 words of a new project which was going to be a short story but will probably become a novel/series.

Also, my pirate cat mermaid story wasn't accepted into the anthology so I'll self-publish that one myself when I can find the time. Right after I figure out what kind of cover you put on a story about pirate cats and cat mermaids that doesn't look like a children's book.

We're pretty much outside the worst of Dorian. So far, the wind and rain bands seem to be circling around us. Might get some wind and rain overnight, but nothing we can't handle. Just got an alert that the evacuation orders will be lifted at 6am. I'm not in an evacuation zone, but lifting those orders is a good sign.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #990 on: September 05, 2019, 12:53:32 AM »
Wrote 250 words yesterday on the space opera and 25 words for the gritty urban superhero thing.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #991 on: September 05, 2019, 08:35:52 AM »
That's good to hear, Maggie Ann.

Wrote 2638 words today. Really easy, too, despite being in pain (all that moving is still catching up to me). I can feel things falling into place for the end of the novel.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #992 on: September 05, 2019, 10:36:02 AM »
Good job, everyone, on your words!  :clap:

I haven't gotten to any writing yet today but I have listened to several recordings by my Spanish III students talking about their daily activities :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #993 on: September 05, 2019, 10:59:23 AM »
Up to page 50 in the editing and I've added about 500 words.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #994 on: September 06, 2019, 12:18:55 AM »
Wrote 300 words yesterday on the space opera and 300 words for the gritty urban superhero thing.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #995 on: September 06, 2019, 12:12:29 PM »
Edited another fifty pages tonight. I was hoping to start Book 2, but I fell behind on my editing this morning and had to finish tonight. My goal is 50 pages a day. Almost up to 59K words with the edits.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #996 on: September 07, 2019, 10:59:45 AM »
My wrist was hurting too much to write yesterday so I rested for the day. (Carpal tunnel)

2402 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #997 on: September 07, 2019, 11:56:47 AM »
Only edited ten pages today but I did write a few paragraphs here and there. I'd better catch up tomorrow.

Also decided to change the title of the book.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #998 on: September 08, 2019, 06:44:03 AM »
Wrote 130 words Thursday and 160 words yesterday on the space opera and 103 words Thursday and 65 words yesterday for the gritty urban superhero thing.

Coming up with the villain was the holdup on the superhero one.  Wanted something that was cute to make villainous but all the good stuff has been done.  So, had to drop the "cute" part.  Went with something I don't think has been done (but probably has) and am going with that.

Also had to decide whether the villain was a man or a woman.  Either way, there will be complaints in this day and age.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #999 on: September 08, 2019, 12:19:13 PM »
111 words today.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1000 on: September 08, 2019, 09:41:39 PM »
Did a bit of editing last night and enough words to skip to a new page. About 180. Hope to start book 2 today.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1001 on: September 09, 2019, 01:28:53 AM »
I did start book 2 today and I think it's off to a good start. Wordage was 1305.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1002 on: September 09, 2019, 04:23:51 AM »
I did start book 2 today and I think it's off to a good start. Wordage was 1305.

Congrats, Maggie Ann!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1003 on: September 09, 2019, 11:28:33 AM »
Edited about 117 pages with about 30 to go. I think I'm going to take one more run at it before I send it to my editor. It still needs more atmosphere.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1004 on: September 09, 2019, 01:14:36 PM »
1427 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1005 on: September 10, 2019, 02:01:10 AM »
Wrote 160 words Saturday and 160 words on Sunday on the space opera, which gave me three days in a row of 160 words, and 215 words Saturday and 330 words Sunday for the gritty urban superhero thing which may not be so gritty.  :shrug
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1006 on: September 10, 2019, 10:13:47 AM »
First edit is done. I'll be doing one more before sending it to the real editor.

For now, I'll be adding some wordage to Book 2.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1007 on: September 10, 2019, 11:18:31 AM »
Wordage added - 1,086

As usual, I have no idea where the story is going. Just some people and a basic premise. Hope I make it!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1008 on: September 10, 2019, 12:58:32 PM »
74 little words which is more than I thought I'd get a half hour ago
 
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« Reply #1009 on: September 10, 2019, 01:02:45 PM »
74 little words which is more than I thought I'd get a half hour ago

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1010 on: September 11, 2019, 06:49:02 AM »
Almost 1000 words during lunch.  Hope to write more tonight!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1011 on: September 11, 2019, 07:23:18 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 75 words for the space opera and 195 words for the gritty urban superhero thing which I feel needs more detail and tension, especially since it opens with a brutal murder.  Well, murders.  Almost 1,400 words so far.  Might be one where I add words when editing.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1012 on: September 11, 2019, 10:06:22 AM »
I ended up with 2565 words for the day.  More than I've written in a while...but it feels good to be back!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1013 on: September 11, 2019, 11:06:52 AM »
No words yesterday. 3770 words today. I'm doing everything I can to manage my carpal tunnel right now but I may just need to push through the pain to make this looming deadline. If I can finish it, I can take a rest while my editor works on it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1014 on: September 11, 2019, 11:53:55 AM »
No words yesterday. 3770 words today. I'm doing everything I can to manage my carpal tunnel right now but I may just need to push through the pain to make this looming deadline. If I can finish it, I can take a rest while my editor works on it.

When I had problems with my hands, I got a soft, elastic glove with no fingers from Walgreens. It wasn't perfect, but it helped and since I was a word processor at the time, I needed something to keep me going.

Second edit of Book 1: 14 pages

Wordage of Book 2: 1,397

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1015 on: September 12, 2019, 11:20:23 AM »
Up to page 65 in the second edit of the first book.

966 words added to the second book. I had a hard time getting started but then a character popped up and I started typing. Turns out he was the perfect person to bring up events from the first book. I appreciate his stepping up like that.  :angel:
           
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1016 on: September 12, 2019, 11:48:56 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1017 on: September 13, 2019, 01:10:47 AM »
Wrote 170 words Tuesday and 100 words yesterday for the space opera, where I've apparently written myself into a corner, and wrote 159 words Tuesday and 486 words yesterday for the superhero thing.

Finished the first chapter in the superhero thing and need to start the second.  The character had this big speech to start the chapter and it was clear in my mind before I started writing the book, but now that I've finished the first chapter, I can't remember any of the big speech.  And, of course, if I had written the speech first, I might have forgotten what was going to happen in the first chapter.  You can't win.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1018 on: September 13, 2019, 03:35:38 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1019 on: September 13, 2019, 03:40:05 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin
Oh man, this is the best part of the job isn't it?  I love looking at house stuff for stories.  Check out the vetrazzo, recycled glass.

Today, I'm researching sperm donation, artificial insemination and plan b.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1020 on: September 13, 2019, 04:45:47 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin

I know.  My co-author really wants granite and it makes sense for the character.  I think we're going to use River White Granite and a soft blue glass subway tile.  Their view is Puget Sound in the San Juan Islands...so blue seems like a good choice with the white cabinets. 

Here's our inspiration picture from Pinterest.  We've had this for a while.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1021 on: September 13, 2019, 05:49:16 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin
Oh man, this is the best part of the job isn't it?  I love looking at house stuff for stories.  Check out the vetrazzo, recycled glass.

Today, I'm researching sperm donation, artificial insemination and plan b.

Here I was so happy with my quartz countertops. I'm still happy with the kitchen quartz, but I used Formica in the bathrooms. Now I want the glass for my bathroom but it is a really, really long countertop. I should never look at home improvement stuff.

285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin

I know.  My co-author really wants granite and it makes sense for the character.  I think we're going to use River White Granite and a soft blue glass subway tile.  Their view is Puget Sound in the San Juan Islands...so blue seems like a good choice with the white cabinets. 

Here's our inspiration picture from Pinterest.  We've had this for a while.



White subway tile is so cold and commercial, but I could definitely go for soft blue glass subway tile.

Funny, I was just last night thinking about the kitchen in my new book. The house is a colonial.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1022 on: September 13, 2019, 05:55:58 AM »
I love the mansion in this series, but I am looking forward to the next one with a small, coastal cottage.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1023 on: September 13, 2019, 10:18:42 AM »
285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin
Oh man, this is the best part of the job isn't it?  I love looking at house stuff for stories.  Check out the vetrazzo, recycled glass.

Today, I'm researching sperm donation, artificial insemination and plan b.

Here I was so happy with my quartz countertops. I'm still happy with the kitchen quartz, but I used Formica in the bathrooms. Now I want the glass for my bathroom but it is a really, really long countertop. I should never look at home improvement stuff.

285 words today.  Now stuck looking at granite countertops. They're remodeling the kitchen in the story.  :shrug

Personally, I'd go for quartz.  Grin

I know.  My co-author really wants granite and it makes sense for the character.  I think we're going to use River White Granite and a soft blue glass subway tile.  Their view is Puget Sound in the San Juan Islands...so blue seems like a good choice with the white cabinets. 

Here's our inspiration picture from Pinterest.  We've had this for a while.



White subway tile is so cold and commercial, but I could definitely go for soft blue glass subway tile.

Funny, I was just last night thinking about the kitchen in my new book. The house is a colonial.
I priced the vetrazzo for my tiny island kitchen in my old house. 2 ft by 4 ft. It was ridiculous.
The house we are in now has rain forest green granite. I knew we were destined to live here, when I walked in and saw that.
Green's my thing.
I didn't even know subway tile came in colors, I don't like the white, it reminds me of the subway. I can't believe all those tile walls in NYC subways when I think about it now.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1024 on: September 13, 2019, 11:38:20 AM »
Ended up with 2,565 words for the day.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1025 on: September 13, 2019, 11:49:33 AM »
Wow, all those kitchen pictures are beautiful. When I'm writing scenery descriptions, it's usually industrial things like the boiler room of an airship or how cramped it feels inside the submersible. Maybe I should switch from steampunk to something with more of these beautiful mansions. Or go remodel a house in The Sims.

Today's scene was actually inside a bloody temple. Human sacrifice, of course. I'm trying to ramp up this ending to make it big. I always want to rush to end things because I'm just ready to be done, but then it's not dramatic enough, so I gotta drag things out. Which leads to procrastination. But today was 3964 words.

For my carpal tunnel, I wear a wrist brace and do exercises which were all recommended by my physical therapist. Also set a timer to take breaks instead of one long writing session. But there's only so much I can push, especially since I'm still recovering from all the heavy lifting of the move. I'm not supposed to lift more than 20-30 pounds even with both hands, but of course I did more than that when moving.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1026 on: September 13, 2019, 12:30:55 PM »
Didn't get any writing done but I'm up to 115 pages edited. Boy am I finding a lot of mistakes especially in the kitchen description. It seems like I couldn't make up my mind but now I have.

Thanks for the inspiration, Lori and Amanda.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1027 on: September 13, 2019, 08:24:46 PM »
Didn't get any writing done but I'm up to 115 pages edited. Boy am I finding a lot of mistakes especially in the kitchen description. It seems like I couldn't make up my mind but now I have.

Thanks for the inspiration, Lori and Amanda.
If you ever want to talk interior design, I'm here for you.  I think part of my husband lives in fear of me hitting it big and what that will mean in the house department.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1028 on: September 14, 2019, 02:50:53 AM »
Wrote 140 words yesterday on the space opera.  As indicated before, I had written myself into a corner, but I think I found a way out.  Just have to work out how to get the characters back on course.

Wrote 375 words yesterday on the semi-gritty superhero thing.

Also did some editing the other day on the lame space opera.  Tempted to give that a go again.  I do like the first chapter.  If I can recapture that tone for the rest of the book, I'm golden.

Hoping to hear from my beta reader soon on the fantasy epic.  Thought I might hear something back this week, but not looking like it.  Just sort of anxious to hear, you know?  But I'm not going to be a pest because they're doing it for free and I know they are busy with other things, so I'll just wait patiently.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1029 on: September 14, 2019, 11:09:11 AM »
708 words today.  I had to stop everything and write a short chapter for the fairytale on my website.  It's one chapter a week and I almost forgot! :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1030 on: September 14, 2019, 12:31:09 PM »
1020 words today. Still struggling with the ending.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1031 on: September 14, 2019, 01:02:08 PM »
Edited up to pg 151 and wrote 157 words.

Not sure where this is going, or rather, I know where it's going but not how I'm going to get there.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1032 on: September 15, 2019, 05:47:35 AM »
Apparently, I lied.  I only wrote 60 words on Thursday for the semi-gritty superhero thing.  And I wrote 215 words yesterday.

Wrote 105 words yesterday on the space opera.  I keep separating these two characters shortly after I put them back together again.  LOL.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1033 on: September 15, 2019, 09:41:30 AM »
1493 words in the fairytale.  That should take care of the next few weeks.   :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1034 on: September 15, 2019, 11:16:18 AM »
4849 words today and I typed THE END! That's the first draft in the bag. 83,378 words total.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1035 on: September 15, 2019, 11:17:20 AM »
4849 words today and I typed THE END! That's the first draft in the bag. 83,378 words total.

Congrats!!!  :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1036 on: September 15, 2019, 11:18:31 AM »
4849 words today and I typed THE END! That's the first draft in the bag. 83,378 words total.

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Edited Book 1 up to Page 210 and wrote 1077 on Book 2. The story was dragging a bit so I thought I'd throw in a body. It was going to happen anyway but I needed it to happen now.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1037 on: September 15, 2019, 12:20:06 PM »
4849 words today and I typed THE END! That's the first draft in the bag. 83,378 words total.

Awesome!

And I had fun looking at the kitchen pictures as I caught up on reading this thread.

This week has been abysmal for my writing but I managed 100 words today (which makes me feel marginally better about spending $20 on a book promotion today that has netted 0 sales--lesson learned).
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1038 on: September 16, 2019, 01:46:54 AM »
4849 words today and I typed THE END! That's the first draft in the bag. 83,378 words total.

Awesome!

And I had fun looking at the kitchen pictures as I caught up on reading this thread.

This week has been abysmal for my writing but I managed 100 words today (which makes me feel marginally better about spending $20 on a book promotion today that has netted 0 sales--lesson learned).

Now I need a Victorian kitchen.  :doh: Time to hit Google images.

Back on track with 1729 words this morning. See? Nothing like a corpse to liven up a story.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1039 on: September 16, 2019, 01:19:06 PM »
Does 50 works on an outline count?

This thread looks encouraging to slowpokes like me compared to ones with steeper counts that seem insurmountable at most times.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1040 on: September 16, 2019, 10:20:51 PM »
Does 50 works on an outline count?

This thread looks encouraging to slowpokes like me compared to ones with steeper counts that seem insurmountable at most times.

An outline definitely counts. A shopping list doesn't.  :icon_mrgreen:

Finished my second edit last night and sent it off to my beta reader. She's in the middle of a bathroom remodel and I doubt if she'll get to it anytime soon, but I'm in no rush. I want all four books written, edited and covered before I release the first one.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1041 on: September 17, 2019, 12:02:54 AM »
Does 50 works on an outline count?

This thread looks encouraging to slowpokes like me compared to ones with steeper counts that seem insurmountable at most times.

Definitely!  :goodpost:

I made a new cover yesterday!  Didn't get much writing done, but I did have 496 words from the night before.  About 1/5 of the way through my book.

Although I like the big house and kitchen in this series, the next one will have a much smaller, vintage cottage on the San Juan Islands.  Here are a few inspiration photos I like from home, my happy place on Facebook...except I'd have beadboard for the kitchen backsplash instead of subway tiles.




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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1042 on: September 17, 2019, 12:57:55 AM »
Does 50 works on an outline count?

This thread looks encouraging to slowpokes like me compared to ones with steeper counts that seem insurmountable at most times.

Definitely!  :goodpost:

I made a new cover yesterday!  Didn't get much writing done, but I did have 496 words from the night before.  About 1/5 of the way through my book.

Although I like the big house and kitchen in this series, the next one will have a much smaller, vintage cottage on the San Juan Islands.  Here are a few inspiration photos I like from home, my happy place on Facebook...except I'd have beadboard for the kitchen backsplash instead of subway tiles.




Love beadboard. Hate subway tile. The Property Brothers use way too much of it. I feel like I'm in a restroom in a public park.

Looking at the Victorian kitchens, the main thing seems to be freestanding tables and hutches. Appliances are a problem but they do have modern appliances with a Victorian or retro look. Too expensive for my (just starting out) buyers. I think I'll go with more of a mid-century modern look as if the kitchen had been modernized. Turquoise appliances, light-wood cabinets, speckled countertops (but quartz), and a table like this.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1043 on: September 17, 2019, 03:10:57 AM »
If you have white cabinets, then white appliances will just blend in and the focus can be on knobs, the wall color and vintage table and chairs.  This is one of my favorites...without the red range.  Love the table and chairs with the knobs and other accessories!

My characters have wonderful luck at estate or yard sales and second hand shops.  My grandmother could always find treasures at these places, so it can happen.  Especially in a book!   :angel:


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1044 on: September 17, 2019, 03:52:02 AM »
I love the kitchen in Practical Magic.  And it opens up onto a greenhouse! Happy happy joy joy.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1045 on: September 17, 2019, 04:05:56 AM »
Although I like the big house and kitchen in this series, the next one will have a much smaller, vintage cottage on the San Juan Islands.  Here are a few inspiration photos I like from home, my happy place on Facebook...except I'd have beadboard for the kitchen backsplash instead of subway tiles.


Someone needs to breed cats that stay kittens.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1046 on: September 17, 2019, 04:12:14 AM »
Space Opera: I wrote 50 words on Saturday but only 35 words on Sunday putting me in danger of being kicked out of this thread!

Semi-Gritty Urban Superhero Thing: I wrote 350 words on Saturday and 120 words on Sunday.  Working on a courtroom scene so I get to play a lawyer.  But, it's not modern day so I don't have to be a stickler for courtroom rules, laws and procedures and all that stuff.  Research, meh.  Who needs it?  ;)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1047 on: September 17, 2019, 06:00:14 AM »
If you have white cabinets, then white appliances will just blend in and the focus can be on knobs, the wall color and vintage table and chairs.  This is one of my favorites...without the red range.  Love the table and chairs with the knobs and other accessories!

My characters have wonderful luck at estate or yard sales and second hand shops.  My grandmother could always find treasures at these places, so it can happen.  Especially in a book!   :angel:



Absolutely perfect. I'm printing it out and taping it to the wall next to me.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1048 on: September 17, 2019, 06:02:02 AM »
I love the kitchen in Practical Magic.  And it opens up onto a greenhouse! Happy happy joy joy.

Yes! A Victorian house would have a conservatory/greenhouse off one room. I'll have to add that.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1049 on: September 17, 2019, 06:03:47 AM »
Space Opera: I wrote 50 words on Saturday but only 35 words on Sunday putting me in danger of being kicked out of this thread!

Semi-Gritty Urban Superhero Thing: I wrote 350 words on Saturday and 120 words on Sunday.  Working on a courtroom scene so I get to play a lawyer.  But, it's not modern day so I don't have to be a stickler for courtroom rules, laws and procedures and all that stuff.  Research, meh.  Who needs it?  ;)

You wrote 155 words total on Sunday so you're safe.

You should watch the old Perry Mason series. Being a former paralegal, I sometimes cringe at the ethics violations he just blithely commits.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1050 on: September 17, 2019, 06:09:45 AM »
I love the kitchen in Practical Magic.  And it opens up onto a greenhouse! Happy happy joy joy.

Yes! A Victorian house would have a conservatory/greenhouse off one room. I'll have to add that.

I have a giant dieffenbachia you can put in it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1051 on: September 17, 2019, 06:25:37 AM »
All my book houses seem to have sun porches or conservatories.

Photos courtesy of Pinterest



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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1052 on: September 17, 2019, 06:27:50 AM »
You should watch the old Perry Mason series. Being a former paralegal, I sometimes cringe at the ethics violations he just blithely commits.

Been many moons since I've seen a Perry Mason episode.  I vaguely remember Matlock.

My faves were L.A. Law and Boston Legal.  And, of course, Night Court.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1053 on: September 17, 2019, 08:39:03 AM »
You should watch the old Perry Mason series. Being a former paralegal, I sometimes cringe at the ethics violations he just blithely commits.

Been many moons since I've seen a Perry Mason episode.  I vaguely remember Matlock.

My faves were L.A. Law and Boston Legal.  And, of course, Night Court.



L.A. Law and Night Court, definitely. Never did see Boston Legal.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1054 on: September 17, 2019, 08:43:02 AM »
I love the kitchen in Practical Magic.  And it opens up onto a greenhouse! Happy happy joy joy.

Yes! A Victorian house would have a conservatory/greenhouse off one room. I'll have to add that.

I have a giant dieffenbachia you can put in it.

Ah, the Mother-in-Law plant.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1055 on: September 17, 2019, 09:02:01 AM »
L.A. Law and Night Court, definitely. Never did see Boston Legal.

Denny Crane.

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« Reply #1056 on: September 17, 2019, 09:26:06 AM »
As a side note, Dan Larroquette played an attorney on both Night Court and Boston Legal.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1057 on: September 17, 2019, 10:37:03 AM »
I edited five chapters on my novel today and wrote 1000 words for a Halloween short story.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1058 on: September 17, 2019, 11:35:03 AM »
As a side note, Dan Larroquette played an attorney on both Night Court and Boston Legal.

He was really great. The whole cast was perfect. Too bad it's not on Prime Video or anywhere else.

Just finished writing 1,287 words on Book 2. Haven't heard back from my Beta reader, but considering she's dealing with the dust and rubble of a remodel, I don't expect her to read it until next week sometime.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1059 on: September 17, 2019, 11:41:56 AM »
I'm between drafts and currently doing a re-read of books 1-3 of Wheel of Fire.  I'm taking notes as I go, notes of things that I think I'll need to know when I write the second draft of book 4.

A side bonus of this re-read is that it gives me an opportunity to spot errors.  I've found one; I use the wrong name at one point.   :HB  I've fixed it and, as soon as my re-read of that book is complete, I'll be uploading corrected versions.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1060 on: September 17, 2019, 01:30:48 PM »
I'm between drafts and currently doing a re-read of books 1-3 of Wheel of Fire.  I'm taking notes as I go, notes of things that I think I'll need to know when I write the second draft of book 4.

A side bonus of this re-read is that it gives me an opportunity to spot errors.  I've found one; I use the wrong name at one point.   :HB  I've fixed it and, as soon as my re-read of that book is complete, I'll be uploading corrected versions.

What's that saying? Been there, done that. :D  :cheers

I'm also currently in the "I need to reread all those previous books and oh, dear God, I have to take notes this time" phase of writing my next books in my several series. I figure 28 books in one week and my eyes will be bleeding. :D Luckily not all are novels.

But I'm still writing every day, and hope to keep it up the whole time I do that rereading. I'm a very optimistic person.  :hehe
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1061 on: September 18, 2019, 04:53:00 AM »
I just wrote 386 words for a post here asking advice about something in my WIP only to work out the answer for myself so then I deleted those 386 words.  So, do those 386 words count for anything?


A side bonus of this re-read is that it gives me an opportunity to spot errors.  I've found one; I use the wrong name at one point.   :HB  I've fixed it and, as soon as my re-read of that book is complete, I'll be uploading corrected versions.

I know the feeling.  I read through my entire book (the fantasy epic) looking for errors and fixing them before sending it off to my beta reader.  A character from that book is making an appearance in another book I'm working on, so I pulled out everything referencing details about that character from the fantasy epic so everything matches up.  In doing so, I found where I had messed up the character's name.  :HB
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1062 on: September 18, 2019, 11:19:47 AM »
With 1107 words written tonight, I'm up to 44 pages and 10K+.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1063 on: September 18, 2019, 12:50:34 PM »
Wrote a little over 100 words today in between timing and cheering my athletes on. Got home and put them into the Word document even :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1064 on: September 18, 2019, 02:27:23 PM »
Did not expect such progress today, but a little over 800 words for the outline today, all after dinner even. I wanted to get an earlier start, but errands and then the internet distracted me.

Another interesting development, Book 1 outline hit a snafu, so took some ideas (the original premise) and a new Book 1 emerged, which is where the new outline advanced. Old Book 1 is now Book 2, which makes more sense with how it was progressing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1065 on: September 19, 2019, 09:53:06 AM »
Didn't have time to update yesterday, but I edited five chapters. Did another five today. I'm now halfway through my edit (30 chapters total).

The earlier stuff is easier because I've actually gone back a few times as I wrote later parts of the first draft. I was adding in details that would be important later in the novel. The roughest part of the edit will be the ending. I already know several things I'm going to change and re-write.
 
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« Reply #1066 on: September 19, 2019, 11:39:39 AM »
A bit short of my goal at 960 words, but I'm really tired tonight. I'm up to 49 pages and just over 11,000 words and I'm happy about that.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1067 on: September 19, 2019, 12:41:51 PM »
Just over 200 words. It's awkward in spots but at least the story is moving forward.
 
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« Reply #1068 on: September 19, 2019, 01:05:53 PM »
Just made over 100 words tonight.

This is about where the previous outline fizzled as it entered the middle act/second half. The characters are still relatively new to me, being revamped/remixed from bits and pieces of previous character concepts. Need to spend more time with them, get to know them more.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1069 on: September 20, 2019, 04:23:58 AM »
Not doing so well with the words this month . . .

Space Opera:
Monday: 75 words
Tuesday: 90 words
Wednesday: 85 words

Semi-Gritty Urban Superhero Thing:
Monday: 105 words
Tuesday: 60 words
Wednesday: 250 words

Oh, and then I came up with a new hero character that I could either squeeze into the semi-gritty urban superhero thing or do a separate book for.  The former seems more appealing because, otherwise, one more book to add to the WIP list.  But, how many heroes can a single book have?  Oy.  Then again, I haven't seen anyone create a similar hero and it's rare to come up with an original-ish idea these days, so I really want to get it out there before someone else does.

Kind of like my fantasy epic that my beta reader is trying to wrap up . . .  I have a character do something in there that I thought would be fairly original and cool and, well, now there's a movie coming out next year but they're already talking about on different sites and the character in that movie does what the character in my book does, so now it will probably look like I got the idea from those discussions.

Every time I come up with something original-ish, someone else beats me to it.  Usually, it's because I take so long to finish stuff (you know, like, years) but this time I really wasn't that slow.  Sigh.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1070 on: September 20, 2019, 11:16:18 AM »
I'm about 25% into Book 2, adding 1088 words tonight. Up to 53 pages and 12.2K words.

As usual, I have no idea where I'm going but I'll get there eventually.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1071 on: September 20, 2019, 12:50:32 PM »
About 350 words today, but not for the urban fantasy story I've been working on.

Out of the blue my mind wandered to a sci-fantasy concept, one of many I have on backburner. Even the small word count is significant as a lot of them are names and brief descriptions of setting features and locations/polities. Broke through some issues I had with progressing anywhere with that concept, but this does nothing for the main project I've been working on.

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1072 on: September 20, 2019, 01:56:20 PM »
Arrr, mateys! I be editin' five chapters o' me tale today.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1073 on: September 20, 2019, 09:38:52 PM »
Arrr, mateys! I be editin' five chapters o' me tale today.

(Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!)

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1074 on: September 21, 2019, 03:21:18 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and, er, 0 words for the space opera.  I must have edited or did something with the space opera yesterday because I did update the file, but no new words were added.  :icon_think:
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« Reply #1075 on: September 21, 2019, 04:38:12 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and, er, 0 words for the space opera.  I must have edited or did something with the space opera yesterday because I did update the file, but no new words were added.  :icon_think:

Fer that ye' be walkin' the plank, matey! An' I'll be drinkin' yer rum ration.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1076 on: September 21, 2019, 12:03:07 PM »
Haha! I did have some rum last night. I figured I'd earned a little reward, so I made mai tais.

Today, I edited 5 more chapters. The last five come tomorrow and then it's off to the editor while I move onto my new series. I just emailed my cover designer to commission the first book cover.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1077 on: September 21, 2019, 12:27:28 PM »
Got Book 1 back from the editor so I'm working on that. I'll catch up on wordage tomorrow. Book 1 needs a lot of work.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1078 on: September 21, 2019, 12:33:46 PM »
Only about a hundred words today especially since I did some editing.
 
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« Reply #1079 on: September 21, 2019, 08:00:04 PM »
12,036 written today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1081 on: September 22, 2019, 08:16:52 AM »
12,036 written today

Wow, my hands hurt just thinking about that amount of work. That's awesome!

I edited the last five chapters today and sent the manuscript off to my editor! I might take a few days off before I start on the next book. We'll see how my health does. I may have another issue cropping up now that I need to see a doctor about.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1082 on: September 22, 2019, 09:36:46 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and, er, 615 words for the space opera.

I was going to bang out a lot of words for the space opera last night, hoping to make up for Thursday.  I was going to come here and tell you how I wrote 5,000 words for the space opera.  LOL.  The best I got was 615.  And even if I had hit 5,000, it would have paled in comparison to 12,036. :eek:

So, I would have lost either way.  This way, at least, it took less effort to lose.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1083 on: September 22, 2019, 10:03:27 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and, er, 615 words for the space opera.

I was going to bang out a lot of words for the space opera last night, hoping to make up for Thursday.  I was going to come here and tell you how I wrote 5,000 words for the space opera.  LOL.  The best I got was 615.  And even if I had hit 5,000, it would have paled in comparison to 12,036. :eek:

So, I would have lost either way.  This way, at least, it took less effort to lose.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

That's still better than my big, fat 0 for yesterday.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1084 on: September 22, 2019, 10:47:08 AM »
That's still better than my big, fat 0 for yesterday.

But you were working on revisions from your editor, so that counts as writing work even if you didn't otherwise create more wordage.
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« Reply #1085 on: September 22, 2019, 11:14:38 AM »
That's still better than my big, fat 0 for yesterday.

But you were working on revisions from your editor, so that counts as writing work even if you didn't otherwise create more wordage.

Just read through a half a dozen comments but didn't do any revisions. So ... nannie-nannie-boo-boo ... I'm still worse than you.

Tonight, I sat down to add to the word count. Not sure how much I wrote before I accidentally deleted it. Couldn't have been much more than 100 words. So discouraged I ate a brownie with home-made banana ice cream and walnuts.  :writethink:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1086 on: September 22, 2019, 11:20:34 AM »
Brownies are good.

I set a goal to run five miles today and write 500 words. I knocked the miles out before 11 this morning. Just now a little after nine at night, I finished my 500 words.
 
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« Reply #1087 on: September 23, 2019, 01:19:12 AM »
Back on track with 1047 words.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1088 on: September 23, 2019, 03:30:29 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words (hat trick!!!) for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 125 words for the space opera.

I think the problem is that the story moves faster than I can write.  On the superhero thing, I've been writing the same scene for several days now.  In my head, I've moved on to other parts.  The second part of the chapter played out in my head several days ago.  So the scene I'm writing has become boring because I've already played it out who knows how many times now and by the time I get to the second part, it will have run several times already too.  Plus, I've got another character I mentioned the other day that will need to be introduced and just this morning I came up with another.  So the story moves faster than I can write so by the time I find a few minutes to write, it goes slower because it's like "been there, done that."  I believe it's the same phenomenon that, when I later revisit a backburner project, I discover I don't have nearly as many words written down as I thought I did.  But because I've watched the scene(s) play out in my head so many times, it feels like I've already written it all out.  But I haven't.

And then the current chapter in the space opera has gone a completely different direction than originally intended.  My fault for trying to add in some detail to make an otherwise ho-hum scene get some life into it.  So, then rather than simply walking to their destination, well, stuff happens and their destination isn't there anymore.  Which means the whole reason for the scene, for plot and character development, needs to be written in somewhere else now.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1089 on: September 23, 2019, 04:57:53 AM »
12,036 written today

Awesome work!

12,036 written today

Wow, my hands hurt just thinking about that amount of work. That's awesome!

I edited the last five chapters today and sent the manuscript off to my editor! I might take a few days off before I start on the next book. We'll see how my health does. I may have another issue cropping up now that I need to see a doctor about.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1090 on: September 23, 2019, 07:02:30 AM »
My mind is boggled at the prospect of writing 12k words in a single day.  That beats Amanda Lee's usual quota of 9k (though she also edits 9k per day, so maybe not the best comparison).  The most I've ever done was a little over 4k in one day.

Congratulations, Matt, on a notable accomplishment.   :cheers
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1091 on: September 23, 2019, 07:46:57 AM »
Yesterday, um, I wrote 10 words (hat trick!!!) for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 125 words for the space opera.

I think the problem is that the story moves faster than I can write.  On the superhero thing, I've been writing the same scene for several days now.  In my head, I've moved on to other parts.  The second part of the chapter played out in my head several days ago.  So the scene I'm writing has become boring because I've already played it out who knows how many times now and by the time I get to the second part, it will have run several times already too.  Plus, I've got another character I mentioned the other day that will need to be introduced and just this morning I came up with another.  So the story moves faster than I can write so by the time I find a few minutes to write, it goes slower because it's like "been there, done that."  I believe it's the same phenomenon that, when I later revisit a backburner project, I discover I don't have nearly as many words written down as I thought I did.  But because I've watched the scene(s) play out in my head so many times, it feels like I've already written it all out.  But I haven't.

And then the current chapter in the space opera has gone a completely different direction than originally intended.  My fault for trying to add in some detail to make an otherwise ho-hum scene get some life into it.  So, then rather than simply walking to their destination, well, stuff happens and their destination isn't there anymore.  Which means the whole reason for the scene, for plot and character development, needs to be written in somewhere else now.
I have the same issue with boredom of a scene already written in my head, and I have a solution that works for me. I don't let myself think about my books when I'm not actively writing.

Yes, that's probably one big reason I write a bit slowly, but slow is better than stalled out. If I get bored, I hate writing and I pretty much fail to write anything at all every time I get bored. It's a huge struggle to get started again.

When that solution fails, because the story is just moving along in my thoughts while I'm away from the computer and I can't stop it (happened last night in the shower, because of course it would happen somewhere that I can't get to my computer), I have another strategy I use. When I get to the computer, I don't try to cling to what I wrote in my head. I let it go. I write whatever I want as the next bit. In almost all cases, my mind has decided to change things up because that's easier than trying to bring to mind all the words I'd already written in my head earlier.

I do not let myself compare the quality of the versions I've created. What I thought and what I wrote are equals and that's just the way it has to be. Later, when I go back to read it after the fact, that usually turns out to be true anyway. I've become confident that one path is as good as another, as long as I'm having fun with it. :)

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1092 on: September 23, 2019, 10:40:26 AM »
My mind is boggled at the prospect of writing 12k words in a single day.  That beats Amanda Lee's usual quota of 9k (though she also edits 9k per day, so maybe not the best comparison).  The most I've ever done was a little over 4k in one day.

Congratulations, Matt, on a notable accomplishment.   :cheers

That's really nice of you to say, thanks.

I find Amanda Lee inspiring. I really appreciate her word count and editing posts because they help spur me on when I don't feel like writing. It's the same reason I publicly post my own counts as a means to push myself to keep going and remain productive. I also hope someone will see what I'm doing and will want to do the same on days when they don't feel like doing it.

And, honestly, I think anyone can produce the same amount of new words each day as me... I'm just really fortunate in that I have the time each day to plant butt-in-chair.

For instance when we're talking about butt-in-chair time, I produced roughly 62k new words last week (Mon-Fri), and I'd do similar next week as well if I wasn't so close to finishing my current novel (likely will be done with it on Mon or Tue), which I'm not saying as a brag or a humblebrag or whatever - I'm pointing this out to say the reason I was able to do it is because I had/have the time to do it. I'm lucky in that respect, not skilled.

On average, I write between 6 and 7 hours every weekday, and I think most everyone here could likely produce similar word counts as me on each of those days if they had the kind of time to devote to it that I do. Heck, a lot people would probably leave me in the dust if they had that kind of time. I point this out to say that I realize I'm fortunate in this regard.

But, aside from all of that, I'm here to cheer everyone on no matter how many words they happen to crank out. It's really remaining productive in general that's the most important thing. If it's 5 words a day or 5000, as long as you keep plugging away. I'm just happy to have the time available to push and produce as many new words as I can, or as many I feel satisfied with.

Should also point out, with respect to word counts, it also helps I'm not that great a writer. lol That's not a woe as me self-pity thing, just the reality. I love writing and I love coming up with stories, but yeah, my writing is what it is. I do my best every time out, and I have fun too, but I lay no claim whatsoever to writing quality. Maybe in my case it helps me write a lot.

Which raises another impressive thing about Amanda Lee. The fact she can produce those numbers along with the quality. One can only dream of reaching that level. Well, for me it's a dream anyway.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1093 on: September 23, 2019, 11:28:57 AM »
About 300 words today although I feel a chunk may get edited out later when cleaning the piece up.
 
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« Reply #1094 on: September 23, 2019, 11:37:41 AM »
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But, aside from all of that, I'm here to cheer everyone on no matter how many words they happen to crank out. It's really remaining productive in general that's the most important thing. If it's 5 words a day or 5000, as long as you keep plugging away. I'm just happy to have the time available to push and produce as many new words as I can, or as many I feel satisfied with.

That's the whole point of this thread, Matt. It keeps me inspired just to put butt-in-chair-and-engage-fingers.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1095 on: September 24, 2019, 07:28:08 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Thinking about pausing on the superhero thing and just writing down some notes for later.  Or, maybe finish out the month and then pause since there's only a week left.

On the space opera, slowed a bit since I'm working out the next bit.  Also, had to do some editing on the beginning of the chapter so that the new direction it is taking looks natural rather than like it shifted in the middle (which was the reality, LOL).  Have to work out what happens next.  Either the "bad thing" happens while the characters are separated or when they're back together.  The latter would be easier but the former would be a better fit.  Yes, so I guess I know which direction to take.  Oy.  Another box I'm writing myself into.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1096 on: September 24, 2019, 11:41:11 AM »
A mere 362 words and that was a struggle. Fugitive (possibly) in an abandoned farmhouse. Midnight. No moon. K-nines sitting quietly by their handlers, waiting for the signal. Not the kind of thing I usually write so I'm moving as cautiously as the two FBI agents approaching the house.

Hopefully, I'll do better tomorrow.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1097 on: September 24, 2019, 12:14:35 PM »
K-nines

Did you dictate that and that's how your software interpreted it?  Because canines would be the same number of characters so there's no savings there for your fingers.  Abbreviating would be K9s or maybe K-9s:icon_think:
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« Reply #1098 on: September 24, 2019, 12:40:56 PM »
K-nines

Did you dictate that and that's how your software interpreted it?  Because canines would be the same number of characters so there's no savings there for your fingers.  Abbreviating would be K9s or maybe K-9s:icon_think:

Yup, you're right. Thanks. And I even wrote another story about K-9s a few years ago, but I forgot. I'll fix it.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1099 on: September 24, 2019, 06:37:59 PM »
6,309 written today to finish latest WIP
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1100 on: September 25, 2019, 12:26:41 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 155 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 65 words for the space opera.
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« Reply #1101 on: September 25, 2019, 07:45:47 AM »
Forgot to include the latest drawing:


Still doing one a day.  Practice obviously doesn't make perfect.  LOL.

I figure this one is the member of some intergalactic boy band.  Or maybe just Earth but they perform in space.  It's a highly advanced bubble helmet that contains a special interior coating that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.  The oxygen allows the dancer to continue breathing and the carbon adds strength to the helmet and is structured in such as way as to maintain its transparency.  Advanced science stuff, probably stolen from aliens who will one day come and wipe us out for using advanced technology for stupid stuff like letting boy bands perform in space.
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« Reply #1102 on: September 25, 2019, 08:56:28 AM »
Forgot to include the latest drawing:


Still doing one a day.  Practice obviously doesn't make perfect.  LOL.

I figure this one is the member of some intergalactic boy band.  Or maybe just Earth but they perform in space.  It's a highly advanced bubble helmet that contains a special interior coating that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.  The oxygen allows the dancer to continue breathing and the carbon adds strength to the helmet and is structured in such as way as to maintain its transparency.  Advanced science stuff, probably stolen from aliens who will one day come and wipe us out for using advanced technology for stupid stuff like letting boy bands perform in space.

Remember the Star Trek movie where they had to save the whales or aliens would blow up earth? Scotty used transparent aluminum for the whales' tanks. It seems like you went Scotty one better.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1103 on: September 25, 2019, 11:44:23 AM »
Back on track with 1100 words. Hadn't planned on somebody being kidnapped, but this guy is always where he shouldn't be. Had fun researching how to break a choke hold.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1104 on: September 25, 2019, 07:30:46 PM »
32,814 edited today
it was a slog
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1105 on: September 25, 2019, 11:07:17 PM »
32,814 edited today
it was a slog
is there a 'sleepy' emoji?

How about a dizzy one?

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1106 on: September 26, 2019, 12:24:51 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 230 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words (hat trick!) for the space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1107 on: September 26, 2019, 11:27:53 AM »
Such lovely words tonight, all 1,242 of them. That puts me about a third of the way through this book.

I'd gotten out of the habit of writing, but I feel now I've really hit my stride. I think Book 1 is in for a major rewrite.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1108 on: September 26, 2019, 07:36:15 PM »
45,466 edited today
over 8 hours of fine-toothed combing
then I write a lengthy post here (in another thread)
and now I'm cross-eyed
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1109 on: September 27, 2019, 12:27:09 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 310 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 165 words for the space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1110 on: September 27, 2019, 08:37:02 PM »
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book is done
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« Reply #1111 on: September 27, 2019, 08:43:34 PM »
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1112 on: September 27, 2019, 11:23:05 PM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1113 on: September 28, 2019, 12:54:17 AM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.

I hope you feel better soon!  :dog1:

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« Reply #1114 on: September 28, 2019, 01:33:05 AM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.

I hope you feel better soon!  :dog1:

Ditto.  :catrun
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« Reply #1115 on: September 28, 2019, 01:33:26 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 210 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 205 words for the space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1116 on: September 28, 2019, 02:03:07 AM »
Since I started writing every day a while back, I think I'm going to join in. Wrote 376 yesterday.
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« Reply #1117 on: September 28, 2019, 06:00:18 AM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.


Yikes!  Hope you get better soon.   :icon_eek:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1118 on: September 28, 2019, 06:21:33 AM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.
My sympathies. I hope it gets better quickly!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1119 on: September 28, 2019, 09:36:27 AM »
Feel better.  I'll swear you were doing something heroic when it happened if needed.  Hate the injuries from everyday stuff.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1120 on: September 28, 2019, 05:14:55 PM »
I'm afraid I won't be writing for a few days. I bent over to change the sheets on my bed and my back went in to spasm. Couldn't walk at all yesterday but today, I can hobble around with a cane.

Back to bed.

 :tup3b :Tup2:  :cheers Wishing you a speedy recovery!  :tup3b :Tup2: :cheers

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1121 on: September 28, 2019, 09:15:24 PM »
4,317 written today in outline for new novel
one book finishes, another one starts
no rest for the wicked

PS - Maggie Ann, sorry to hear about your back, I threw my back out last year, was confining myself to bed to recover with heating pads, ibuprofen, etc, for about a week - and after a lot of medical googling (not usually an advisable thing to do unless you're trying to scare yourself half to death), I found that the bed rest idea for back injuries is now considered outdated and doctors are recommending for these injuries people do the opposite of strict resting and spend more time up and around keeping the blood going as it will hasten healing in the effected area, note: this doesn't mean bending, twisting, lifting per se, but rather just not being too ginger with it or inactive... I was skeptical of this at first and also reluctant because I was in a lot pain in my lower back, but I tried it and kept my rest periods in bed or on the couch short, and walked on my treadmill and around the house (though refrained from any lifting or straining activities which included doing dishes because that required bending and reaching) frequently... the pain that had lasted for several days when I kept myself still in bed went away in only a few after opting for the up-and-around treatment. Couldn't believe how quickly my back felt better and I have to believe there's something to that newer approach they're recommending.

Anyway, sorry for the lengthy passage, just thought I'd let you know what I'd found when I'd hurt my back. As always everyone's mileage will vary, and of course you know your body better than anyone. Get well soon!  :cool:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1122 on: September 28, 2019, 11:17:35 PM »
Thanks so much for all the get well wishes everyone. I'm definitely on the mend. I'm at the stiff and sore stage, meaning my back is practically ramrod straight right now. Great for the posture.

Matt, thanks for the advice. I'd heard that about moving around being better than bed rest. If I could take Ibuprofen, I'd try it, but my GI doctor has forbidden me to take any kind of anti-inflammatory. The spasms are so bad, that for Thursday and half of Friday, I could only take half a step at a time. One foot could only go halfway past the other.

Now, I'll tell y'all about my magic socks. I had the same problem several weeks ago only not as bad, and the only advice I got was to take Tylenol four times a day. Didn't work. Then somebody told me about the magic socks. The rep came over and she had me step on these pads. It only took seconds to get relief. Not a cure, just pain relief. But, I forgot to put them on Thursday when I got back from an appt and that's why I had the spasm.

Feel better.  I'll swear you were doing something heroic when it happened if needed.  Hate the injuries from everyday stuff.

Yes, of course, I was doing something heroic like saving puppies from a burning building. And you saw me do it.  :icon_mrgreen:

I should be able to write again tomorrow.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1123 on: September 28, 2019, 11:48:12 PM »
I was going to say kittens, but okay.

If you have a link you can share on the magic socks, I would really like to know about those.   Debilitating back spasms and me are old frenemies.  I didn't know they changed the advice on bedrest either, so thanks for sharing that Matt. 
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1124 on: September 29, 2019, 12:39:02 AM »
I was going to say kittens, but okay.

If you have a link you can share on the magic socks, I would really like to know about those.   Debilitating back spasms and me are old frenemies.  I didn't know they changed the advice on bedrest either, so thanks for sharing that Matt.

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I ended up buying three pair of the athletic socks, but they come in all different styles and colors. You can put them in the washer, but not the dryer and they do take a while to dry.

Don't get the inner soles. They are too thick to fit in your shoes.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1125 on: September 29, 2019, 03:03:01 AM »
Wrote 558 words yesterday. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1126 on: September 29, 2019, 08:35:32 AM »
:confused: BTW, why did this thread get into Bar & Grill area? :confused:

Someone complained it was too distracting showing up in the unreads of where it used to be, so we all got dumped here.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1127 on: September 29, 2019, 08:36:48 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Also, yesterday and today, I have been recreating the cover for my upcoming book so I think that should count for something too.  grint
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1128 on: September 29, 2019, 09:58:14 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Also, yesterday and today, I have been recreating the cover for my upcoming book so I think that should count for something too.  grint

Agreed, cover design time should count towards word counts.

Okay, starting now it officially does.

In the spirit of that, I've created this handy chart:

5 mins. spent designing cover = 5,000 words written
10 mins. = 18,500 words
15 mins. = 36,775 words

I see nothing wrong with my math here.  :hehe
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1129 on: September 29, 2019, 12:49:42 PM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Also, yesterday and today, I have been recreating the cover for my upcoming book so I think that should count for something too.  grint

Agreed, cover design time should count towards word counts.

Okay, starting now it officially does.

In the spirit of that, I've created this handy chart:

5 mins. spent designing cover = 5,000 words written
10 mins. = 18,500 words
15 mins. = 36,775 words

I see nothing wrong with my math here.  :hehe

I can mess around  spend four hours getting a cover just right so that would be 588,400 words. Yup, sounds right to me.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1130 on: September 29, 2019, 04:24:36 PM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Also, yesterday and today, I have been recreating the cover for my upcoming book so I think that should count for something too.  grint

Agreed, cover design time should count towards word counts.

Okay, starting now it officially does.

In the spirit of that, I've created this handy chart:

5 mins. spent designing cover = 5,000 words written
10 mins. = 18,500 words
15 mins. = 36,775 words

I see nothing wrong with my math here.  :hehe

I can mess around  spend four hours getting a cover just right so that would be 588,400 words. Yup, sounds right to me.

Ah, so that's how Brandon Sanderson does it.  :icon_mrgreen:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1131 on: September 30, 2019, 12:56:08 AM »
A nice 1,193 words today and now that I think about it, I used nice too many times. Oh, well, easily fixed.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1132 on: September 30, 2019, 01:58:27 AM »
Wrote 74 words yesterday. Lucky I got those. ;D I would have settled for 24 if not for this thread.
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« Reply #1133 on: September 30, 2019, 03:04:29 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 120 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 55 words for the space opera.

Almost finished recreating the cover for my upcoming release.  Just one more thing to recreate and I think it's done.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1134 on: September 30, 2019, 04:02:38 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 185 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 50 words for the space opera.

Also, yesterday and today, I have been recreating the cover for my upcoming book so I think that should count for something too.  grint

Agreed, cover design time should count towards word counts.

Okay, starting now it officially does.

In the spirit of that, I've created this handy chart:

5 mins. spent designing cover = 5,000 words written
10 mins. = 18,500 words
15 mins. = 36,775 words

I see nothing wrong with my math here.  :hehe

I'm in!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1135 on: October 01, 2019, 12:11:27 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 680 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing and 85 words for the space opera.

Finished the new cover yesterday.  It's optimized for current Kindle cover size recommendations as well as a high enough resolution for a 6x9 paperback at 600dpi.  (I was tempted to go for 1200dpi but I think that may stress my old laptop out a little too much.)

Next step will be redoing all my other covers to match.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1136 on: October 01, 2019, 02:49:24 AM »
I didn't know they'd changed the requirements for a paperback from 300dpi to 600dpi. Or is that something you do for maximum resolution?

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1137 on: October 01, 2019, 02:55:52 AM »
I didn't know they'd changed the requirements for a paperback from 300dpi to 600dpi. Or is that something you do for maximum resolution?

I didn't check Amazon's requirements.  I just wanted to make sure it was a high enough resolution for our equipment because I'm still set on the idea of printing my own limited editions.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1138 on: October 01, 2019, 03:13:14 AM »
Wrote 110 or thereabouts yesterday. I deleted a bunch and started off in the hole and ended in the hole. But I did manage to fill it in a bit. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1139 on: October 01, 2019, 12:45:54 PM »
Added 1,217 words to the WiP. That brings me up to 78 pages and about a third of the way to my 50K goal. Did a bit of editing, too.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1140 on: October 01, 2019, 07:25:21 PM »
3,558 written in outline today
 
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« Reply #1141 on: October 02, 2019, 01:13:34 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 180 words for the semi-gritty urban superhero thing, 85 words for the space opera and 85 words for the lame space opera.  (Not the same 85 words.)

For the month, I wrote 9,928 total words which gave me a daily average of 330.93 words.  That was better than August but since it was divided among three works, er, not as good as August.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1142 on: October 02, 2019, 02:30:41 AM »
Wrote 1817 yesterday. Most on a novel, some on a short story. :)
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« Reply #1143 on: October 02, 2019, 04:37:12 AM »
For the month, I wrote 9,928 total words which gave me a daily average of 330.93 words.

Better than George R.R. Martin.  Grin
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1144 on: October 02, 2019, 05:38:40 AM »
For the month, I wrote 9,928 total words which gave me a daily average of 330.93 words.

Better than George R.R. Martin.  Grin

That should make us all feel better.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1145 on: October 02, 2019, 06:00:12 AM »
In other news, heard from my beta reader a few minutes ago.  Planning to finish it this week but likes it so far.  Thinks other people who read the genre will like it too; I will have to ask what genre that is because I'm not entirely sure.  LOL.

I should probably get started on the formatting.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1146 on: October 02, 2019, 12:23:14 PM »
Not much tonight. Only 456 words. I got sidetracked with editing. Not that I did any. I was just thinking about starting on the edits for Book 1 tomorrow and I wanted to do them on my small HP Stream laptop. Unfortunately, the space key sticks and sometimes it takes twenty or thirty seconds for words to show up on the screen.

I spent some time on chat (which is just the computer putting up pre-printed questions) at HP but didn't get any satisfaction. Looks like I'm going to have to replace the keyboard which is irritating. I let my grandson use it for several months while he saved up for a new gaming PC and apparently he abused the heck out of it. Now I'm afraid it's going to cost me more than I paid for it to get it fixed.

I looked online for a replacement keyboard but nobody has one for my model. Might as well junk the darned thing.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1147 on: October 02, 2019, 12:29:49 PM »
Dan, I'm glad your reader is enjoying the story!

Maggie Ann, how frustrating.  I hope you can get it working again.

I've been busy trying to reach BestGiving Author status again. LOL  I don't think I'm going to make it, but I'm up to #13 in FREE Holiday Fiction.  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1148 on: October 02, 2019, 12:41:06 PM »
Now I'm afraid it's going to cost me more than I paid for it to get it fixed.

I looked online for a replacement keyboard but nobody has one for my model. Might as well junk the darned thing.

Can't it use a USB keyboard?

Or maybe there's gunk beneath the keyboard keys that need cleaning out?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1149 on: October 02, 2019, 12:45:40 PM »
Unfortunately, the space key sticks and sometimes it takes twenty or thirty seconds for words to show up on the screen.


My space bar was sticking and I figured out it was the little metal hinge under the key. It needed to be bent just a little to fix it. Maybe the pounding your grandson did on the keyboard while gaming could have done something similar to yours?

I don't have a clue what's taking it so long to get words to show up on the screen though, if it's related to the sticking space bar. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1150 on: October 02, 2019, 01:10:32 PM »
Now I'm afraid it's going to cost me more than I paid for it to get it fixed.

I looked online for a replacement keyboard but nobody has one for my model. Might as well junk the darned thing.

Can't it use a USB keyboard?

Or maybe there's gunk beneath the keyboard keys that need cleaning out?

I have a wireless keyboard and mouse, but grandson lost the thingie that goes in the port. The key doesn't pop out, but I've tried using a keyboard vacuum and blowing it out. No dice.

So, I bought a keyboard to go with my 10" tablet for $35. Apparently, I can download the MS store from Amazon and since I have the Office subscription service, I should be able to install it on the tablet. Fingers crossed.

           
 
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« Reply #1151 on: October 02, 2019, 07:25:17 PM »
4,892 written in my outline today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1152 on: October 03, 2019, 12:58:32 AM »
I usually don't write in the morning but the muse was tapping at my door. Add 1,147 words to the WiP for a total just shy of 20K. Up to 84 pages.

Hope my muse sticks around for another session tonight. I think the new character is responsible for the need to get down new wordage.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1153 on: October 03, 2019, 01:19:19 AM »
80 yesterday, on a short story. My Oct daily average is ... 80. :D
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« Reply #1154 on: October 03, 2019, 03:34:36 AM »
Unfortunately, the space key sticks and sometimes it takes twenty or thirty seconds for words to show up on the screen.


My space bar was sticking and I figured out it was the little metal hinge under the key. It needed to be bent just a little to fix it. Maybe the pounding your grandson did on the keyboard while gaming could have done something similar to yours?

I don't have a clue what's taking it so long to get words to show up on the screen though, if it's related to the sticking space bar. :)

In my chat with the HP computer, she had me try a couple of things. Since I couldn't get to the set-up menu, it nicely told me it was a hardware problem and I needed to replace it. Since I can't even buy the keyboard anywhere, I might try to pop up the space bar and see what happens. Can't be any worse.  It just seemed like it didn't want to pop.

           
 
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« Reply #1155 on: October 03, 2019, 03:36:40 AM »
In my chat with the HP computer, she had me try a couple of things. Since I couldn't get to the set-up menu, it nicely told me it was a hardware problem and I needed to replace it. Since I can't even buy the keyboard anywhere, I might try to pop up the space bar and see what happens. Can't be any worse.  It just seemed like it didn't want to pop.

When I took mine off, I thought I was about to break it. But like you, I couldn't live with the sticking...  Good luck! I hope you figure it out. :D
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« Reply #1156 on: October 03, 2019, 07:57:22 PM »
4,348 written in my outline today
not a lot of words considering I'd spent 9 hours on the thing today, but it was tough sledding creatively, and I still have a ways to go
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« Reply #1157 on: October 03, 2019, 09:57:45 PM »
4,348 written in my outline today
not a lot of words considering I'd spent 9 hours on the thing today, but it was tough sledding creatively, and I still have a ways to go
why am I a writer again?
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Added 371 words on to yesterday's total.
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« Reply #1158 on: October 04, 2019, 01:21:01 PM »
3,229 written in my outline today
didn't get as many hours in as I would've liked
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« Reply #1159 on: October 05, 2019, 11:48:12 AM »
A thousand even tonight.

           
 
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« Reply #1160 on: October 05, 2019, 06:25:29 PM »
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« Reply #1161 on: October 06, 2019, 12:35:42 AM »
Oct. 2, 187
Oct. 3, -4 (I deleted more than I wrote. Does that mean I'm kicked off the thread?)  :icon_cry: It's probably going to happen again.  :icon_redface:
Oct. 4, 76

All caught up now.
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« Reply #1162 on: October 06, 2019, 02:45:33 AM »
Lynn, no one gets kicked off for having a bad day.
 
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« Reply #1163 on: October 06, 2019, 03:02:02 AM »
Lynn, no one gets kicked off for having a bad day.
 
I've had a bad few weeks, when it comes to writing...but I've had my hands full with these three little cuties!



My little cutie is now eleven years old and weighs sixteen pounds and when he sprawls out on the floor, he looks like a black walrus. But he's still a cutie to me.

           
 
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« Reply #1164 on: October 06, 2019, 11:02:03 AM »
I usually read what I wrote last before I continue on. Oh, my. What a mess. Lots of spell-os, incomplete sentences, missing words. I ran spell check and then went over it line by line and fixed everything, I hope. Ten pages worth. And I hope the ten pages plus what I added in are lots better than they were.



           
 
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« Reply #1165 on: October 06, 2019, 11:11:42 AM »
Lynn, no one gets kicked off for having a bad day.
 
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« Reply #1166 on: October 07, 2019, 03:44:23 AM »
Productive morning with 1,524 words. That brings my total to 96.5 pages and just shy of 23K words.
           
 
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« Reply #1167 on: October 07, 2019, 05:56:48 AM »
967 words in the fairytale...and kitty-proofed another room in the house.  :catrun

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« Reply #1168 on: October 08, 2019, 10:04:43 AM »
I finished 650 words in the fairytale today.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1169 on: October 08, 2019, 06:29:14 PM »
5,183 written in my outline today
 
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« Reply #1170 on: October 09, 2019, 02:00:54 AM »
198 yesterday.
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« Reply #1172 on: October 09, 2019, 10:56:39 AM »
Maggie Ann, that's so true!


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« Reply #1173 on: October 09, 2019, 11:41:59 AM »
It just struck home, Lorri. I'm planning four books in this series, but characters keep popping up and telling me they want their own book. Noooooo!!!! I must be strong!!!

Got in a bit more of the mystery in tonight's 1,194 words. Now I have to go back and edit all those words.
           
 
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« Reply #1174 on: October 09, 2019, 01:32:47 PM »
I took a break for a while after finishing my last book. Needed a rest. Kudos to all of you who keep going every single day. I see a lot of progress happened while I was gone.

Now I'm packing for a two-week vacation but I've also started a new book and it won't let me go. Things are always so exciting in the beginning, and this is a new series, too. I don't know how much time I will have to continue working on it this month because of the trip but I plan on sitting down in November and doing a good Nano session with this. Anyway, 1532 words today.
 
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« Reply #1175 on: October 09, 2019, 06:37:04 PM »
5,329 written in my outline today
and finally, finally the darned thing might actually be done...
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« Reply #1176 on: October 10, 2019, 02:23:55 AM »
121 yesterday
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« Reply #1177 on: October 10, 2019, 11:16:36 AM »
I am so sleepy but I was determined to write something. Ended up with 319 words. I think I'll make an early night of it.
           
 
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« Reply #1178 on: October 10, 2019, 05:21:18 PM »
3,834 written in my outline today
just when I thought I was out... it pulls me back in  :icon_sad:
 
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« Reply #1179 on: October 11, 2019, 07:19:46 AM »
118 words yesterday in the fairytale.  Finished my chapter for this week's installment.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1180 on: October 11, 2019, 12:10:53 PM »
201 words today, it's starting to look good for my weekly goal of 1K :)
 
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« Reply #1181 on: October 11, 2019, 12:48:17 PM »
Thought I'd be too tired again tonight, but told myself I absolutely had to write 50 words. Fifty turned into 972 words and I'm happy with where the story is going. Up to 108 pages and 25.5K words.

           
 
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« Reply #1182 on: October 11, 2019, 07:00:09 PM »
Spent 5.5 hours cutting, pasting, re-arranging my outline in a Word doc, but...
no new words added to the thing, so really, I'm not qualified to post in this thread at all today  :hehe

And, even with all the time I put in... I feel as though I've been un-productive  :shrug

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« Reply #1183 on: October 12, 2019, 10:40:55 AM »
3,774 words!  I finished my fairytale.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1184 on: October 12, 2019, 08:17:10 PM »
5,790 written in my outline today
today was better

Congrats, Lorri, nicely done.  :cool:
 
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« Reply #1185 on: October 12, 2019, 10:26:44 PM »
3,774 words!  I finished my fairytale.  :smilie_zauber:

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Only 562 words last night. I had to stop to do a bit of research. I'll have to keep researching because I didn't find what I needed.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1186 on: October 13, 2019, 01:00:29 AM »
Congrats on finishing, Lorri!

I wrote 2000 words or so yesterday but forgot to update. I will keep track of any words updated on my vacation but probably won't visit here. Less than 24 hours til I leave and I still have so much to get ready.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1187 on: October 13, 2019, 03:26:05 AM »
Wrote 343 words yesterday

I'm lucky I've been writing anything. I'm on a reading binge and I've been reading about 2 books a day (going through old favorites) and am really struggling to break the cycle! :D
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« Reply #1188 on: October 13, 2019, 04:21:24 AM »
Thank you!  I really had fun with this one.  Now, back to my series. LOL

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« Reply #1189 on: October 13, 2019, 12:43:16 PM »
I just wrote 1,166 words bringing my total to 27.2K and 115 pages.
           
 
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« Reply #1190 on: October 14, 2019, 11:04:25 AM »
No writing today...but made two videos for my books.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1191 on: October 14, 2019, 11:36:32 AM »
No writing today...but made two videos for my books.  :smilie_zauber:

Excellent! Will you post them here?

Just finished 1,181 words bringing me to 28.5K words and 120 pages.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1192 on: October 14, 2019, 12:57:33 PM »
Over 100 words to break 10K in my current WIP :)
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« Reply #1193 on: October 15, 2019, 01:59:54 AM »
No writing today...but made two videos for my books.  :smilie_zauber:

Excellent! Will you post them here?

Just finished 1,181 words bringing me to 28.5K words and 120 pages.

I made a new trailer for my book.



And an overall what do you like to read video to show what type of books I write.




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« Reply #1194 on: October 15, 2019, 02:49:16 AM »
Well done, Lori. I especially like the second one. That was a really good idea.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1195 on: October 15, 2019, 02:56:01 AM »
I deleted and rewrote the beginning of a story last night, and that was about 600ish words. Most of them don't count because they just replace words I took out.

So I wrote 56 yesterday.
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« Reply #1196 on: October 15, 2019, 11:27:57 AM »
I wrote a 652 word scene that I'm not sure I'm going to keep. I know it was needed to show the MCs bouncing back from a difficult situation. I'm just not sure the readers will see it that way. Oh, well. I'm sure my editor will tell me if it's garbage or not.

           
 
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« Reply #1197 on: October 15, 2019, 02:55:01 PM »
Wrote 2,552 today.
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« Reply #1198 on: October 16, 2019, 11:14:01 AM »
First I wrote 65 words that did what I wanted them to do but not in the right way. So I rewrote it as dialogue instead of exposition and I was much happier. Ended up 968 words richer.

That brings me to 128 pages and just over 30K words.

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« Reply #1199 on: October 16, 2019, 12:18:55 PM »
55 words today. Off to a slow start this week.
 
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« Reply #1200 on: October 16, 2019, 07:41:57 PM »
Had a nice long weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving)
Back at it with this interminable outline
5,197 written in it today
might be another week before it's finally done, oh well
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« Reply #1201 on: October 17, 2019, 12:45:36 AM »
Well done, everyone!   :goodpost:

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« Reply #1202 on: October 18, 2019, 07:06:56 PM »
Was so tired yesterday, I went straight to bed without reporting results...
4,287 written in my outline yesterday
3,060 written in my outline today
I'm grateful for this thread as it helps me keep myself accountable... when I'm not sleepy, that is  :confused:
 
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« Reply #1203 on: October 19, 2019, 02:30:05 AM »
Hm. I'm going to have to set a reminder to post because I keep forgetting. :)

Yesterday I wrote 1,856 words. The day before I wrote 1,515 words. And the day before that I wrote 157 words. :D
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« Reply #1204 on: October 19, 2019, 03:19:51 AM »
I've been doing some clean-up on two of my old laptops. Too many of my book files are stuck on one of them that is barely running but when I do get it running, it won't turn off. Next time, I'll just hold down the on button until it turns off. The other one is okay, but I did take some files off it and put them on a flash drive.

I'll be back to writing tonight.
           
 
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« Reply #1205 on: October 20, 2019, 03:53:33 AM »
519 words on my timeline and I think I have the series worked out.  Yay!  This is the last book and it will be fun.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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« Reply #1206 on: October 20, 2019, 04:56:19 AM »
1,953 words yesterday. :)
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« Reply #1207 on: October 20, 2019, 10:57:32 AM »
Edited two chapters and wrote 362 words.  :dog1:

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« Reply #1208 on: October 20, 2019, 11:26:57 AM »
Back to work and added 1,148 words for a total of 31.2K and 132 pages.

           
 
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« Reply #1209 on: October 21, 2019, 11:19:51 AM »
Squeezed out 300 words today.
 
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« Reply #1210 on: October 21, 2019, 12:26:10 PM »
Just added 1,375 words for a total of 32.6K and 138 pages.

           
 
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« Reply #1211 on: October 21, 2019, 12:49:38 PM »
1,331 words yesterday :)
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« Reply #1212 on: October 22, 2019, 09:25:32 AM »
1,890 yesterday.
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« Reply #1213 on: October 22, 2019, 12:03:19 PM »
1,022 tonight for a total of 142 pages and 33.6K words.
           
 
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« Reply #1214 on: October 23, 2019, 11:04:28 AM »
851 words so far.  Hoping to get a few more tonight!  :catrun

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« Reply #1215 on: October 23, 2019, 12:43:50 PM »
I thought I wasn't going to get anything done. I just sat around watching videos for well over an hour. But then something prodded me to get up (could have been the  :dog1: ) and I thought I would just do a few paragraphs. Turned into 1,109 words. I'm up to 34.7K words and 147 pages.

           
 
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« Reply #1216 on: October 23, 2019, 01:07:51 PM »
1,412 words yesterday.

So much trouble getting started today. Bet it'll show tomorrow when I post my word count for today. :writethink:
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« Reply #1217 on: October 23, 2019, 02:21:09 PM »
Another 759 words.  I don't think I'll be done by Halloween...but maybe before Thanksgiving!  :angel:

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« Reply #1218 on: October 24, 2019, 07:56:16 AM »
739 words and I hope to get more done tonight!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1219 on: October 25, 2019, 12:07:12 PM »
Took me a little bit to get started, but I ended up with 1027 words. That brings the total to 35.8K and 152 pages. My AS counts words differently than Word does, but the total from Word should be accurate.

           
 
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« Reply #1220 on: October 26, 2019, 12:37:02 PM »
I've been starting a little later these past few days but I'm still getting the words in. 1215 for today and up to 32K and 157 pages.

           
 
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« Reply #1221 on: October 27, 2019, 10:42:24 AM »
Over 700 words yesterday and 1417 today.  Finally, starting to come together.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1222 on: October 27, 2019, 12:17:07 PM »
Added 787 words for a total of 37.8K and 161 pages.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1223 on: October 28, 2019, 11:02:43 AM »
609 words and did some editing on the last chapter.

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1224 on: October 28, 2019, 12:11:17 PM »
Started cleaning up Book 1. Good comments and changes from my editor.
           
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1225 on: October 29, 2019, 03:35:42 AM »
Yesterday I wrote 161 words.
Day before that I wrote 401 words.
Day before that I wrote 247 words.
Day before that I wrote 1,107 words.
Day before that I wrote 67 words.
Day before that I finally managed to write a few hundred words but then I deleted a bunch of straggling bits and ended up with -5 words. So I was right when I said:

So much trouble getting started today. Bet it'll show tomorrow when I post my word count for today. :writethink:

:D All caught up again.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1226 on: October 29, 2019, 03:49:05 AM »
Where's Dan?

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1227 on: October 29, 2019, 04:08:57 AM »
I saw him in another thread.  I think he's glowing eyes right now.  :catrun

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1228 on: October 29, 2019, 04:34:08 AM »
I was wondering the same thing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1229 on: October 29, 2019, 06:00:54 AM »
I saw him in another thread.  I think he's glowing eyes right now.  :catrun

Hiding from us, no doubt.  :dog1: :catrun
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1230 on: October 29, 2019, 11:51:28 AM »
1,096 words tonight for a total of 39K and 165 pages.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1231 on: October 30, 2019, 02:38:16 AM »
No words yesterday because...blizzard.  It looks like Christmas instead of Halloween!
And six degrees this morning.  (Fahrenheit, not Celsius.)  I am NOT ready for winter yet.  :lalala


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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1232 on: October 30, 2019, 03:50:35 AM »
*Shivers* I'm just getting used to a frost in the morning.

Wrote 67 words yesterday, thanks to this thread and my (now) 85 day streak of writing every day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1233 on: October 30, 2019, 03:55:14 AM »
*Shivers* I'm just getting used to a frost in the morning.

Wrote 67 words yesterday, thanks to this thread and my (now) 85 day streak of writing every day.

Cograts, Lynn!  That's wonderful.  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1234 on: October 30, 2019, 04:49:38 AM »
No words yesterday because...blizzard.  It looks like Christmas instead of Halloween!
And six degrees this morning.  (Fahrenheit, not Celsius.)  I am NOT ready for winter yet.  :lalala


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1235 on: October 30, 2019, 12:51:39 PM »
2219 words tonight.   :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1236 on: October 30, 2019, 01:12:59 PM »
1198, but I haven't uploaded them yet so I don't know the full page or word counts.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1237 on: October 31, 2019, 04:16:21 AM »
Wrote 2,157 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1238 on: October 31, 2019, 07:08:30 AM »
1296 so far.  Hopefully, I'll get some more words tonight!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1239 on: October 31, 2019, 08:01:15 AM »
Hiding from us, no doubt.  :dog1: :catrun

Not really.  I was off WS for two or three weeks to, among other reasons, wrap up my latest book.  I wanted it out by the Halloween and I had missed my original release dates of October 1st and October 11th, so I was determined to release it on the 21st.  So I spent a whole lotta time on it to proofread and edit it.  Mind you, I had done that prior to sending it to my beta reader, but found stuff I'd missed.  I ran it through spellcheck and made those corrections.  Sometimes, there are words that are not spelled wrong but spellcheck thinks they are, so I spent some time uncorrecting words in some cases only to go back and correct them again.  Also, there are words that are both hyphenated and not and spellcheck likes one but not the other, and checking online came up with different results so, in the end, on some words, I picked a source I trusted and made sure all usages of the compound words were consistent (hyphen or not) throughout the book.

Finally got it all ready to go and had it formatted and then, the evening of the 20th, while doing a final check, discovered I had used a name that's in use elsewhere.  Maybe it wouldn't have been a problem, but I wasn't going to take any chances.  So, come morning, I changed the name to be on the safe side.  Finished formatting it, again, and uploaded to Amazon . . . wherein it got stuck.  Rather than pending, or whatever, it was stuck in not finalized or something mode wherein it said I hadn't completed all the steps but also wouldn't let me do anything with it.  After a couple hours, it hadn't changed so I thought, heck, I'm sending a support request.  I had already tried clearing my browser cache and even using a different browser to no avail.

The next day, I get a message (canned) saying how sorry they are that I am having problems accessing their website and that I should clear my browser's cache and all that.  Oy.

Meanwhile, however, the book had gone live so I guess it was stuck in manual review.

Once live, I started running AMS ads for it, hoping to get some sales on this one.

So far, zippo, which is a bit of a bummer but, on the other hand, at this point I am used to my books not selling.

Anyways, last week or so, I came upon an eBay listing for a Newton keyboard.  I should mention first that I have an Apple Newton MessagePad that I am quite fond of.  I'd long wanted a keyboard, not that I cannot use the onscreen keyboard but just that it'd be nice to type sometimes.  Mind you, I have an eMate 300 that does have a keyboard, but I haven't done the hinge repair on it so I try not to use it until I get brave enough to try to do the fix.  Anyway, so on Monday, the keyboard arrives and, excited to try it out, I get my Newton out and give it a whirl.

Keyboard doesn't work.  Seller said it was tested and it worked.  Is that true?  I dunno.  Meanwhile, I discover that all the data from my Newton is gone which is a major bummer.  At that point, I wasn't concerned with the keyboard anymore.  It gave me a warning that I needed to replace the battery or all data would be lost but I am pretty sure all data had been lost prior to that point.

You see, unbeknownst to me, or if it had been beknownst to me I had long since forgotten, the memory relies on power from the batteries.  There are the main batteries it runs on (four AAAs) and a backup battery (a 2032).  I had removed the AAA batteries a year or so ago after leakages had caused some minor damage to the inside.

I should explain that the Newton has a power issue that needs to be repaired.  Also requires a bit of bravery because the instructions come with warnings your Newton may not survive the attempt.  So, I haven't used it much because the batteries die out quickly or I forget about them and they leak.  So, I took them out to prevent further damage from leaking.

That was a stupid move.  Good for preventing physical damage--bad for maintaining the data.

The backup battery, being the sole battery in there, died, resulting in data loss.

Now, had I known or remembered it required power to maintain the memory, I would have kept batteries in it.

Anyway, so all the data is gone.  And it hasn't been backed up in 24 years.  I have a partial excuse in that the computer that it connects to with its special connector died five years ago.  But, I could have taken photographs or whatever but nope.  I didn't.  Stupid me.

One note on there had some sentimental value.  I was initially optimistic that this note had been preserved in the last backup, but, nope, the last backup was performed two days before that note was written.  On the plus side, four years ago, I did have the presence of mind to copy the contents of that note to a file on my iPad and I have a copy of that on my computer.  So I still have the content of the note and I can probably later recreate a reasonable facsimile of it on my Newton if I want to maintain a copy on there.  Won't be quite the same but better than nothing.

And I cannot seem to find a number of the applications that are on the Newton.  Most are still there but at least one is gone.  Hopefully, I installed it prior to the last backup because I cannot find the original install files anywhere.  The only thing I can think of is that they might have been on a Zip disk that went bad before I could copy its contents to other media because I have two dead Zip disks from that time period that are bad.  There used to be a site online that archived Newton programs, but it crashed a year and a half ago and is still offline.  So, hopefully, those programs are on the backup I do have.

The worst part is not knowing what was lost.  I don't think there was anything critical on there and I'd like to hope that anything important had been copied elsewhere, but I can't remember for certain.  On the one hand, I didn't use it that often.  I'd pull it out now and then and put fresh batteries in a use it for a week before the batteries ran down and then I remembered why I didn't use it that often.  And, also, a lot of times I just played a couple games that are on it, so hopefully, I haven't lost anything important.

Its greatest value was the time machine aspect in that I could start it up and see what things I had done way back when.  I have made a file and written down things I think might have been on there but I don't remember how long it's been since I last used it so I can't remember what all might have been on there.  And it's the not knowing that's the difficult part.  If I could see what was there, I might be like, oh, okay, I got all the important stuff.  But, not being able to see what's there and not remembering what's there, it's like, am I missing anything important?

I mean, my phone and iPad are far more capable than the Newton and I use the iPad almost daily but the Newton's been there for years and not knowing what things I might have recorded on there is a bummer.  I keep thinking of trying to build some kind of external power pack so it can run longer but who knows if I'll ever get to that.  I guess it's that the Newton is old and past its prime so maybe that's why I like it so.  I guess it's just like me in that now neither one of us can remember our adventures together.

Anyway, so that's been a bummer.  I'm awaiting a new 2032 and some rechargeable AAA batteries from Amazon.  After that, I'll see if I can figure out if I have a computer I can use to restore it from the 24 year old backup.

I've still been writing daily, trying to finish the space opera.  I'm not going to go back and post all the past totals, but I'll post the end of the month total after tomorrow and maybe start up with daily reports in November.
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1240 on: October 31, 2019, 08:53:36 AM »
Dan's word count for the day is 1,478.  :tup3b
           
 

Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1241 on: October 31, 2019, 08:59:26 AM »
Dan's word count for the day is 1,478.  :tup3b

 :hehe
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1242 on: October 31, 2019, 09:18:55 AM »
Sorry that happened, Dan.   :icon_sad:
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1243 on: October 31, 2019, 10:44:45 AM »
Hiding from us, no doubt.  :dog1: :catrun

Not really.  I was off WS for two or three weeks to, among other reasons, wrap up my latest book.  I wanted it out by the Halloween and I had missed my original release dates of October 1st and October 11th, so I was determined to release it on the 21st.  So I spent a whole lotta time on it to proofread and edit it.  Mind you, I had done that prior to sending it to my beta reader, but found stuff I'd missed.  I ran it through spellcheck and made those corrections.  Sometimes, there are words that are not spelled wrong but spellcheck thinks they are, so I spent some time uncorrecting words in some cases only to go back and correct them again.  Also, there are words that are both hyphenated and not and spellcheck likes one but not the other, and checking online came up with different results so, in the end, on some words, I picked a source I trusted and made sure all usages of the compound words were consistent (hyphen or not) throughout the book.

Finally got it all ready to go and had it formatted and then, the evening of the 20th, while doing a final check, discovered I had used a name that's in use elsewhere.  Maybe it wouldn't have been a problem, but I wasn't going to take any chances.  So, come morning, I changed the name to be on the safe side.  Finished formatting it, again, and uploaded to Amazon . . . wherein it got stuck.  Rather than pending, or whatever, it was stuck in not finalized or something mode wherein it said I hadn't completed all the steps but also wouldn't let me do anything with it.  After a couple hours, it hadn't changed so I thought, heck, I'm sending a support request.  I had already tried clearing my browser cache and even using a different browser to no avail.

The next day, I get a message (canned) saying how sorry they are that I am having problems accessing their website and that I should clear my browser's cache and all that.  Oy.

Meanwhile, however, the book had gone live so I guess it was stuck in manual review.

Once live, I started running AMS ads for it, hoping to get some sales on this one.

So far, zippo, which is a bit of a bummer but, on the other hand, at this point I am used to my books not selling.

Anyways, last week or so, I came upon an eBay listing for a Newton keyboard.  I should mention first that I have an Apple Newton MessagePad that I am quite fond of.  I'd long wanted a keyboard, not that I cannot use the onscreen keyboard but just that it'd be nice to type sometimes.  Mind you, I have an eMate 300 that does have a keyboard, but I haven't done the hinge repair on it so I try not to use it until I get brave enough to try to do the fix.  Anyway, so on Monday, the keyboard arrives and, excited to try it out, I get my Newton out and give it a whirl.

Keyboard doesn't work.  Seller said it was tested and it worked.  Is that true?  I dunno.  Meanwhile, I discover that all the data from my Newton is gone which is a major bummer.  At that point, I wasn't concerned with the keyboard anymore.  It gave me a warning that I needed to replace the battery or all data would be lost but I am pretty sure all data had been lost prior to that point.

You see, unbeknownst to me, or if it had been beknownst to me I had long since forgotten, the memory relies on power from the batteries.  There are the main batteries it runs on (four AAAs) and a backup battery (a 2032).  I had removed the AAA batteries a year or so ago after leakages had caused some minor damage to the inside.

I should explain that the Newton has a power issue that needs to be repaired.  Also requires a bit of bravery because the instructions come with warnings your Newton may not survive the attempt.  So, I haven't used it much because the batteries die out quickly or I forget about them and they leak.  So, I took them out to prevent further damage from leaking.

That was a stupid move.  Good for preventing physical damage--bad for maintaining the data.

The backup battery, being the sole battery in there, died, resulting in data loss.

Now, had I known or remembered it required power to maintain the memory, I would have kept batteries in it.

Anyway, so all the data is gone.  And it hasn't been backed up in 24 years.  I have a partial excuse in that the computer that it connects to with its special connector died five years ago.  But, I could have taken photographs or whatever but nope.  I didn't.  Stupid me.

One note on there had some sentimental value.  I was initially optimistic that this note had been preserved in the last backup, but, nope, the last backup was performed two days before that note was written.  On the plus side, four years ago, I did have the presence of mind to copy the contents of that note to a file on my iPad and I have a copy of that on my computer.  So I still have the content of the note and I can probably later recreate a reasonable facsimile of it on my Newton if I want to maintain a copy on there.  Won't be quite the same but better than nothing.

And I cannot seem to find a number of the applications that are on the Newton.  Most are still there but at least one is gone.  Hopefully, I installed it prior to the last backup because I cannot find the original install files anywhere.  The only thing I can think of is that they might have been on a Zip disk that went bad before I could copy its contents to other media because I have two dead Zip disks from that time period that are bad.  There used to be a site online that archived Newton programs, but it crashed a year and a half ago and is still offline.  So, hopefully, those programs are on the backup I do have.

The worst part is not knowing what was lost.  I don't think there was anything critical on there and I'd like to hope that anything important had been copied elsewhere, but I can't remember for certain.  On the one hand, I didn't use it that often.  I'd pull it out now and then and put fresh batteries in a use it for a week before the batteries ran down and then I remembered why I didn't use it that often.  And, also, a lot of times I just played a couple games that are on it, so hopefully, I haven't lost anything important.

Its greatest value was the time machine aspect in that I could start it up and see what things I had done way back when.  I have made a file and written down things I think might have been on there but I don't remember how long it's been since I last used it so I can't remember what all might have been on there.  And it's the not knowing that's the difficult part.  If I could see what was there, I might be like, oh, okay, I got all the important stuff.  But, not being able to see what's there and not remembering what's there, it's like, am I missing anything important?

I mean, my phone and iPad are far more capable than the Newton and I use the iPad almost daily but the Newton's been there for years and not knowing what things I might have recorded on there is a bummer.  I keep thinking of trying to build some kind of external power pack so it can run longer but who knows if I'll ever get to that.  I guess it's that the Newton is old and past its prime so maybe that's why I like it so.  I guess it's just like me in that now neither one of us can remember our adventures together.

Anyway, so that's been a bummer.  I'm awaiting a new 2032 and some rechargeable AAA batteries from Amazon.  After that, I'll see if I can figure out if I have a computer I can use to restore it from the 24 year old backup.

I've still been writing daily, trying to finish the space opera.  I'm not going to go back and post all the past totals, but I'll post the end of the month total after tomorrow and maybe start up with daily reports in November.

Dan, sorry you've had to deal with all this.

Congrats on publishing the book!  Glad you're back!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1244 on: October 31, 2019, 10:45:44 AM »
Sorry that happened, Dan.   :icon_sad:

Yes, Dan. Really. That had to be so frustrating. But congrats on finishing the book and getting it up on Zon.

           
 

Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1245 on: October 31, 2019, 12:24:00 PM »
Thanks all.  I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but, if I had been smarter, it was 100% preventable.  And I keep trying to convince myself nothing important was lost.  It was a few months after the computer died that I had copied the text of the aforementioned note to my iPad.  I wasn't thinking of the backup at all, partially because I thought the backup software was on a different computer, but I keep trying to tell myself I must have been concerned enough after the computer died that I took the time to copy over the content that was important.  And I know I used it more often to play games like Tic Tac Toe than to keep notes, so I'm hoping the two notes I copied were the only important things on there.  It's just the not knowing for sure that's troubling.  I keep wondering, did I have it when . . . and wondering if I wrote something down that's significant.  But I keep hoping those two notes were it.

My other backup plan is that time travel becomes possible in the future and I go back in time to earlier this year or last year when I know the device was unattended and borrow it for a bit to check things out.
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1246 on: October 31, 2019, 12:41:23 PM »
Here's a friendly household tip for Mr. Evil Entity. When you batteries leak corrosive acid, all you need is a q-tip and alcohol to clean it up. Of course, it goes without saying so I'll say it, put in fresh batteries.

           
 

Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1247 on: October 31, 2019, 12:54:38 PM »
584 words tonight.  Book will not be finished by Halloween, but I'm hoping before Thanksgiving.  :angel:

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Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1248 on: October 31, 2019, 01:01:50 PM »
Here's a friendly household tip for Mr. Evil Entity. When you batteries leak corrosive acid, all you need is a q-tip and alcohol to clean it up. Of course, it goes without saying so I'll say it, put in fresh batteries.

I usually use vinegar and Q-tips.  The vinegar neutralizes the alkaline, if I recall.

For leaks that get into the electronics, then I use 91% alcohol.

If I had known or remembered the memory storage required power, I would have ordered rechargeable batteries a long time ago, as well as replaced that 2032.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1249 on: November 02, 2019, 05:07:49 AM »
Okay, for the month of October, I averaged 190.65 words per day for a total of 5,910 words.  That was all for the space opera.  If I throw in the 115 words I wrote for the lame space opera on October 1st, that brings me up to a 194.36 words per day average and a total of 6,025 words.

I wrote at least 105 words every day except for October 31st where I only had 95.  I think I had planned to write more later, or I did the math wrong in my head when I finished, as I had a daily goal of 100+ words.

The space opera is at around 85k words now.  Original plan was 80-90k, I think, so it's gonna end up longer.  Maybe 120k.  I don't want to go 250k like the last one (which isn't selling).

Well, actually, the original plan was 50k and I was going to write 5,000 words a day and have it finished in 10 days.  :icon_rofl:


Still bummed about losing the data on my Newton though.  Always, always remember to backup everything.  I just finished backing up my iPad.  Been too long since the last backup so figured I better do it today.

Oh, and I have been trying to track down all the apps I had on my Newton.  Most are still there, but I wanted to find the original installers just in case I need them.  Was missing a bunch until I found a CD that had all the missing ones.  Yay!  It was one of those CDs with hundreds of programs and I only used about a dozen of them.

But, you know what?  There's one app I have on there that's mainly just for play because it doesn't really do anything but it's fun to have.  That one's listed as being on the CD.  I looked and looked for it in all the directions.  It was supposed to be in the Apps directory, but wasn't.  So, I checked Games.  Nope.  Checked every directory and couldn't find it.  Did searches for the presumed filename and parts of the filename.  Nope and nope.

Then I noticed a second program, which I didn't use, is also missing.  Ran the CD through a disk checker and there is a bad directory problem.  And, of course, disk recovery doesn't work on a CD.  So, what are the odds the one program I need is among the handful (two that I've found) that aren't accessible due to the directory corruption?  Oy.

And I know why I never saved the installer packages to disk--because I had them on CD.  Not a self-burned CD, but a professionally-produced CD.  The ones you burn yourself are supposed to last 100 years (according to the ads back then) and the pro ones even longer.  Of course, the ones you burn yourself tend to last about 5-10 years and, apparently, the pro ones aren't doing much better.  Argh.

Always, always keep multiple backups and archives on multiple forms of media.

I probably ought to charge up my iPod so I can do a backup of it . . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1250 on: November 02, 2019, 07:05:42 AM »


The space opera is at around 85k words now.  Original plan was 80-90k, I think, so it's gonna end up longer.  Maybe 120k.  I don't want to go 250k like the last one (which isn't selling).


Any natural breaks in the 250K that you could divide it up and do a permafree on part 1?
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1251 on: November 02, 2019, 08:24:14 AM »


The space opera is at around 85k words now.  Original plan was 80-90k, I think, so it's gonna end up longer.  Maybe 120k.  I don't want to go 250k like the last one (which isn't selling).


Any natural breaks in the 250K that you could divide it up and do a permafree on part 1?

Not really.  But since Amazon's "Look Inside" shows the first 10% of the story, which amounts to about thirteen chapters, that's pretty much a permafree right there.  :hehe
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1252 on: November 02, 2019, 09:37:13 AM »


The space opera is at around 85k words now.  Original plan was 80-90k, I think, so it's gonna end up longer.  Maybe 120k.  I don't want to go 250k like the last one (which isn't selling).


Any natural breaks in the 250K that you could divide it up and do a permafree on part 1?

Not really.  But since Amazon's "Look Inside" shows the first 10% of the story, which amounts to about thirteen chapters, that's pretty much a permafree right there.  :hehe

I read half that and it was awesome. :D My God. The ..... friend stuff and the repetition of the .... spell absolutely made me laugh out loud, for real. I didn't want to pollute your also boughts so I didn't buy, but maybe you don't care about that so much?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1253 on: November 02, 2019, 11:06:35 AM »
I read half that and it was awesome. :D My God. The ..... friend stuff and the repetition of the .... spell absolutely made me laugh out loud, for real. I didn't want to pollute your also boughts so I didn't buy, but maybe you don't care about that so much?

Thanks.  I was concerned about it because it gets a little darker deeper into the book and I was worried I didn't keep up the humor enough to match the expectations set by the early chapters but my beta reader enjoyed it, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she won't be alone in that.

I don't worry about also-boughts; I get so few sales on any of my books that I doubt the also-boughts have any statistical validity for my books anyway.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1254 on: November 02, 2019, 11:26:56 AM »
I read half that and it was awesome. :D My God. The ..... friend stuff and the repetition of the .... spell absolutely made me laugh out loud, for real. I didn't want to pollute your also boughts so I didn't buy, but maybe you don't care about that so much?

Thanks.  I was concerned about it because it gets a little darker deeper into the book and I was worried I didn't keep up the humor enough to match the expectations set by the early chapters but my beta reader enjoyed it, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she won't be alone in that.

I don't worry about also-boughts; I get so few sales on any of my books that I doubt the also-boughts have any statistical validity for my books anyway.

Link, please?

868 tonight, bringing the total to 41K and 174 pages.

A background character popped up and actually compelled me to write his side of the story. But now I'm 3/4 of the way through the book and I think it's going to be jarring. There are a couple of other places earlier in the book where I can insert his POV. It'll work and I think it will enhance the story. At least my editor thinks so.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1255 on: November 03, 2019, 02:35:58 AM »
Wrote 1,620 words yesterday, 928 words the day before, and 188 words the day before that.

Today I'm starting out 2,171 words to the negative because I just deleted a chunk of text from one of my novels in progress.  :writethink: This is when I really wish I tracked my words differently. It's going to be a bear today getting my count up to 1,714 so I can stay on track with my attempt to participate in nano this year.

Now to go bemoan how slowly I write while I drink coffee and wait for room temperature to rise about 60 F degrees.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1256 on: November 03, 2019, 05:21:15 AM »
We published the first part of the book on Halloween!  :catrun

Hopefully, we'll get the rest done by Thanksgiving...or early December.  It's a long serialized story, so it's not the first time we've published a partial book.  I doubt I'll ever do it again (serialized story and with a co-author) but it has been fun. LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1257 on: November 03, 2019, 05:44:49 AM »
 
We published the first part of the book on Halloween!  :catrun

Hopefully, we'll get the rest done by Thanksgiving...or early December.  It's a long serialized story, so it's not the first time we've published a partial book.  I doubt I'll ever do it again (serialized story and with a co-author) but it has been fun. LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1258 on: November 03, 2019, 06:13:54 AM »
Today I'm starting out 2,171 words to the negative because I just deleted a chunk of text from one of my novels in progress.  :writethink: This is when I really wish I tracked my words differently. It's going to be a bear today getting my count up to 1,714 so I can stay on track with my attempt to participate in nano this year.

Well, you could move the deleted words to the end of the document to be deleted later.  That way, you can still count how many words were written for the day without having to figure out how to deal with deletions.

In my case, I'm usually only deleting a small number of words at a time.  So a random word here and there is easy to "make up" for in a day's writing session.  Technically, you might have written 105 words, but it only shows up as 90 because of deletions or whatever.

I do have notes within the document that kind of pad the overall word count (though, when starting new documents, I make a note of how many words of notes I have and keep those close to the notes so I can quickly figure out the length of the actual manuscript by checking that count and deducting from the total word count).  There are times I could simply delete the notes, but then the overall word count drops and if I do that in the middle of the month, it makes tracking words per month more difficult.  So, if I delete notes, I wait until the first day of the month.  Usually, though, since they are at the end of the document (sometimes the beginning), I will use a strike-thru on the notes I'm done with rather than delete them.  Like this.  Keeps the word count the same but I can easily see what can be deleted later.  Again, those are at the end (or beginning) of the document, so it's not like they are mixed in with the active text, which would be a nightmare to hunt down later.

Like, right now, I said the space opera is about 85k words long.  It's actually maybe closer to 84k since there are about a thousand words of notes.

On the lame space opera, I did at one point delete about 5k words in the middle of the month, so I made a note on the sheet of paper where I track my daily word counts and separated the halves of the month so I could keep track of the word count still.  Or maybe I didn't because now I can't find the note where I thought I did that.

:shrug

Anyway, just some ideas.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1259 on: November 03, 2019, 06:14:16 AM »
We published the first part of the book on Halloween!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1260 on: November 03, 2019, 06:14:53 AM »
I wrote a whopping 105 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1261 on: November 03, 2019, 07:17:38 AM »
Today I'm starting out 2,171 words to the negative because I just deleted a chunk of text from one of my novels in progress.  :writethink: This is when I really wish I tracked my words differently. It's going to be a bear today getting my count up to 1,714 so I can stay on track with my attempt to participate in nano this year.

Well, you could move the deleted words to the end of the document to be deleted later.  That way, you can still count how many words were written for the day without having to figure out how to deal with deletions.

In my case, I'm usually only deleting a small number of words at a time.  So a random word here and there is easy to "make up" for in a day's writing session.  Technically, you might have written 105 words, but it only shows up as 90 because of deletions or whatever.

I do have notes within the document that kind of pad the overall word count (though, when starting new documents, I make a note of how many words of notes I have and keep those close to the notes so I can quickly figure out the length of the actual manuscript by checking that count and deducting from the total word count).  There are times I could simply delete the notes, but then the overall word count drops and if I do that in the middle of the month, it makes tracking words per month more difficult.  So, if I delete notes, I wait until the first day of the month.  Usually, though, since they are at the end of the document (sometimes the beginning), I will use a strike-thru on the notes I'm done with rather than delete them.  Like this.  Keeps the word count the same but I can easily see what can be deleted later.  Again, those are at the end (or beginning) of the document, so it's not like they are mixed in with the active text, which would be a nightmare to hunt down later.

Like, right now, I said the space opera is about 85k words long.  It's actually maybe closer to 84k since there are about a thousand words of notes.

On the lame space opera, I did at one point delete about 5k words in the middle of the month, so I made a note on the sheet of paper where I track my daily word counts and separated the halves of the month so I could keep track of the word count still.  Or maybe I didn't because now I can't find the note where I thought I did that.

:shrug

Anyway, just some ideas.

Lots of good ideas there. I do something similar, except these notes had been there for two years and were starting to bog me down on that story. I need to get back to it because I want to finish it like sometime this decade and I redrafted the entire first chapter so the document contained the old first chapter with those notes too. So it was time to get rid of them so I could see things from a fresh perspective and not get bogged down by old stuff.

But I do kind of usually just push big issues down the page so to speak (I write all in one document) and leave them until I just can't take it any longer and then finally delete them (cut them and put them in a cuts file for that particular book--learned that lesson early and well, because it can be a pain to remember which of the 105 backups contains the exact cut part I want to recover after all only to realize the cut part never made it into a backup because I wrote it, then cut it almost immediately and never backed the file up during that process).

I do sometimes mark in a column in my daily word count spreadsheet if I made a big cut so that I feel better when I see that I only wrote 10 words on a day I spent all day writing. But the truth is most of the time if I mark down that I wrote 10 words, I really only wrote 10 words. :D

The biggest issue is that my spreadsheet tracks exactly what I want it to track which is publishable words, and yet sometimes, I look at it and wish it tracked actual effort. :D But sadly I can't have it both ways and I like the ease of just logging ending word counts for my documents, because there's no real math required. The spreadsheet does it all for me.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1262 on: November 03, 2019, 07:56:14 AM »
I only use a spreadsheet for the "big picture" and not my daily word counts.

For the daily word counts, I have a sheet of note paper.  Pocket-sized, though I almost never carry a pad in my pocket, but I make them that size for consistency and in case I do, and there are cases for when I do, just not for word counts.  Anyway, the top of the sheet has the starting word count, which is typically the word count from the end of the previous month.  Then, each day, I write the new total word count and next to it is where I write the words written for that day.  Occasionally, I resort to using a calculator, but I try to do the math in my head.  I figure it's a good idea to give the brain exercise and not rely on machines all the time.

For the "big picture" I have a spreadsheet listing all my books and planned books.  I update periodically with how many words are completed per book.  I don't have a set period for when I update.  I updated once in 2016, once in 2017, three times last year and five times so far this year.  Usually, I just update when I finish something or think of another WIP to add.

For example, when looking through the notes I had from my Newton from the last backup (two days before the note I wanted to be sure to keep - oy), I found a note for my writing.  Evidently, I had planned to write a screenplay for a short story I had written five years earlier.  Never did write said screenplay and not sure there'd be a point in doing so now, but that was the plan back then.  Also, I had planned to finish writing two novels that, twenty-five years later, remain unfinished.  LOL.  The other one was to write a novel with a title I don't recognize, so obviously it's something I've forgotten.  Do I add that to my WIPs?  Well, if I could remember what it was supposed to be about, I would.

But, that's typically when I update, when something is finished, when I have a new idea for a book or when I find a note for an idea I had a long time ago.  Then each work has an estimated word count for completion.  More like a target amount.

And then I'll update my current average word count.  I think the last time I took the average of several months, maybe the year so far, not sure, but I then use that to calculate how many years it will take me to finish everything on the list.  I really, really need to get back up to a minimum of 1,000 words a day average.  Otherwise, it will take me 72 years to finish everything.  At 1,000 words a day (minimum), I can wrap them up in about 13 years.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1263 on: November 03, 2019, 08:15:55 AM »
I only use a spreadsheet for the "big picture" and not my daily word counts.

For the daily word counts, I have a sheet of note paper.  Pocket-sized, though I almost never carry a pad in my pocket, but I make them that size for consistency and in case I do, and there are cases for when I do, just not for word counts.  Anyway, the top of the sheet has the starting word count, which is typically the word count from the end of the previous month.  Then, each day, I write the new total word count and next to it is where I write the words written for that day.  Occasionally, I resort to using a calculator, but I try to do the math in my head.  I figure it's a good idea to give the brain exercise and not rely on machines all the time.

For the "big picture" I have a spreadsheet listing all my books and planned books.  I update periodically with how many words are completed per book.  I don't have a set period for when I update.  I updated once in 2016, once in 2017, three times last year and five times so far this year.  Usually, I just update when I finish something or think of another WIP to add.

For example, when looking through the notes I had from my Newton from the last backup (two days before the note I wanted to be sure to keep - oy), I found a note for my writing.  Evidently, I had planned to write a screenplay for a short story I had written five years earlier.  Never did write said screenplay and not sure there'd be a point in doing so now, but that was the plan back then.  Also, I had planned to finish writing two novels that, twenty-five years later, remain unfinished.  LOL.  The other one was to write a novel with a title I don't recognize, so obviously it's something I've forgotten.  Do I add that to my WIPs?  Well, if I could remember what it was supposed to be about, I would.

But, that's typically when I update, when something is finished, when I have a new idea for a book or when I find a note for an idea I had a long time ago.  Then each work has an estimated word count for completion.  More like a target amount.

And then I'll update my current average word count.  I think the last time I took the average of several months, maybe the year so far, not sure, but I then use that to calculate how many years it will take me to finish everything on the list.  I really, really need to get back up to a minimum of 1,000 words a day average.  Otherwise, it will take me 72 years to finish everything.  At 1,000 words a day (minimum), I can wrap them up in about 13 years.

I only put stuff in the list on mine if I've written something for it more than notes, or if it's the next book in one of my series. I have 15 wips listed right now, but I'm only really actively working on 8 of those. (And 34 finished projects listed a few blank lines below those so my cumulative word counts stay accurate).

More recently, I had put dates on mine and used my average daily word count for the last 7 years (then last month because the 7 year average was too depressing) and let the spreadsheet tell me when everything would theoretically be finished if I wrote to a certain length which I never manage to do. Last novel was supposed to be 55,000 words and ended up 115,000. Last short story was supposed to be between 6000-9000 and ended up 24,000 words. So my estimates are not even halfway reliable in any way, so I deleted them.

I redo them every time I get stuck on something, because I'm obstinate if nothing else.

My sheet does have the big picture thing going for it too. Sheet one is a list of the stories and their current word counts (with a two line blank to separate finished things from unfinished things). Sheet two is where I paste the day's ending total and it calculates the daily total which becomes part of the daily log. Sheet three is the one that adds up the daily words into monthly words and yearly words.

I add things and take things away from the sheets all the time. Like, earlier this year, I was determined to track time. Then I got annoyed when I felt like I was spending all day writing but my sheet was telling me I'd spent one hour writing so I deleted that. I archive my file too often though, so I've done that probably four or five times a year since 2012 and recovered the data, then deleted it all over again. :D

I did try a paper log once, but I don't know how you keep it updated. I always forgot to do it. It was that extra step of being away from the computer for me I think that interfered.

I don't want to know the number of years it would take me to finish at my current pace. I did it once after you mentioned that in the past and I never, ever, ever want to do it again.   :lalala

And yes, I am pretty desperate to increase my daily word count average, because otherwise I'm going to croak long before I finish half the stuff I already know I want to write. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1264 on: November 04, 2019, 06:39:23 AM »
I wrote 515 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1265 on: November 05, 2019, 11:07:02 AM »
Between yesterday and today, I wrote 1,628 words. I think we're headed toward the big confrontation.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1266 on: November 05, 2019, 11:53:36 AM »
I wrote 580 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1267 on: November 05, 2019, 12:21:14 PM »
I wrote 408 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1268 on: November 06, 2019, 05:55:39 AM »
I wrote 90 words yesterday.  Seemed like more but that was it.

I'm still feeling bummed about losing the data on my Newton.  What makes it even worse is that there is an option to backup the data to the card which is installed in the device.  I think I thought it was full, but it had enough room to back up all the data on the device.  If only I had tapped the "backup" button, all the data would have been saved.  But, no, stupid me, I never tried that.  So, 24 years of data gone.

It's really bothering me more than it should.  There were the two notes that I mentioned I had copied the contents of to my iPad.  Wish I had taken a photo or something to preserve them as they were.  They're gone.  The "originals" anyway.  It's like it shouldn't bother me because I have the contents saved, but still losing the originals bothers me.

There were two other things I thought I might have lost on there, but have subsequently found elsewhere.  One in particular gave me a great sense of relief.  Yet, the relief was only temporary and I revert to being really bummed about it all.

The biggest bummer is that a simple tap of that "backup" button would have saved it all.  And that message popped up every time I turned on the device.  Like I said, I thought the card was full, but why did I never let curiosity get the better of me and try it anyway?

When I copied the two notes I mentioned, I vaguely recall looking through the device and determining those were the things of importance.  And they probably were.  But there were assorted notes that gave a nice time capsule aspect to it.  They didn't seem as important, though surely I could have taken the time to make note of them, to write them all down.  I don't think there was a lot.  And that sort of bugs me too.  Why am I bummed out when when I had the data I didn't think it was a priority to keep the data?

Some of the notes I remember are ones that were preserved on the last backup.  It's all the stuff in between, scant though they may have been, that's missing.  I think I had a note about my dog on there.  I remember what it said, but when was it?  That feels important now though I guess it didn't before.

And the smiley face I had drawn.  When did I do that?  I can draw another, sure, but not the same.

Am I bummed out more at losing the originals of the notes I copied or at all the stuff I had deemed not a priority to save?  I know there wasn't much, so why should it bother me?  It's akin to losing a day's worth of eMails, which I've had happen before.  Maybe because it's like a day's worth of eMails spread out over 24 years?  I don't know.

The Newton MessagePad still works.  Most of the apps are still there.  But it's like seeing an old friend and they don't remember you.  And, maybe, if you'd been a better friend, if you'd tapped that "backup" button or made an effort to do a proper backup or even took pictures of stuff on the screen, maybe they'd remember you.

Always backup your stuff.  Even the stuff that seems unimportant.  It might be more important when you don't have it than when you do.  If you can't do a proper backup, take screenshots or photos or hand-write notes or whatever.

It's kind of like when you have multiple pets and one dies and you look at the other one(s) and it just makes you sad because it reminds you of the one you lost.  And you focus on what you lost instead of what's still there.  And, of course, you know you should focus on what's still there, but you can't help feeling down about what you've lost.

I don't know.  I shouldn't feel this bummed about losing stuff I apparently didn't deem important enough to save.

On the other hand, just one tap of a button would have saved it all.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1269 on: November 06, 2019, 07:38:11 AM »
Aww, Dan!     :Healing:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1270 on: November 07, 2019, 07:25:50 AM »
601 words so far.  Hope to get a few more tonight!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1271 on: November 07, 2019, 07:45:12 AM »
Wrote 5,862 yesterday.



*These kind of days are kind of special to me. :D My best word count for one day is still in the 6k range. So yay!!!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1272 on: November 07, 2019, 07:52:21 AM »
I'm still feeling bummed about losing the data on my Newton.  What makes it even worse is that there is an option to backup the data to the card which is installed in the device.  I think I thought it was full, but it had enough room to back up all the data on the device.  If only I had tapped the "backup" button, all the data would have been saved.  But, no, stupid me, I never tried that.  So, 24 years of data gone.


Hugs. :D Seriously.

I did something stupider by far a few years ago and I'm still not over it. In 2014 I deleted my electronic journals for all previous years since I'd started keeping them in Evernote. I was in a terrible mood and I just deleted them.

A month later, I was over it and devastated. I thought I had a backup somewhere, surely, because even though I'd meant to delete them, I backed up my old computers and surely could paste together something.

Nope. No backups anywhere for any of them. NONE. I spent years looking for them, just in case I'd overlooked something. To this day, I wish I hadn't done that.

I made a note at the top of my journals (OneNote now), all caps, bold, yada yada:

Quote
REMEMBER - Do not delete journals again!

You very much regret doing it before. Don't make that mistake again.
Bump to put this at the top.

I hope it stops bothering you so much eventually. I'm sorry to say, don't count on it. But I did get used to it and have been able to let it go when I don't let myself think about it too hard. Maybe you'll be able to do that too.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1273 on: November 07, 2019, 09:34:01 AM »
Wrote 5,862 yesterday.



*These kind of days are kind of special to me. :D My best word count for one day is still in the 6k range. So yay!!!

Wow! Congrats...great day!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1274 on: November 07, 2019, 09:49:14 AM »
Wrote 5,862 yesterday.



*These kind of days are kind of special to me. :D My best word count for one day is still in the 6k range. So yay!!!

More like a week for me.  :tup3b
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1275 on: November 07, 2019, 12:37:53 PM »
Another 537 words.  I'm done for tonight...going to watch Murdoch Mysteries.  :mhk9U91:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1276 on: November 07, 2019, 01:25:59 PM »
183. Trying to sneak up on the big scene.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1277 on: November 08, 2019, 03:28:19 AM »
I wrote 2,608 words yesterday.

And finally finished one of the many wips I have going. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1278 on: November 08, 2019, 06:51:41 AM »
I wrote 2,608 words yesterday.

And finally finished one of the many wips I have going. :D

Congrats!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1279 on: November 08, 2019, 11:42:28 AM »
557 words today.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1280 on: November 08, 2019, 12:22:58 PM »
1300 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1281 on: November 09, 2019, 01:40:58 AM »
Wrote 765 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1282 on: November 09, 2019, 08:43:22 AM »
1,878 words.  It was a good day!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1283 on: November 09, 2019, 12:22:41 PM »
I wrote 857 words today while waiting for my car not to be fixed. At least the time wasn't wasted. Up to 185 pages and 43.7K words. I don't think I'm as close to the big scene as I thought I was.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1284 on: November 10, 2019, 05:14:31 AM »
Wrote 3,491 words yesterday. :) On a bit of a roll I think. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1285 on: November 10, 2019, 12:46:00 PM »
1,523 words...at least halfway finished with this final book in the series!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1286 on: November 10, 2019, 12:50:50 PM »
My  :dog1: did not want me writing tonight, but I prevailed. 1,094 words, 189 pages and 44.8K total words.

           
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1287 on: November 10, 2019, 06:33:00 PM »
After a few days at 2000-3000 I managed 6000 yesterday.  Today I'm fried. Plus we're out to dinner tonight, and I can never settle when I have something scheduled.


 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1288 on: November 11, 2019, 06:12:49 AM »
Wrote 1,315 words yesterday.

I read my finished story this morning and put in my proofing edits. I should write or move on to the other one I finished a couple of days ago and do the proofread of it too, but I can't focus. I usually move to publishing tasks at this point and I think the fact that I still haven't decided on publish order is throwing me for a total loop. :D

This is the first time this has ever happened to me. I've never had two stories finished at the same time. ;D Usually the moment I finish something, I do the edits, do my publishing stuff, and then publish.

I'm even debating trading the titles. I literally had these two titles reversed when I started them, decided that was wrong, changed them, and now I'm thinking I had them right to begin with. So indecisive today. ;D

I have a feeling I'm going to end the day with nothing done but a lot of waffling over my next move. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1289 on: November 11, 2019, 09:22:20 AM »
1,375 words today.  Tomorrow is the big party...finally!!!  :catrun

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1290 on: November 11, 2019, 12:16:59 PM »
Two writing sessions today and I did 1,442 words. Total is now 196 pages and 46.3K words. The big scene just snuck up on me and now I have to get them all out alive. Haven't a clue.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1291 on: November 12, 2019, 10:07:55 AM »
1,139 words.   :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1292 on: November 12, 2019, 11:39:39 AM »
Just lost all of tonight's wordage.  :HB
           
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1293 on: November 12, 2019, 11:41:43 AM »
Oh no! What happened?
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1294 on: November 12, 2019, 11:50:07 AM »
Oh no! What happened?

Instead of starting a new file on my AlphaSmart, which I do every night, I forgot and started tonight's work at the end of yesterday's file. When I realized what I'd done, I selected the new wordage, intending to copy it into a new file. I wanted to make sure it copied over before I deleted it. I don't use the commands very often on the AS so I turned it over to double check. My fingers hit something and all of the selected text was gone. Just gone forever.  :dizzy

I can recreate it, I'm sure. I'm just feeling too discouraged to try right now. I don't think this has ever happened to me before. I've always been able to recover anything I accidentally deleted and even accidental deletions have very rarely happened.

Where's Hermione when I need her?
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1295 on: November 12, 2019, 01:33:37 PM »
I'm so sorry!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1296 on: November 13, 2019, 05:55:26 AM »
Oh no! What happened?

Instead of starting a new file on my AlphaSmart, which I do every night, I forgot and started tonight's work at the end of yesterday's file. When I realized what I'd done, I selected the new wordage, intending to copy it into a new file. I wanted to make sure it copied over before I deleted it. I don't use the commands very often on the AS so I turned it over to double check. My fingers hit something and all of the selected text was gone. Just gone forever.  :dizzy

I can recreate it, I'm sure. I'm just feeling too discouraged to try right now. I don't think this has ever happened to me before. I've always been able to recover anything I accidentally deleted and even accidental deletions have very rarely happened.

Where's Hermione when I need her?

Maggie Ann, I'm so sorry.

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1297 on: November 13, 2019, 07:55:44 AM »
I'm sorry, too, Maggie Ann.  I hope you can figure out how to get those words back.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1298 on: November 13, 2019, 09:29:55 AM »
1900 words today and figured out a plot twist. :catrun



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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1299 on: November 13, 2019, 09:41:16 AM »
Thanks for all the support, guys. I'm determined to write even better words tonight.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1300 on: November 13, 2019, 10:35:32 AM »
Thanks for all the support, guys. I'm determined to write even better words tonight.

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1301 on: November 13, 2019, 12:48:54 PM »
1,882 much better words. I couldn't stop writing and had to force myself to stop. YAY. I think I just turned lemons into lemonade.  Up to 204 pages and 48K total words.

Can't wait to finish this scene tomorrow night. I feel like I'm galloping to the end.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1302 on: November 13, 2019, 02:09:28 PM »
1,882 much better words. I couldn't stop writing and had to force myself to stop. YAY. I think I just turned lemons into lemonade.  Up to 204 pages and 48K total words.

Can't wait to finish this scene tomorrow night. I feel like I'm galloping to the end.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1303 on: November 13, 2019, 10:20:28 PM »
Woke up this morning with the scene on my mind and a crucial point woke up with me. Just inserted another 179 words.
           
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1304 on: November 14, 2019, 02:08:52 AM »
Had an awesome writing day today. 8800 words so far (still going), and it's got everything. Twists, betrayals, reactions and even a boss fight.

Loving this novel.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1305 on: November 14, 2019, 01:32:02 PM »
1,104 words tonight. I'm up to 210 pages and 49.4K words. This is turning out to be an awfully long scene. I don't think it's boring. We're at the hostage negotiator stage but it is coming to an end.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1306 on: November 15, 2019, 08:10:30 AM »
1,158 words yesterday and 1,246 today.  :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1307 on: November 15, 2019, 02:18:22 PM »
1,667 which brings the story to 217 pages with a total of 51.1K words.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1308 on: November 16, 2019, 02:31:33 AM »
1,667 which brings the story to 217 pages with a total of 51.1K words.

Congrats! Over 50k.  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1309 on: November 16, 2019, 12:18:27 PM »
172 words, but I've decided to add another twist to the story!  :cheers

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1310 on: November 16, 2019, 01:40:05 PM »
900 even bringing the story to 220 pages and 52K words.

I finally finished that long scene (twenty pages), although I know I won't be letting it stand the way it is.  My chapters are usually around ten pages long so I have to break it up somehow.

I had hoped to finish the book by Sunday, and it still might happen, but that one scene took up so much time. So, I'll get it done Monday or Tuesday.

Forgot to edit ten pages on the first book. Piffle!
           
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1311 on: November 16, 2019, 09:32:48 PM »
4600 so far today, and that makes 28,000 in the past 5 days.

I'm only 3000 from finishing the novel, it's 7.30 in the evening and I'm feeling pretty good. So, I guess I'll keep going ;-)

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1312 on: November 16, 2019, 10:47:07 PM »
4600 so far today, and that makes 28,000 in the past 5 days.

I'm only 3000 from finishing the novel, it's 7.30 in the evening and I'm feeling pretty good. So, I guess I'll keep going ;-)

It's hard to stop when you're in the zone.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1313 on: November 17, 2019, 08:36:50 AM »
966 words today.  Hopefully, I'll get another scene done tonight! Imagine this as a jazz trio. LOL  :band:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1314 on: November 17, 2019, 01:20:49 PM »
966 words today.  Hopefully, I'll get another scene done tonight! Imagine this as a jazz trio. LOL  :band:



1201 words tonight totaling 226 pages with 52.3K words and THE END!!! Lorri, may I borrow your jazz trio?  :band:

Still a bit shaky. Thought I'd lost the file again. Somehow, another file had overwritten it but this time I was able to retrieve the original file, only losing a couple of lines. I finished up the scene and added an Epilogue leading to Book 3. Not a cliffhanger.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1315 on: November 17, 2019, 04:10:20 PM »
966 words today.  Hopefully, I'll get another scene done tonight! Imagine this as a jazz trio. LOL  :band:



1201 words tonight totaling 226 pages with 52.3K words and THE END!!! Lorri, may I borrow your jazz trio?  :band:

Still a bit shaky. Thought I'd lost the file again. Somehow, another file had overwritten it but this time I was able to retrieve the original file, only losing a couple of lines. I finished up the scene and added an Epilogue leading to Book 3. Not a cliffhanger.

Congratulations, Maggie Ann!! That's wonderful.  And of course, you can borrow the jazz trio.  :clap: :cheers :band:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1316 on: November 17, 2019, 04:14:32 PM »
Another 564 words and the party is really swinging. LOL  I'm more in the mood for holiday music now.


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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1317 on: November 18, 2019, 12:19:44 AM »
Another 564 words and the party is really swinging. LOL  I'm more in the mood for holiday music now.



Lovely.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1318 on: November 18, 2019, 04:40:56 AM »
REWRITE ~ But I think it will be even better. I'm redoing a few things in the last two chapters.  (They've found another body.)  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1319 on: November 18, 2019, 10:04:38 AM »
REWRITE ~ But I think it will be even better. I'm redoing a few things in the last two chapters.  (They've found another body.)  :catrun

That's what I should be doing on the book I finished last night, not to mention plugging in the edits on book one. But the beginning of book three was knocking insistently on the inside of my head so I ended up with 1025 words and four pages.

My typing skills have gone down the drain and it's going to take a lot of time to get it all straightened out. I'm just going to have to dedicate an hour every day for each of the books if I want to get the first one ready for pre-order next week.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1320 on: November 18, 2019, 12:08:33 PM »
Finished the rewrite and added 290 words.   :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1321 on: November 18, 2019, 12:22:16 PM »
Went over what I'd written this afternoon and added 98 words.

Now, I really am going to work on the book one edits.
           
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1322 on: November 18, 2019, 01:19:15 PM »
I love checking in and seeing all your posts. I only wish I was as consistently productive! :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1323 on: November 18, 2019, 01:53:09 PM »
I love checking in and seeing all your posts. I only wish I was as consistently productive! :D

I just do what works for me.

Edited twenty pages in book one. I don't know how much I added, but it was at least a paragraph here and there. Judging by my editor's comments, I'm really out of practice. But, I knew it. That's why I like an editor that doesn't pull any punches.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1324 on: November 19, 2019, 07:06:59 AM »
Just finished editing forty-one pages of book one. Sixty-six more to go. If I keep this up, I'll be done in two days.

I think I deserve at least a cup of tea, maybe even a bit of reading and a cuddle with the  :dog1:  The  :catrun won't cuddle.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1325 on: November 19, 2019, 01:31:43 PM »
984 on book three for nine pages and 2,107 total words. It's a beginning.

I'm kind of struggling with the editing on book one. My editor and I have a basic disagreement on style and even sometimes the wording of a sentence. I feel as if it's bleeding ink like Tom Riddle's diary and I might be killing my sixteen year old self. Sorry, needed to whine a little bit.


           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1326 on: November 20, 2019, 05:40:40 AM »
No words yesterday, but I did update my promotions trailer.  Taking a break really helped, and I woke up this morning with a great idea for the party scene!  :smilie_zauber:


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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1327 on: November 20, 2019, 06:10:21 AM »
I keep trying to keep up but the way I count words means I've had a few negative days so I feel weird posting in a 50+ words a day no matter what thread. :D

However, in the last 9 days I've accumulated 371 words even including the negatives. So not a total fail? :D

I'm trying to keep my daily writing streak alive, and succeeding, but I'm thinking I might have to set a lower bar, because right now I have so many low-word days that I feel like I'm cheating!
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1328 on: November 20, 2019, 06:15:17 AM »
I keep trying to keep up but the way I count words means I've had a few negative days so I feel weird posting in a 50+ words a day no matter what thread. :D

However, in the last 9 days I've accumulated 371 words even including the negatives. So not a total fail? :D

I'm trying to keep my daily writing streak alive, and succeeding, but I'm thinking I might have to set a lower bar, because right now I have so many low-word days that I feel like I'm cheating!

Not at all. The idea of 50+ words a day is that you sit down and write, not that your net word count is a certain amount. If anyone disagrees with me,   :lalala
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1329 on: November 20, 2019, 06:47:11 AM »
If you write 50 words and cut 300...you still wrote 50 words!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1330 on: November 20, 2019, 07:09:06 AM »
I think I added a few hundred words yesterday.  Not sure.  I'm working on the second draft, so word count isn't really my goal so much as filling in plot holes, fleshing out scenes with more detail, etc.  The manuscript is currently around 90k words.  My goal was for a finished product in the 100k-110k range, so I'm close to the target.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1331 on: November 20, 2019, 11:46:43 AM »
No idea how many words I added/subtracted/changed, or even how many pages I edited tonight, but I finished. Just one more pass through. I think I'm safe to set up the pre-order.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1332 on: November 20, 2019, 01:24:35 PM »
648 words on book three, for a total of 11 pages and 2,757 words. I had a lot more to say tonight, but after an afternoon of gardening and an evening of editing, I'm too pooped to pop.

Tomorrow is another day. Fiddle-dee-dee.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1333 on: November 21, 2019, 02:09:51 AM »
No idea how many words I added/subtracted/changed, or even how many pages I edited tonight, but I finished. Just one more pass through. I think I'm safe to set up the pre-order.

 :clap: :cheers :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1334 on: November 21, 2019, 08:48:35 AM »
2,637 words and I'm almost done with the party.  :catrun
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1335 on: November 21, 2019, 01:14:59 PM »
Went through 93 pages and made a lot of changes. I hadn't written a full length novel in nearly four years and I was seriously out of practice. After writing this one and the second one and getting blasted with a critique, I think I'm back on track. At any rate, I'm sure the changes I'm making now are a definite improvement.

And I'm sure I've added more than I've subtracted.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1336 on: November 22, 2019, 06:50:51 AM »
1,168 words.  This party has been crazy.  What was I thinking having 50+ characters in costume???  :angel:

ETA:  I hope to have this part finished tonight!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1337 on: November 22, 2019, 01:33:01 PM »
1,168 words.  This party has been crazy.  What was I thinking having 50+ characters in costume???  :angel:

ETA:  I hope to have this part finished tonight!

Sounds like a blast! Okay, maybe not for you, but I'll bet everyone else is having fun.  :dance:

Edited 105 pages tonight. Fifty-seven left to go.

I really must confess my embarrassment when I discovered I'd named three very different characters Owen.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1338 on: November 23, 2019, 05:39:48 AM »
Finished editing Book One. YAY.

After adding and subtracting, I ended up with four more pages (255) and about 1k more words (60.7K)

Now I'm going to have to divide my time between editing book two and writing book three. Tonight will definitely be writing time. I don't want to lose the flow.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1339 on: November 23, 2019, 07:26:32 AM »
Finished editing Book One. YAY.

After adding and subtracting, I ended up with four more pages (255) and about 1k more words (60.7K)

Now I'm going to have to divide my time between editing book two and writing book three. Tonight will definitely be writing time. I don't want to lose the flow.

Congrats!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1340 on: November 23, 2019, 10:30:50 AM »
Made some changes and ended up with an additional 105 words.  I consolidated two bad guys and the suspense is building!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1341 on: November 23, 2019, 12:49:51 PM »
440 for a total of 13 pages and 3,198 words.

I didn't do much because I was updating my character list.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1342 on: November 24, 2019, 10:46:39 AM »
Edited 105 pages out of 226 in book two. Hope to get some writing done on book three tonight.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1343 on: November 24, 2019, 11:10:44 AM »
302 words today.  Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1344 on: November 24, 2019, 02:00:05 PM »
868 words on book three for a total of 4,069 words and 17 pages. Also edited six more pages of book two.

           
 
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« Reply #1345 on: November 25, 2019, 07:28:54 AM »
1,502 words so far.  I hope to get one more scene finished tonight!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1346 on: November 25, 2019, 01:48:13 PM »
1,588 words tonight plus just a little bit of editing, bringing me up to 23 pages and 5,667 total words. Feeling good about my progress.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1347 on: November 26, 2019, 03:53:10 AM »
934 words last night and 1,703 this morning.  It always picks up towards the end of the story.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1348 on: November 26, 2019, 07:41:45 AM »
934 words last night and 1,703 this morning.  It always picks up towards the end of the story.  :smilie_zauber:

So true.

Added about thirty words to Book one. I forgot to add in eye color for two of the characters. Same mistake as JKR who forgot to mention Ron's eye color until alert readers brought it to her attentions. See, we have something in common.
           
 
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« Reply #1349 on: November 26, 2019, 12:57:10 PM »
Edited 53 pages on book two. Another 60 or so pages to go.
           
 
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« Reply #1350 on: November 27, 2019, 05:23:44 AM »
2,487 words this morning.  I really want to finish this by the weekend!  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1351 on: November 27, 2019, 09:38:59 AM »
Finished editing book two and now I can get back to writing book three.
           
 
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« Reply #1352 on: November 27, 2019, 02:11:05 PM »
Glad I got a bit of writing in. 382 words tonight for a total of 6,075 words and 25 pages.

           
 
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« Reply #1353 on: November 28, 2019, 12:58:01 AM »
The writing bug bit me this morning and I wrote 1,227 words for a total of 7,321 and 30 pages.

ETA: Just added another twenty words. The scene just hadn't ended right and those words rounded it off nicely.
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« Reply #1354 on: November 28, 2019, 07:43:24 AM »
1,265 words, but I cut and added a few scenes.  It's been a busy morning!  :catrun

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1355 on: November 28, 2019, 08:02:33 AM »
Still working on the second draft.  Word count is around 94k, though like I said before, that's not my concern at the moment so much as fixing inconsistencies and whatnot.

The good news is that I've sorted out what I want to do with the soldiers' bio-hoods.  That was bugging me.  I still need to come up with some place names to replace the placeholder names I'm currently using, but there's only a few of them, so that shouldn't be too hard.

There are a couple of places in the book that make me a little teary-eyed every time I go over them, and that's a good sign.  It means I'm hitting the emotional mark.  Hopefully the readers will feel the same.
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« Reply #1356 on: November 28, 2019, 08:35:34 AM »
Still working on the second draft.  Word count is around 94k, though like I said before, that's not my concern at the moment so much as fixing inconsistencies and whatnot.

The good news is that I've sorted out what I want to do with the soldiers' bio-hoods.  That was bugging me.  I still need to come up with some place names to replace the placeholder names I'm currently using, but there's only a few of them, so that shouldn't be too hard.

There are a couple of places in the book that make me a little teary-eyed every time I go over them, and that's a good sign.  It means I'm hitting the emotional mark.  Hopefully the readers will feel the same.

"Read it and weep. I always do." Joan Wilder, Romancing the Stone.

I know I've done a good job if I get a little teary eyed here and there.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1357 on: November 28, 2019, 09:06:30 AM »
Still working on the second draft.  Word count is around 94k, though like I said before, that's not my concern at the moment so much as fixing inconsistencies and whatnot.

The good news is that I've sorted out what I want to do with the soldiers' bio-hoods.  That was bugging me.  I still need to come up with some place names to replace the placeholder names I'm currently using, but there's only a few of them, so that shouldn't be too hard.

There are a couple of places in the book that make me a little teary-eyed every time I go over them, and that's a good sign.  It means I'm hitting the emotional mark.  Hopefully the readers will feel the same.

"Read it and weep. I always do." Joan Wilder, Romancing the Stone.

I know I've done a good job if I get a little teary eyed here and there.

Love the end of this.  And I watched the movie long before I wrote books. LOL 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1358 on: November 28, 2019, 12:39:46 PM »
Added another 694 to this morning's total for 33 pages and 8,040 words.

           
 
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« Reply #1359 on: November 28, 2019, 12:42:56 PM »
Still working on the second draft.  Word count is around 94k, though like I said before, that's not my concern at the moment so much as fixing inconsistencies and whatnot.

The good news is that I've sorted out what I want to do with the soldiers' bio-hoods.  That was bugging me.  I still need to come up with some place names to replace the placeholder names I'm currently using, but there's only a few of them, so that shouldn't be too hard.

There are a couple of places in the book that make me a little teary-eyed every time I go over them, and that's a good sign.  It means I'm hitting the emotional mark.  Hopefully the readers will feel the same.

"Read it and weep. I always do." Joan Wilder, Romancing the Stone.

I know I've done a good job if I get a little teary eyed here and there.

Love the end of this.  And I watched the movie long before I wrote books. LOL 



Wonderful movie.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1360 on: November 29, 2019, 05:30:32 AM »
I finished!!!  4,277 words this morning.  End of the book and the series.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1361 on: November 29, 2019, 08:50:38 AM »
I finished!!!  4,277 words this morning.  End of the book and the series.  :smilie_zauber:

Destination, determination, deliberation, paid off. And now you can apparate, too!! 

 :banana: :dance: :banana:
           
 
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« Reply #1362 on: November 29, 2019, 09:00:02 AM »
I finished!!!  4,277 words this morning.  End of the book and the series.  :smilie_zauber:

Destination, determination, deliberation, paid off. And now you can apparate, too!! 

 :banana: :dance: :banana:

Apparate...I like that!  There is some magic in the series.  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1363 on: November 30, 2019, 01:50:49 AM »
No words so far today.  Trying to decide which book to start next.  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1364 on: November 30, 2019, 03:00:29 AM »
I took last night off. I'll be getting back on track tonight.

 :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
           
 
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« Reply #1365 on: December 02, 2019, 01:04:56 PM »
Did promotions all weekend and decided to work on a mystery next.  Should be fun!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1366 on: December 02, 2019, 02:38:34 PM »
Been working on the blurb for book one. All the various iterations amount to 1,613 words, not all of them new. But I'm sure there are at least 50 new words in there somewhere.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1367 on: December 04, 2019, 01:47:37 AM »
So nice having a few days off...but back to work today!  I might start with a short fairytale, then write the mystery.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1368 on: December 05, 2019, 06:06:21 AM »
Mainly promotions today, but I did manage 200 words during lunch.  Good to be back in a story.   :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1369 on: December 05, 2019, 06:17:07 AM »
A few more words written on the blurb. Not 50, but it feels more like 50K.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1370 on: December 05, 2019, 08:53:52 AM »
689 words total today.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1371 on: December 05, 2019, 08:54:27 AM »
A few more words written on the blurb. Not 50, but it feels more like 50K.

Best of luck with the blurb!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1372 on: December 05, 2019, 02:03:56 PM »
Just got book one back from the copy editor. New rule, at least for me, no comma between a name and Jr or Sr.

I got about 1/3 of the way through plugging in the changes. I'll be ready to put it up for pre-order tomorrow. Really, I will. Commas are killing me.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1373 on: December 08, 2019, 01:52:09 AM »
74 words and shopping at a Christmas craft fair to start my day. Now to get a load of laundry in the washer and ready for writer's group this afternoon :)
 
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« Reply #1374 on: December 08, 2019, 09:29:03 AM »
No words today.  Facebook parties all day yesterday and updating a few covers today. 

I did edit a little...but nothing new in the story.  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1375 on: December 08, 2019, 12:32:30 PM »
I'm almost done with this second draft.  Word count is over 98k, but as I've said before, word count isn't a good indicator for progress on the second draft.  This draft is about fixing things and smoothing it all out.  Daily word counts are only a goal during the first draft.

I'm hoping to start the third draft either tonight or tomorrow.  I'm hoping to publish in January or February.  I'm not a fast writer, and I'm an even slower reviser.  But I'm chugging along.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1376 on: December 09, 2019, 10:52:00 AM »
Second draft is done.   :banana:

Word count is 100k and change.

Third draft is up next.  This is the mobi/line-editing draft.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1377 on: December 09, 2019, 11:13:09 AM »
Second draft is done.   :banana:

Word count is 100k and change.

Third draft is up next.  This is the mobi/line-editing draft.

Congrats, Jeff!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1378 on: December 09, 2019, 11:51:18 AM »
439 words added to the WIP as I start going back through and adding in the scenes that I stopped halfway through and skipped ahead to something easier or just skipped altogether on the first pass
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1379 on: December 10, 2019, 07:46:31 AM »
Well, I keep forgetting to post here daily but I have finally beat my own record for daily fiction writing. I'm now at 126 consecutive days of writing fiction. :D

Oh, and I decided to raise the bar a few days ago, once I'd broken my own record. From now on, I have to write at least 50 words or it doesn't count. If I delete a bunch and end with a negative, I have to be able to prove to myself that I did write at least 50 words (it happens, when I inevitably realize the story has stalled and I need to go back and make another run at it). I have a notes column in my spreadsheet and I'll note the proof there for myself.

:D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1380 on: December 10, 2019, 12:35:25 PM »
130 words today
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1381 on: December 11, 2019, 12:44:17 AM »
1485 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1382 on: December 11, 2019, 12:53:55 PM »
291 words as I continue working on my first draft and I've now connected another two scenes  :icon_eek:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1383 on: December 12, 2019, 05:10:42 AM »
224 words yesterday.

Already doing better than that today.  :banana:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1384 on: December 12, 2019, 01:02:45 PM »
169 words but no closer to the end as my characters decided to take a short detour (and it has to be short because the taxi driver is only waiting five minutes for them!)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1385 on: December 14, 2019, 05:50:31 AM »
dropping in for first time to say 3240 words today.

I just wrote a different novel draft in 15 days in the month before, so it's flowing, and I'm grateful it is. I averaged 1500 words per hour of writing with that, which is better than I typically get. I prefer to write 3000 new words per day and a draft in under a month. That seems to be my sweet spot. (And no, I can't do that month after month. Two months in a row is pushing it!)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1386 on: December 14, 2019, 07:38:05 AM »
486 day before yesterday, and 70 yesterday that I wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't set a 50 word lower limit for myself. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1387 on: December 15, 2019, 04:44:25 AM »
479 words yesterday. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1388 on: December 15, 2019, 05:56:26 AM »
got my 3K today. Hoping to have a draft by Jan 10 at the latest. (no company coming, only one day of holiday stuff that cuts into my morning writing time.)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1389 on: December 15, 2019, 11:50:51 AM »
1K today and some editing
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1390 on: December 16, 2019, 09:36:08 AM »
Finally got back to work on book three but I had to read back a bit because I couldn't remember where I was.

316 words.

Plus did a bit of editing on book two.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1391 on: December 17, 2019, 02:46:07 AM »
50 words yesterday and 73 the day before, and whew, I'm glad I have a better plan for today. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1392 on: December 18, 2019, 03:19:21 AM »
The plan worked. I can hardly believe it. :D

I wrote 2,271 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1393 on: December 18, 2019, 03:53:57 AM »
The plan worked. I can hardly believe it. :D

I wrote 2,271 words yesterday.

Congrats, Lynn!  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1394 on: December 19, 2019, 01:45:49 PM »
490 words in my fairytale.  Good to get something written today!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1395 on: December 20, 2019, 08:02:13 AM »
937 words today. I thought this chapter seemed a little longer.  These are all shorter chapters for the fairytale story on my website.   :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1396 on: December 22, 2019, 01:30:30 PM »
I'm still writing every day, and I hope to make it through the holidays without breaking that streak! Up to 138 consecutive days of writing now. (Fiction.)

Since my last post:
1,082
328
64
104

Today is still in progress but I'm already above 50 words, so I'm posting now. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1397 on: December 23, 2019, 04:02:48 AM »
216 yesterday. :D

Wish I'd been more disciplined. I'm at a good part in the story and you'd think it'd be easy writing because of my high interest level in it, but nah. It's just as much of a pain to write as anything else is. Some days I really wonder what the heck it is that keeps me coming back to writing every day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1398 on: December 23, 2019, 05:52:29 AM »
216 yesterday. :D

Wish I'd been more disciplined. I'm at a good part in the story and you'd think it'd be easy writing because of my high interest level in it, but nah. It's just as much of a pain to write as anything else is. Some days I really wonder what the heck it is that keeps me coming back to writing every day.

Knowing it's going to be a wonderful story!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1399 on: December 23, 2019, 06:08:16 AM »
216 yesterday. :D

Wish I'd been more disciplined. I'm at a good part in the story and you'd think it'd be easy writing because of my high interest level in it, but nah. It's just as much of a pain to write as anything else is. Some days I really wonder what the heck it is that keeps me coming back to writing every day.

Knowing it's going to be a wonderful story!  :dog1:

Knowing I'll never know the end of it if I don't keep writing, I guess! :D

I don't plot in advance for that very reason. Know thyself is very good advice when it comes to self-motivation. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1400 on: December 23, 2019, 10:05:23 AM »
300 words on a new short story
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1401 on: December 24, 2019, 04:36:57 AM »
489 words yesterday. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1402 on: December 24, 2019, 08:11:30 AM »
I drafted two novels in 33 days. Best day of that run: 6000 words in three hours.

Now I have to go clean up two big messes before I forget what I meant.

Also, I'm worn out. I couldn't turn around and draft a third starting tomorrow. Or next week. February? Maybe.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1403 on: December 24, 2019, 01:47:08 PM »
298 words that I'm keeping. This short story is coming slowly but it's feeling cleaner than my other WIP.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1404 on: December 25, 2019, 12:08:52 AM »
57 words last night for my current book on my phone in bed. Barely made it. Closest I've come to breaking my streak of daily writing since I started it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1405 on: December 25, 2019, 10:11:40 AM »
612 more words that I like :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1406 on: December 27, 2019, 06:53:21 AM »
86 on Christmas Eve and 50 on Christmas Day.

I almost messed up yesterday, because when I wrote those 50 I was half asleep and writing on my phone, and I swear I counted 52, but when I copied them into my doc today, it was dead on 50 words. :D Could've been 49, and what would I have done then? 
:banana:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1407 on: December 28, 2019, 07:28:17 AM »
317 words yesterday.

144 consecutive days of fiction writing at this point. I'm like, come on, there's no point to this at all, but if I quit, will I regret it? I don't know! So I haven't quit. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1408 on: December 28, 2019, 07:58:30 AM »
317 words yesterday.

144 consecutive days of fiction writing at this point. I'm like, come on, there's no point to this at all, but if I quit, will I regret it? I don't know! So I haven't quit. :D

Congrats, Lynn!  :clap:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1409 on: December 28, 2019, 08:18:04 AM »
317 words yesterday.

144 consecutive days of fiction writing at this point. I'm like, come on, there's no point to this at all, but if I quit, will I regret it? I don't know! So I haven't quit. :D

Congrats, Lynn!  :clap:

Thanks!  :cheers
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1410 on: December 29, 2019, 05:09:33 AM »
388 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1411 on: December 30, 2019, 02:20:34 AM »
621 words yesterday
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« Reply #1412 on: December 30, 2019, 12:15:22 PM »
508 words today in my short fairytale.   :writethink:

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1413 on: December 31, 2019, 06:13:34 AM »
73 words yesterday to keep my streak alive, and boy were they hard. I probably shouldn't have waited until I was falling asleep to try to write them. It took 25 minutes to come up with them! :D (I was deleting as fast as I wrote because nothing sounds right in this scene.)
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1414 on: December 31, 2019, 06:26:35 AM »
1K for today

The mean guy just pushed someone into a reflecting pool.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1415 on: December 31, 2019, 03:46:58 PM »
1K for today

The mean guy just pushed someone into a reflecting pool.

I sure hope someone pushed back.  :D
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1416 on: January 01, 2020, 08:06:36 AM »
303 words yesterday.

Today, I'm giving my daily 2020 goals a trial run.  :eek:
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Pemry Janes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1417 on: January 01, 2020, 08:50:32 PM »
I'm managing about 500 to a thousand words a day these last two months, but I take weekends off.

Here's hoping I can keep that pace or even do better in 2020.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1418 on: January 02, 2020, 02:31:16 AM »
606 words yesterday.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1419 on: January 03, 2020, 03:40:09 AM »
LOL. The trial run went better than the first day of the new year.

303 words yesterday.

Seems like I should try for 606 again. I've got a pattern going... 303... 606... 303...

:D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1420 on: January 03, 2020, 08:14:33 AM »
No point posting a month's worth of daily word counts, so I'll just sum up December by saying I wrote a total of 5,105 words in my space opera which worked out to be a daily average of 164.68 words.  Best day was 410 words on the 22nd and worst was 75 words on the 14th.

Over 96k words at this point and still not finished.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1421 on: January 03, 2020, 08:37:00 AM »
No point posting a month's worth of daily word counts, so I'll just sum up December by saying I wrote a total of 5,105 words in my space opera which worked out to be a daily average of 164.68 words.  Best day was 410 words on the 22nd and worst was 75 words on the 14th.

Over 96k words at this point and still not finished.

Glad you're back!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1422 on: January 03, 2020, 10:57:36 AM »
1K for today

The mean guy just pushed someone into a reflecting pool.

I sure hope someone pushed back.  :D

Sadly no. The good guys stopped to help the person in the pool.

A little over 1K today as I finished draft one of my short story and moved into the first round of revisions.
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1423 on: January 03, 2020, 02:13:27 PM »
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Glad you're back!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em


Same here.

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1424 on: January 04, 2020, 03:34:32 AM »
Hi, Dan! Always good to see you. I hope to be back soon myself.

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1425 on: January 04, 2020, 03:39:22 AM »
252 words yesterday.

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1426 on: January 04, 2020, 09:27:04 AM »
About 200 words today and draft two of the short story complete.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1427 on: January 05, 2020, 12:52:45 AM »
600 words yesterday. I love it when I hit even round numbers like that. :D
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1428 on: January 06, 2020, 05:20:42 AM »
1,670 words yesterday. Yay! :D
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1429 on: January 07, 2020, 11:17:40 AM »
2,952 words yesterday.

I had to work on 3 different books to get that many, though. But I'm definitely getting close to the end on one. :D
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1430 on: January 07, 2020, 03:57:22 PM »
135 words today.

Sat down to do my 50 and wrote 135, then realized it was supposed to be 100 now, so whew. :D

Coulda been bad tomorrow if I hadn't realized it til then. I might have had to cheat. :D
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Pemry Janes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1431 on: January 07, 2020, 07:50:59 PM »
633 words yesterday and still many more to go. Got to keep at it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1432 on: January 10, 2020, 03:25:44 AM »
Congrats to everyone on the word counts!  :clap:

I've been busy updating a few more covers and working on "branding" for a social media class I'm taking.  Hopefully, I'll be back to writing today or tomorrow.

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1433 on: January 11, 2020, 12:19:18 AM »
209
1175
3633 yesterday

All caught up (I think)! Still writing fiction every day.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1434 on: January 12, 2020, 07:01:49 AM »
1286 yesterday
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1435 on: January 13, 2020, 04:02:51 AM »
122 words. Hope to get more done today!  :angel:

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1436 on: January 13, 2020, 05:25:45 PM »
I took a break from line editing to do chapter breaks.  I ended up with forty chapters and an epilogue.

Still on track to publish this month or next.   :banana:
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1437 on: January 14, 2020, 03:00:46 AM »
I took a break from line editing to do chapter breaks.  I ended up with forty chapters and an epilogue.

Still on track to publish this month or next.   :banana:

Good luck!
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1438 on: January 14, 2020, 03:02:13 AM »
121 on 1/11
376 on 1/12

Who knows what today will bring. (As usual, I'm hoping for a lot of words.) :D
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Pemry Janes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1439 on: January 14, 2020, 10:11:29 PM »
Yesterday I wrote 511 words and today I managed 697. Might have time to write some more later, maybe.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1440 on: January 15, 2020, 01:34:45 AM »
212 words yesterday.
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Pemry Janes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1441 on: January 16, 2020, 02:29:23 AM »
590 words today and a first draft of a blog post.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1442 on: January 16, 2020, 08:20:03 AM »
1569 yesterday.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1443 on: January 16, 2020, 09:20:36 AM »
640 words today.  :dog1:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1444 on: January 17, 2020, 10:34:23 AM »
774 words.  A good day for the short fairytale.  :smilie_zauber:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1445 on: January 18, 2020, 10:30:35 AM »
1,650 words today.

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1446 on: January 19, 2020, 04:03:09 AM »
2,321 words this morning.

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1447 on: January 20, 2020, 04:49:03 AM »
Doing a little catch up.

1,065 - 15th
190 - 16th
268 - 17th
1,071 - 18th - yesterday

Still writing every day.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1448 on: January 21, 2020, 02:37:00 AM »
1,388 yesterday
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1449 on: January 30, 2020, 04:29:34 AM »
Wow. I skipped a lot of days of reporting in since the last check in.
758
225
219
282
246
233
238
1,622
190 - yesterday

Daily writing streak is helping me get through the doldrums of January, which is usually my absolute worst month for writing. In fact, this one is on track to be my best January since I started tracking. My January average until now has been 7,011 words. This month, I've written 22,487. A little every day really does add up. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1450 on: January 30, 2020, 05:57:02 AM »
Congrats, Lynn!  That's wonderful.  :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1451 on: January 31, 2020, 11:35:35 AM »
1754 yesterday
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1452 on: February 11, 2020, 04:03:23 AM »
I've been writing...just not for my books.  I'm taking a social media class online and it's taking up most of my free time right now.  Hopefully, tomorrow I can get back to my story!  :angel:

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1453 on: February 15, 2020, 02:55:55 AM »
I finally gave up writing every day for a while. Just couldn't take it anymore. I added a lot of stuff to my stories that was just to get some words for the day and then on the days when I was invested, I found myself spending too much time trying to meld it all together. Just not my style at all. I'm thinking I'm finally ready to admit that daily writing doesn't work for my process! :D It works to get me over a hump of low productivity, but that's about it. :)
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1454 on: February 15, 2020, 03:50:44 AM »
Well, I prefer to write only when I want to but I make a living writing my fiction and I'd rather keep that up, so I try things regularly to keep me engaged and writing.

Writing every day just doesn't seem to be one of those that works for me. I've tried it in the past and this time was my longest streak yet at 186 days. But it just wasn't doing what I wanted it to do. If it works for someone else, I'm not going to knock it. :D We all have to find our own way.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1455 on: February 15, 2020, 04:12:27 AM »
I'd say I'm the opposite. I have ideas and thoughts about my stories all the time but I hate sitting down to write them out. Really hate it. So I'm always trying to find little extra things that will make the actual story writing less of a chore for me. Haven't found my magic pill yet. ;-)

If not for the fact that I can sell my stories only when I write them, I wouldn't bother most of the time writing them. I like to create stories, but I don't actually think I like to write that much. :D It has been a weird thing to realize these last 7 years. Still, I love creating my stories and reading them after the fact, so it feels worth the effort in the end.

Or maybe I'm just down on it all right now because I'm having such a hard time with this current book. It's being a damn nuisance. ;-)
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1456 on: February 16, 2020, 12:35:31 PM »
About 800 words to finish my second short story of the year (this one is 2.5K words total, smaller than the first one).
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1457 on: February 18, 2020, 07:48:00 AM »
141 words so far.  Good to be back in the story!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1458 on: February 19, 2020, 01:18:46 PM »
588 words today...and time to start the next chapter.  :dog1:

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1459 on: March 01, 2020, 08:48:48 AM »
I had an idea for a short story, so I decided to see if I could write it before March.  I started on Feb. 25th, I think.  I've got a little more than three thousand words written over the past few days.  Obviously, I'm disappointed in that total.  I won't be finishing the story before March.

I've got the beginning of a story, though.  It might even end up being novella length.  Only time will tell.
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Post-Crisis D

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1460 on: March 04, 2020, 03:42:02 AM »
Still working on the space opera.  I think I've mentioned before that I try for a minimum of 100 words per day.  A far cry from the 1,000/day I managed some months last year but, at least in February, I did manage to write at least 100 words per day.  In fact, my lowest day was 100 words.  The other 28 days were 100+.  Best day was 670 words.  The average was just shy of 200 words daily at 199.83 words per day.  At some point, I need to try to get back up to a daily average of 1,000 words if I have any hope of finishing all of my WIPs within a statistical average life time.

I did write 5,795 words in February, which is a day's work for some people, but it's still progress.  I moved the story from 103,560 words to 109,355 words.  Granted, that includes roughly 1,500 words of notes but it's too time-consuming to deduct out the note word counts.  I just keep it in mind that I'm roughly 1,500 words shorter than I think.

At any rate, the book was originally going to be around 50k, then 75k or 80k (who can remember anymore?), then 90k and, finally, I figured 125k maximum.  Well, the characters have just found out what the big bad is really up to--which includes finding out the big bad they thought they were dealing with is little more than a puppet for the real big bad.  I think it's going to take more than 16k words for them to develop a plan to defeat the big bad.  Of course, I already know how they do it, but it's getting them there.

So, at the current rate, that's another 3-4 months before this book is complete.  It bears repeating that this was a book I started four and a half years ago with the improbable plan of finishing it in ten days.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1461 on: March 06, 2020, 05:54:58 AM »
I still do a daily drawing as well.  Here is today's:



I show little to no improvement which is why this guy is an alien because his species, while appearing human with large eyes, also shares characteristics with fiddler crabs in that one hand is significantly larger than the other.  You would think he would carry his weapon in his smaller hand and use the larger hand for fighting off enemies, but the space military he serves with didn't design their weapons for people with tiny hands.  Some of his people protested, but they found themselves accidentally expelled from an airlock when they found themselves trapped after following some bad directions to the meeting room and their tiny hands were too small to press the emergency override button and their larger hands too big to press the same button.
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1462 on: March 18, 2020, 11:43:40 PM »
Finally took some time back to focus on writing and managed about 1K to complete a short story with hints of St. Patrick's Day.
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1463 on: March 19, 2020, 06:14:24 AM »
Between the abscess on my toe and all this coronavirus frenzy, I've had a hard time focusing on writing.  My production this month has been poor.

Last night, though, I cranked out several hundred words in what was envisioned as a short story but is now looking like it might be a novella.  So, some progress.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1464 on: March 29, 2020, 05:24:13 AM »
Just got back home from nearly two months the hospital and rehab. Two strokes. seizures, endocarditis, mitral valve replacement.

speech is getting better but typing and spelling is a struggle.

But i will write again. coming back here for inspiration.

 :Healing:

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1465 on: March 29, 2020, 05:25:51 AM »
Maggie Ann, I am so glad you're back.  I knew you were feeling a little sick a while back...but I had no idea.  Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1466 on: March 29, 2020, 05:47:13 AM »
Maggie Ann, I am so glad you're back.  I knew you were feeling a little sick a while back...but I had no idea.  Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1467 on: March 30, 2020, 06:35:06 AM »
Hope you're all having a peaceful Sunday! 💜
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1468 on: March 30, 2020, 11:50:02 PM »
Hope you're all having a peaceful Sunday! 💜
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1469 on: April 02, 2020, 11:57:38 AM »
Just got back home from nearly two months the hospital and rehab. Two strokes. seizures, endocarditis, mitral valve replacement.

speech is getting better but typing and spelling is a struggle.

But i will write again. coming back here for inspiration.

 :Healing:

So sorry to hear that but I'm really glad you're back and recovering! I had no idea. I thought maybe you were just taking a break. :o
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1470 on: April 02, 2020, 01:44:59 PM »
Just got back home from nearly two months the hospital and rehab. Two strokes. seizures, endocarditis, mitral valve replacement.

speech is getting better but typing and spelling is a struggle.

But i will write again. coming back here for inspiration.

 :Healing:


I must have missed this comment earlier.  Maggie Ann, I'm sorry you had to go through all that.  I hope you get back to your old self soon. 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1471 on: April 02, 2020, 09:00:49 PM »
Just got back home from nearly two months the hospital and rehab. Two strokes. seizures, endocarditis, mitral valve replacement.

speech is getting better but typing and spelling is a struggle.

But i will write again. coming back here for inspiration.

 :Healing:
Take care Maggie, hope you are 100% soon.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1472 on: April 05, 2020, 10:38:24 AM »
Thank you for the kind words. You are inspiring.  I'm leaning to type all over again.  :tap
           
 
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notthatamanda

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« Reply #1473 on: April 18, 2020, 12:33:48 AM »
647 words. It's been well over a month and it felt really good. Also weird because I was writing about a very crowded college registration, meeting people, shaking hands. But I know what I want to write for the next chapter. Time to parent now though.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1474 on: April 19, 2020, 10:27:57 AM »
Actually trying to write today.  As soon as I finish this short fairytale, I plan to start a romantic suspense novel...so this is research.  Since we got relegated to the off topics area (I think after posting the kitchen pictures) I thought I'd share this video with clips from some of my favorite movies, starring my favorite leading man...along with some wonderful co-stars.  Enjoy!


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1475 on: April 19, 2020, 01:03:28 PM »
Edited my story so far and added 77 words.  More to do...but it's good to be writing again.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1476 on: April 21, 2020, 05:38:44 AM »
500 more words.  I think I'll try to finish another chapter this afternoon.  :smilie_zauber:

ETA:  Another 1400 words.  Time to go outside and do some gardening.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1477 on: April 23, 2020, 07:18:38 AM »
1458 words. Writing is definitely a mental break that I need. Going to try to keep going. Two day streak coming up.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1478 on: April 24, 2020, 05:12:05 AM »
968 words. Two day streak achieved. Now that we know school is cancelled for the rest of the year, things seem settled somehow. We are all spending part of the day doing our own work, including me.

I did a ton of research for this book ahead of time but I googled 1945 us meat shortages to double check and I got way different results than I used to, even with the 1945.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1479 on: April 24, 2020, 10:41:12 AM »
My grandmother used to tell us stories about using red points, etc.  Have fun writing!   :smilie_zauber:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1480 on: April 25, 2020, 03:34:42 AM »
758 words. I am definitely out of shape in terms of concentration and hand strength. But three days in a row and I intend to work on the weekend too.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1481 on: April 25, 2020, 06:30:52 AM »
Worked up the courage to try a little dictation. I did better than I thought I would. I used Word's dictate function. It was better then typing one letter at a time on the keyboard and then getting it wrong half the time. I'll use Dragon next time.

104 words. They were not very good words and a lot of typos, but it's a start.

Hope to get book two ready for publishing by Sunday.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1482 on: April 25, 2020, 06:35:41 AM »
Worked up the courage to try a little dictation. I did better than I thought I would. I used Word's dictate function. It was better then typing one letter at a time on the keyboard and then getting it wrong half the time. I'll use Dragon next time.

104 words. They were not very good words and a lot of typos, but it's a start.

Hope to get book two ready for publishing by Sunday.

Well done, Maggie Ann!  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1483 on: April 25, 2020, 08:34:02 AM »
Worked up the courage to try a little dictation. I did better than I thought I would. I used Word's dictate function. It was better then typing one letter at a time on the keyboard and then getting it wrong half the time. I'll use Dragon next time.

104 words. They were not very good words and a lot of typos, but it's a start.

Hope to get book two ready for publishing by Sunday.
Good luck with the new book Maggie.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1484 on: April 25, 2020, 09:40:03 AM »
Thanks, guys.  :dog1:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1485 on: April 26, 2020, 10:40:26 PM »
Day 1 of my new streak. 1470 words. Really excited for what I have coming up for my characters.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1486 on: April 28, 2020, 12:57:51 AM »
621 Words. Day 2 of new streak. I have the whole next chapter planned in my head, hope to get it done today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1487 on: April 28, 2020, 05:15:50 AM »
Approximately 2,000 words this weekend!  I'm getting close to the end of the story.

Also made a few new covers.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1488 on: April 28, 2020, 05:24:31 AM »
Approximately 2,000 words this weekend!  I'm getting close to the end of the story.

Also made a few new covers.  :smilie_zauber:

Wow awesome. You are my inspiration by the way, but right now I'm going for a walk. It's forty and raining but I don't care. May write more when I get back.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1489 on: April 29, 2020, 01:48:42 AM »
3 days in a row - 1322 words.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1490 on: April 30, 2020, 01:04:28 AM »
4th day - 1454 words. Me and the little one worked together out on the deck. I love writing outside. It was still a little cool, almost 60F, but just gorgeous.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1491 on: April 30, 2020, 12:08:40 PM »
Can't claim any words, but I did finish formatting a book I had completed before I got sick and I published it.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1492 on: April 30, 2020, 09:34:54 PM »
Can't claim any words, but I did finish formatting a book I had completed before I got sick and I published it.
Congratulations and good luck.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1493 on: May 01, 2020, 01:38:19 AM »
Congrats, Maggie Ann!  :cheers

And nice writing streak, Amanda.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1494 on: May 01, 2020, 04:39:55 AM »
Thanks Lorri - Day 5 1186 words.   :dance:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1495 on: May 05, 2020, 12:44:20 AM »
New week, new streak - 708 words. Beautiful out so I am going to write some more, in the hammock.

Edit - added another 907 words, and I have the whole next chapter planned out in my head!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1496 on: May 05, 2020, 08:03:28 AM »
Well done, Amanda!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1497 on: May 05, 2020, 12:11:19 PM »
 :clap: Amanda
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1498 on: May 05, 2020, 12:18:32 PM »
Oh thank you guys. This thread is keeping me accountable. I feel so much better when I am productive, but getting sitting down and doing it, ugh. I don't know why I self sabotage.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1499 on: May 05, 2020, 10:57:00 PM »
I want to continue on with my dictating, but I have to reread the 35 pages I wrote in January. So I printed them out but my printer didn't print them because I was out of ink. Good old Amazon. One day delivery. I'll get the ink tomorrow. Then I can print it and read it out loud as part of my speech therapy. Two birds with one stone but I would never throw a stone at a bird or any other animal.  :dog1:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1500 on: May 05, 2020, 11:08:00 PM »
I want to continue on with my dictating, but I have to reread the 35 pages I wrote in January. So I printed them out but my printer didn't print them because I was out of ink. Good old Amazon. One day delivery. I'll get the ink tomorrow. Then I can print it and read it out loud as part of my speech therapy. Two birds with one stone but I would never throw a stone at a bird or any other animal.  :dog1:
Inkjet or laser? With the laser cartridge I can take it out, shake it up a bit and get some more pages out of it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1501 on: May 06, 2020, 01:29:30 AM »
I want to continue on with my dictating, but I have to reread the 35 pages I wrote in January. So I printed them out but my printer didn't print them because I was out of ink. Good old Amazon. One day delivery. I'll get the ink tomorrow. Then I can print it and read it out loud as part of my speech therapy. Two birds with one stone but I would never throw a stone at a bird or any other animal.  :dog1:
Inkjet or laser? With the laser cartridge I can take it out, shake it up a bit and get some more pages out of it.


inkjet   :doh:
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1502 on: May 06, 2020, 01:45:56 AM »
I want to continue on with my dictating, but I have to reread the 35 pages I wrote in January. So I printed them out but my printer didn't print them because I was out of ink. Good old Amazon. One day delivery. I'll get the ink tomorrow. Then I can print it and read it out loud as part of my speech therapy. Two birds with one stone but I would never throw a stone at a bird or any other animal.  :dog1:
Inkjet or laser? With the laser cartridge I can take it out, shake it up a bit and get some more pages out of it.
Drat, sorry. I will not work today either in solidarity if you want.
Joke, things are a mess over here today, if I don't screw up the potato bread it will be a big win. Not counting on it.

inkjet   :doh:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1503 on: May 06, 2020, 04:18:15 AM »
I want to continue on with my dictating, but I have to reread the 35 pages I wrote in January. So I printed them out but my printer didn't print them because I was out of ink. Good old Amazon. One day delivery. I'll get the ink tomorrow. Then I can print it and read it out loud as part of my speech therapy. Two birds with one stone but I would never throw a stone at a bird or any other animal.  :dog1:
Inkjet or laser? With the laser cartridge I can take it out, shake it up a bit and get some more pages out of it.
Drat, sorry. I will not work today either in solidarity if you want.
Joke, things are a mess over here today, if I don't screw up the potato bread it will be a big win. Not counting on it.

inkjet   :doh:

no, no! Do not do that. At least you will be inspiring me with your wordage.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1504 on: May 06, 2020, 04:29:42 AM »
Sorry Maggie, today was a lost day. I was going to turn it around, then I had a bank problem to deal with. I think the potato bread might work. I may try to do some read aloud on the eight chapters I have written so far, an idea inspired by your dictation experience.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1505 on: May 07, 2020, 01:15:35 AM »
No words yesterday (had to go to town) but hoping to get a lot done today!  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1506 on: May 07, 2020, 02:15:59 AM »
Good luck.  I wrote out half a chapter long hand. Have to lift now, then go to the supermarket, then hopefully I'll get it typed in. I did do read aloud on two chapters yesterday. Thanks for the inspiration Maggie, and hope your printer cartridge comes today.

ETA - 1404 words today.

I have to start thinking about a cover.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1507 on: May 07, 2020, 11:26:09 AM »
Sorry Maggie, today was a lost day. I was going to turn it around, then I had a bank problem to deal with. I think the potato bread might work. I may try to do some read aloud on the eight chapters I have written so far, an idea inspired by your dictation experience.

I had a lost day to day too. I did get my ink cartridge delivered from Amazon and printed out the pages I have to review.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1508 on: May 08, 2020, 05:23:09 AM »
I started reading what I had already written, and from the very first sentence, I knew it needed to be edited. I did nine pages so far and I hope to do more after dinner.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1509 on: May 08, 2020, 07:56:22 AM »
I almost finished a chapter last night.  With three kitties trying to "help" me it takes a little longer. LOL

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1510 on: May 08, 2020, 12:13:40 PM »
Edited another 14 1/2 pages, and more than halfway done. I might be able to finish tomorrow and then I will hope to have some wordage reported by the end of the weekend.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1511 on: May 09, 2020, 12:22:14 AM »
1097 today. Waffling on what the next chapter will be, but it is not a big deal, I will figure it out.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1512 on: May 09, 2020, 11:37:18 PM »
1097 today. Waffling on what the next chapter will be, but it is not a big deal, I will figure it out.

I am waffling on about what my next sentence will be, but we always figure it out in the end.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1513 on: May 12, 2020, 04:13:35 AM »
1168 words. A good Monday, for writing. Weather is yucky.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1514 on: May 13, 2020, 02:17:04 AM »
I edited and added another chapter over the weekend.  Then, I decided to make box sets for two of my series and a trailer for this current story.

I keep thinking this fairytale is almost done, but I have no idea what's going to happen next.  I'm kind of making this one up as I go, but when I let my mom read it a few days ago she really liked it!  (And she'd tell me if she didn't.) LOL

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1515 on: May 13, 2020, 04:35:27 AM »
Where can you see the trailer for the new one? I could use a fairy tale trailer today.  :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1516 on: May 13, 2020, 06:38:30 AM »
I recently started the first draft of book 5 of Wheel of Fire.  I wrote about 800 or so words last night.  Not as much as I would like, but I've been out of the writing habit for various reasons, and I'm trying to ease back in.

I'm currently dropping some bombshell news on one of my characters.  Poor young woman... as if she doesn't have enough challenges already...   :icon_sad:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1517 on: May 13, 2020, 07:11:37 AM »
1157 words today. Tomorrow my characters get to move into their new home!

I know Jeff, do you feel bad? I could write about any of my characters forever but bad stuff has to happen or it's just boring and I feel bad for them.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1518 on: May 13, 2020, 08:03:02 AM »
I know Jeff, do you feel bad? I could write about any of my characters forever but bad stuff has to happen or it's just boring and I feel bad for them.


No, I don't feel bad.  I know how her story ends.    :ices_angel_g:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1519 on: May 13, 2020, 11:33:31 AM »
Where can you see the trailer for the new one? I could use a fairy tale trailer today.  :)

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1520 on: May 13, 2020, 08:44:09 PM »
I just watched it, that's so cool that you can do stuff like that. My kid is in intro to film making, taking Movie Making I next year, well maybe. Maybe I can get her to do some stuff like that for me. Ah, the first thing in the morning optimism.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1522 on: May 14, 2020, 01:16:16 AM »
Thank you, Amanda and Maggie Ann!  They're a lot of fun to make.  Lumen5 has a free version that has been updated, so now you can choose how long to make each segment and where you want to put the words on the image...as well as some other details. 

Amanda, I think your daughter might enjoy it.  I choose the music first, then an image or two...then the words.  There are free images and video included, but you might have to look around a bit and try different search words.  And it's really easier than it looks, once you get used to the program.

ETA:  This one is fairly basic with only four images, but it seems to be the most popular. And shorter seems to be better.  I try to stay at 30 to 45 seconds. :)

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1523 on: May 14, 2020, 01:59:03 AM »
Oh thank you! She might actually like that, not to help me out, but maybe to make BTS fangirl tributes. I emailed it to her so when she gets up, lets see, noon here, so in about five hours, I'll see what she thinks. Thanks again.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1524 on: May 15, 2020, 05:02:47 AM »
2133 words. Kid has her zoom dance lesson soon so I'll sit outside and edit what I wrote and try to finish the chapter longhand.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1525 on: May 15, 2020, 12:35:24 PM »
1100 words today.   :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1526 on: May 16, 2020, 03:03:46 AM »
 :dog1: For your 1100 words Lorri.

I did 1288 today. I never did get back to writing yesterday but I did finish prepping for the berry plants I ordered and fenced in the veggie garden a little better.

Next chapter will be sad. :(
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1527 on: May 16, 2020, 04:13:13 AM »
:dog1: For your 1100 words Lorri.

I did 1288 today. I never did get back to writing yesterday but I did finish prepping for the berry plants I ordered and fenced in the veggie garden a little better.

Next chapter will be sad. :(

Congrats on the garden and the words!
Sad is never easy.  :icon_cry:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1528 on: May 17, 2020, 08:11:16 AM »
1200 words and I've given them something new and exciting to do...but I still have to figure out who the villain is if I want to end this story. LOL

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1529 on: May 17, 2020, 10:08:33 PM »
1200 words and I've given them something new and exciting to do...but I still have to figure out who the villain is if I want to end this story. LOL
Just keep writing, the villain will reveal themselves. It's their character flaw, they can't help themselves. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1530 on: May 18, 2020, 12:42:27 AM »
1821 words. I am being a coward and putting off the sad to just a small hint of it at the end of the chapter. It will happen though. :(
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1531 on: May 18, 2020, 04:31:02 AM »
Almost 1100 words and still no villain, but I think I know who it will be.  Finally. LOL

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1532 on: May 18, 2020, 04:55:54 AM »
Unless there is a shocking twist that surprises even you. That would make the book even more "unputdownable".
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1533 on: May 18, 2020, 01:00:11 PM »
I finished the story!!!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1534 on: May 18, 2020, 08:17:36 PM »
Who dunit?
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1535 on: May 18, 2020, 10:53:20 PM »
I can't say.  I don't want to ruin the surprise! LOL

It looks like it might take a while to get this published.  I thought it was because I had the story on my website as I was writing, so I called KDP...but they said they're just really backed up.  Hopefully, it will be up today, but it could be a week.  At least, it's finished!!!  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1536 on: May 19, 2020, 04:07:47 AM »
I hope it happened in the conservatory. I really want a conservatory. I priced a kit for an 8 X 16 foot green house and extrapolated from there to the size I want. Not happening.

But I did 1095 words today. The sad has started but the MC hasn't grasped what is going on yet.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1537 on: May 19, 2020, 07:03:18 AM »
That would be nice.  Grin

No conservatory, but in one story we do have a sunporch!


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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1538 on: May 19, 2020, 07:31:06 AM »
Oh that's gorgeous. I want mine to have a glass roof as well. It's mostly a plant room though I would get a rattan love seat and write out there. Husband is not on board with the idea.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1539 on: May 19, 2020, 09:12:31 AM »
I think it's a great idea!  You need a space to create.  :angel:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1540 on: May 19, 2020, 10:05:31 AM »
I think it's a great idea!  You need a space to create.  :angel:
Hmmm, if no one else goes in there it really would be an office.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1541 on: May 20, 2020, 03:09:27 AM »
I just shared this on Facebook!


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1542 on: May 20, 2020, 03:10:12 AM »
Fairytale published!  :smilie_zauber:

Now going back to Burrows Bay. We decided to add more to the story...including a Christmas novella.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1543 on: May 20, 2020, 04:14:33 AM »
Congratulations!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1544 on: May 20, 2020, 04:48:13 AM »
Congratulations!

Thank you, Amanda!  This one was difficult because I was half way though, when all the crazy happened.  It took me a month to get back into the story...so I'm very happy it's finished.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1545 on: May 20, 2020, 06:05:02 AM »
You should be extra proud of it then.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1546 on: May 21, 2020, 06:00:57 AM »
979 words today. I'm going to sit outside and edit it and write a little more.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1547 on: May 25, 2020, 07:35:51 AM »
Doing research today.  Always fun finding out more about roses!

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1548 on: May 25, 2020, 09:06:42 AM »
One of my characters photographed roses so my research was mostly limited to the rose gardens in London, but that was pretty fun. Check out David Austin roses if you want a huge variety of petal count and color.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1549 on: May 25, 2020, 12:05:13 PM »
One of my characters photographed roses so my research was mostly limited to the rose gardens in London, but that was pretty fun. Check out David Austin roses if you want a huge variety of petal count and color.

That's what I was researching!  Specifically, the exact date Constance Spry was released.  David Austen roses are lovely.

Okay, that sounds a little odd.  The date the ROSE named for Constance Spry was released. LOL
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1550 on: May 25, 2020, 12:08:35 PM »
I love the climbers!
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1551 on: May 27, 2020, 02:32:39 AM »
1076 words.

Staples sent me a refurbished printer cartridge and it isn't working. This is going to really cramp my routine, though it is going to save paper. :HB
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1552 on: May 28, 2020, 03:55:08 AM »
957 words. Next chapter I get to write a wedding!

Ordered the new drum my spoiled brat of a printer threw a tantrum for. $82, should be here tomorrow. I hope that works. I like to print and edit what I wrote the day before to start my session.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1553 on: May 28, 2020, 04:37:41 AM »
a pitiful 47 words but they smoothed out a few bumps.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1554 on: May 28, 2020, 05:01:36 AM »
a pitiful 47 words but they smoothed out a few bumps.
Every word is one word closer to done.  :tup3b
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1555 on: May 28, 2020, 12:04:07 PM »
a little better this time. 167 words and I think they were pretty decent.
           
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1556 on: May 30, 2020, 12:00:11 PM »
About 400 words today.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1557 on: May 30, 2020, 11:10:20 PM »
304 words last night. It's an uphill battle with aphasia, but I feel that I'm winning.

Never give up, never surrender.

           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1558 on: May 30, 2020, 11:14:41 PM »
I'm rooting for you Maggie.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1559 on: May 31, 2020, 12:27:57 AM »
I'm rooting for you Maggie.

Thanks so much. I would never be able to do this without you guys.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1560 on: May 31, 2020, 01:39:07 AM »
Maggie, you can do this!  :clap:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1561 on: June 03, 2020, 04:49:23 AM »
Got the printer working. User error. RTFM. Though it would help if they put all the instructions in each language together.

Anyway - 571 words today. I had more to type in but a Romeo & Juliet assignment led to hysterics and I had to try to be a psychotherapist.  Back on it tomorrow.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1562 on: June 04, 2020, 04:55:46 AM »
1032 words.

Working on the wedding chapter but the sad is happening during the wedding so it is not that much fun to write.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1563 on: June 06, 2020, 05:34:33 AM »
1345 words. Sad words. Going to try to work on the weekend as well.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1564 on: June 07, 2020, 01:41:27 AM »
I think my microphone is shot. Attempting to write a bit, and almost every word comes out wrong. I think I might try a clip-on.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1565 on: June 08, 2020, 03:22:11 AM »
I think my microphone is shot. Attempting to write a bit, and almost every word comes out wrong. I think I might try a clip-on.

Maggie Ann, how frustrating!  I hope the clip-on works better.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1566 on: June 08, 2020, 11:44:33 PM »
775 words. Wrote them Saturday and typed them in just now. Got a terrible night of sleep last night, not sure I'm going to be able to accomplish anything, writing or otherwise. Another lost day, sigh.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1567 on: June 09, 2020, 06:55:49 AM »
Amanda, that's rough.  I hope today is better!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1568 on: June 09, 2020, 08:57:00 AM »
775 words. Wrote them Saturday and typed them in just now. Got a terrible night of sleep last night, not sure I'm going to be able to accomplish anything, writing or otherwise. Another lost day, sigh.

Hope you got some nap time in.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1569 on: June 10, 2020, 05:00:09 AM »
Thanks Lorri and Maggie,
I feel much better today. 647 words.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1570 on: June 10, 2020, 11:27:37 AM »
nearly 2 weeks without writing. I got my clip-on microphone a day early and couldn't wait to try it out. 148 words.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1571 on: June 10, 2020, 11:41:06 AM »
Glad it is working for you!
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1572 on: June 10, 2020, 10:26:53 PM »
Glad it is working for you!

Yes, and it's especially good at recognizing Dragon commands. However, it doesn't recognize the name of one of my main characters. Teddy. And that's the first time it recognized his name.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1573 on: June 11, 2020, 12:18:27 AM »
Change to Eddie or Neddie? Or is it a series?
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1574 on: June 11, 2020, 12:39:14 AM »
Change to Eddie or Neddie? Or is it a series?

It's a series and Teddy was introduced in the last book. But I've trained Dragon to recognize the name. For some reason, when I said the name at first, it only typed a small letter b. Weird.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1575 on: June 11, 2020, 03:23:38 AM »
A trainable dragon. I would like a purple one please.

Edit - I couldn't write today. I listened to Chapters 3&4 on read aloud which was productive. The last day of school is Tuesday but the kids have no more work. Husband is home on furlough. Figuring out it is going to be really hard to work with everyone home all the time with nothing for them to work on.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1576 on: June 12, 2020, 02:51:31 AM »
Oh, purple!  I'd like one too.  And this one might even be able to help me with edits! :smilie_zauber:


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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1577 on: June 12, 2020, 03:20:33 AM »
A trainable dragon. I would like a purple one please.

Edit - I couldn't write today. I listened to Chapters 3&4 on read aloud which was productive. The last day of school is Tuesday but the kids have no more work. Husband is home on furlough. Figuring out it is going to be really hard to work with everyone home all the time with nothing for them to work on.

sorry, all the purple dragons go to my granddaughter.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1578 on: June 12, 2020, 11:05:46 AM »
I remembered the name of this thread and Realized that I only had to do 50 words a day. I hope that motivated me to sit down and write at least 50 words every day.

Actually did 215 words.

maybe it was Lorri's purple Dragon that inspired me.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1579 on: June 13, 2020, 12:10:20 AM »
1070 words. You are right Maggie. I am going to try to open up the document and type something in on days when I don't sit down to write long hand.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1580 on: June 13, 2020, 03:02:15 AM »
1070 words. You are right Maggie. I am going to try to open up the document and type something in on days when I don't sit down to write long hand.

Andwho knows, you may end up writing 500 words. At least that's what I'm hoping for.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1581 on: June 13, 2020, 10:21:48 AM »
140 words today.  I started a new fairytale (although I have two other books I'm supposed to be writing). 
The fairytale seems like more fun at the moment.  :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1582 on: June 13, 2020, 12:47:14 PM »
Place butt in chair, turn on microphone, and write 127 words.

My Dragon made more mistakes in that simple sentence than it did in the 20 sentences I wrote in the story. Sheesh!
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1583 on: June 14, 2020, 12:45:17 PM »
Made my 50 words +27 and I'm feeling like I accomplished something.

Did a little Dragon training but it didn't take. Maybe if I gave my Dragon a name, she'd cooperate a little bit more. What do you think of Sheila?
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1584 on: June 14, 2020, 12:53:40 PM »
1300 words today.  I decided to work on a murder mystery instead of the fairytale.  :catrun

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1585 on: June 14, 2020, 11:15:31 PM »
Made my 50 words +27 and I'm feeling like I accomplished something.

Did a little Dragon training but it didn't take. Maybe if I gave my Dragon a name, she'd cooperate a little bit more. What do you think of Sheila?
Sheila means heavenly. I prefer the spelling Sheelagh. More magical.
I typed Shelia first and that means blind.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1586 on: June 14, 2020, 11:43:02 PM »
Made my 50 words +27 and I'm feeling like I accomplished something.

Did a little Dragon training but it didn't take. Maybe if I gave my Dragon a name, she'd cooperate a little bit more. What do you think of Sheila?
Sheila means heavenly. I prefer the spelling Sheelagh. More magical.
I typed Shelia first and that means blind.

I like it. Of course I'm going to have to train her to say her new name.  :angel:
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1587 on: June 15, 2020, 12:12:11 PM »
167 words, and only about 40,000 left to go.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1588 on: June 16, 2020, 12:51:49 PM »
Didn't make much progress, but it's 68 more words that I wouldn't have added if I'd said the heck with it and gone to bed.  :hehe
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1589 on: June 16, 2020, 01:01:10 PM »
Mom read the first chapter of my murder mystery and liked it!  I was worried it was too slow, but she thought it was good...and wants to know what happens next.  So, I'm working on the murder mystery tonight. LOL  :catrun

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1590 on: June 17, 2020, 11:06:03 AM »
No writing today...but my Pinterest page looks beautiful!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1591 on: June 17, 2020, 12:20:22 PM »
60 words tonight.
           
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1592 on: June 17, 2020, 01:25:50 PM »
Nearly a thousand words yesterday.  This is a major achievement for me; my productivity has been terrible these last several weeks.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1593 on: June 17, 2020, 11:53:49 PM »
Nearly a thousand words yesterday.  This is a major achievement for me; my productivity has been terrible these last several weeks.
Good work! :tup3b
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1594 on: June 18, 2020, 12:34:25 AM »
Nearly a thousand words yesterday.  This is a major achievement for me; my productivity has been terrible these last several weeks.

You probably needed to rest your brain.  :tup3b for getting back on track.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1595 on: June 18, 2020, 01:04:34 AM »
Nearly a thousand words yesterday.  This is a major achievement for me; my productivity has been terrible these last several weeks.

Well done, Jeff!  :dog1:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1596 on: June 18, 2020, 12:36:37 PM »
672 words for a total of 10,600.   :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1597 on: June 19, 2020, 12:56:44 AM »
Great work Maggie. I WILL write later when I take the kid to dance.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1598 on: June 19, 2020, 04:57:54 AM »
Great work Maggie. I WILL write later when I take the kid to dance.

I used it to write when I took the grandson to tae kwon do.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1599 on: June 19, 2020, 11:13:29 AM »
869 words, for a total of 11,470. I did it in two sessions.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1600 on: June 19, 2020, 11:33:04 AM »
869 words, for a total of 11,470. I did it in two sessions.

Wonderful!  :clap:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1601 on: June 20, 2020, 05:58:27 AM »
869 words, for a total of 11,470. I did it in two sessions.
:tup3b

1877 words today. I did write a little bit during dance yesterday and today I just locked myself in the bedroom and finished hand writing the chapter. Then I asked the kids to let me type it in and they obliged.

Unfortunately the MC is going to have to deal with one of his old demons again. I am sad for him, but he is really struggling. I'm trying to focus on enjoying the process and not worrying whether or not I'm ever going to publish again, sales being as dismal as they are.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1602 on: June 20, 2020, 07:16:19 AM »
869 words, for a total of 11,470. I did it in two sessions.
:tup3b

1877 words today. I did write a little bit during dance yesterday and today I just locked myself in the bedroom and finished hand writing the chapter. Then I asked the kids to let me type it in and they obliged.

Unfortunately the MC is going to have to deal with one of his old demons again. I am sad for him, but he is really struggling. I'm trying to focus on enjoying the process and not worrying whether or not I'm ever going to publish again, sales being as dismal as they are.

My best sales season is Summer and I have absolutely no idea why. Of course sales are still dismal, but if I write it I'm going to publish it. I love the whole process but I hate marketing, and With sales as depressed as they are, I've quit spending (or throwing away) money on marketing.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1603 on: June 20, 2020, 12:41:07 PM »
I added two words to yesterday's to total and did 561 words Today.

Word Kept freezing up on me, and I finally Had to restart my laptop. It was working okay for tonight's session, but then it started freezing up again.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1604 on: June 21, 2020, 04:52:37 AM »
Good work Maggie.

1504 today. I finally figured out what this book is about 40K words in. My poor characters, they are in for a rough time of it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1605 on: June 21, 2020, 12:35:29 PM »
After three restarts last night and Two today I was finally able to get some dictating Done.

138 words for a total of 12,057. I hope to do better tomorrow.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1606 on: June 22, 2020, 05:55:37 AM »
2191 today.  It's 100 degrees in the sun here. Kids go out for five minutes and come back in. Hiding in their rooms with their devices. Not good. But I was able to work.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1607 on: June 22, 2020, 12:39:35 PM »
239 words for a total of 12,434.

I'm just not sure where the story is going. I finished a scene which moved the story forward, and I know where that particular scenario is going. In fact, I know where the story is going to end Up, but I don't know how it's going to get there. Now I'm worried that I can't sustain the story through four books. The one I'm working on is book Three.
 :writethink:  :icon_think: :doh: :HB  :shrug :dizzy

I will get there.  :dog1:
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1608 on: June 23, 2020, 11:39:34 AM »
In order to get where I'm going, I realized I needed to know where I've been. So I spent the entire day reading book 1, and I will spend tomorrow reading book 2.

I didn't get a clue from the first book but I'm hoping that I will get a clue from the second book. I know that they have a lot of legal problems in the second book and I need to know where things stand.

           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1609 on: June 24, 2020, 12:27:54 PM »
I read the second book and found several areas where I could follow up. Even found some mistakes. So I'll have to get my notes organized tomorrow and maybe I could write a few pages tomorrow night.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1610 on: June 26, 2020, 02:12:19 AM »
1544 today. I also listened to chapter 5 on read aloud yesterday. We have dance today, so I'll be sitting out writing in the heat and the recital is tomorrow (they are taping each class and making a video) so that will be more time I can write.

Really need to decide something about a cover and get moving on that.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1611 on: June 27, 2020, 01:45:06 AM »
1492 today.

Yesterday a new character showed up and I thought something really bad was going to have to happen to him, but I figured out how to tone it down and still make it work. Whew.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1612 on: June 27, 2020, 07:05:29 AM »
1492 today.

Yesterday a new character showed up and I thought something really bad was going to have to happen to him, but I figured out how to tone it down and still make it work. Whew.

 :tup3b
           
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1613 on: June 27, 2020, 12:11:28 PM »
237 words today. Editing some as I go.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1614 on: June 28, 2020, 02:41:30 AM »
You are all doing so well!   :cheers

I haven't written much lately...but I've been doing all the other stuff (covers, promotions, social media, etc.) and I went wide! So far, I think it's a good choice.

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1615 on: June 28, 2020, 03:46:44 AM »
You are all doing so well!   :cheers

I haven't written much lately...but I've been doing all the other stuff (covers, promotions, social media, etc.) and I went wide! So far, I think it's a good choice.

A couple of months ago, I put all but three of my series back in KU. I only left the series that had the first book permafree. So far, sales between Amazon and D2D are almost neck and neck. I'm glad wide is working out for you.

I haven't been writing anything new all week, as well. But I have been busy doing writerly things. A friend of mine sent me five pages of suggestions to improve book 2 and I've been plugging them in. I've read books one and two, and found a lot of inconsistencies in the book I'm writing now. My plan is to correct that today. Hopefully I'll get back to writing tomorrow.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1616 on: June 28, 2020, 11:31:26 AM »
Inconsistencies corrected in book 3. Words added, words deleted for a total gain of 62 words. Now I just have to decide on the next scene.

Tally Ho!  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
           
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1617 on: June 28, 2020, 12:45:56 PM »
121 words today
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1618 on: June 29, 2020, 10:56:03 AM »
872 words today!  Finally started my next Burrows Bay book.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1619 on: June 30, 2020, 12:50:04 AM »
Starting a new book is so much fun.  :dog1:
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1620 on: July 02, 2020, 02:29:54 AM »
2347 today. When I get sleep I can work. And life sucks a little bit less overall.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1621 on: July 07, 2020, 09:36:40 AM »
1131 words so far.  I'm back to the fairytale. It seems to be the only thing I really want to work on this week.  :smilie_zauber:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1622 on: July 07, 2020, 10:52:36 PM »
1131 words so far.  I'm back to the fairytale. It seems to be the only thing I really want to work on this week.  :smilie_zauber:

Good work!
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1623 on: July 09, 2020, 12:19:09 PM »
179. I need to focus for longer than five minutes on my current WIP.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1624 on: July 10, 2020, 10:10:14 AM »
2829

Today was a good day and not just for writing. Very productive. Summer routine seems to be settling down.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1625 on: July 12, 2020, 12:10:49 AM »
1298

When editing the previous chapter I realized I had used the word "keenly" three times! :HB
 
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MelanieMRodriguez

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1626 on: July 12, 2020, 12:28:21 PM »
683. Better than 50. I also write for free entertainment to sites though, so I've added the constituent at least 50 words on my work-in-progress I am going to sell. :cool:

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1627 on: July 13, 2020, 11:01:01 AM »
1008 Today.  I know what the next chapter is going to be about too.

Will someone please give me a virtual kick in the butt to do something about the cover? Thanks in advance.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1628 on: July 14, 2020, 11:15:54 PM »
Just typed in the 1543 that I hand wrote yesterday. Rain all afternoon. I do not have to water. I should use that time for writing.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1629 on: July 16, 2020, 10:50:55 AM »
1656. I didn't type in the full chapter I wrote today but I should be able to finish it tomorrow morning.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1630 on: July 17, 2020, 01:32:58 AM »
1128. And I know what the main character is going to struggle with for the rest of the book. And there will be a happy ending.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1631 on: July 17, 2020, 02:05:18 AM »
1128. And I know what the main character is going to struggle with for the rest of the book. And there will be a happy ending.

That's a relief!  After all that sad, I was starting to worry about them.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1632 on: July 17, 2020, 04:41:20 AM »
1128. And I know what the main character is going to struggle with for the rest of the book. And there will be a happy ending.

That's a relief!  After all that sad, I was starting to worry about them.  :dog1:

Thanks!  :dog1:
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1633 on: July 19, 2020, 10:16:24 AM »
1065 today.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1634 on: July 19, 2020, 10:19:30 AM »
You are doing so well, Amanda!   :goodpost:
I've been caught up in promotions and need to write this weekend. 

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1635 on: July 19, 2020, 01:35:21 PM »
Thanks. I should take a page from your book and do some promotions, but it seems so hopeless. I stink at the business end of this.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1636 on: July 19, 2020, 02:19:58 PM »
Everyone says the best thing to do is write more books.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1637 on: July 19, 2020, 09:26:07 PM »
And get a mailing list. That will be my number one priority in the fall, I think.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1638 on: July 20, 2020, 01:14:04 AM »
I've been using my website, but I'm starting a newsletter for more "fun stuff" that readers might enjoy. 

If I have to pay, I don't want a huge amount of people on my mailing list just wanting free stuff.  They can get that from following me on social media.  :smilie_zauber:

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1639 on: July 22, 2020, 11:51:10 AM »
245 words
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1640 on: July 23, 2020, 03:57:20 AM »
2339.  This chapter got away from me a little bit. I figured out what the other MC is going to be focusing on. Going to contact the cover artist now. I think. Maybe.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1641 on: July 26, 2020, 02:54:56 AM »
1799.  And I did contact the cover artist. So I guess I will eventually publish it.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1642 on: July 28, 2020, 09:14:16 AM »
1101 words.  Nice to get some writing done!  :smilie_zauber:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1643 on: July 28, 2020, 10:51:14 AM »
405 words last night and a bit of revising.

I've been spending my time relearning how to write in cursive and how to type. It's coming along.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1644 on: July 28, 2020, 12:47:13 PM »
Well done, Maggie Ann!  :dog1:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1645 on: July 29, 2020, 04:25:28 AM »
380 words last night.  Hope to finish the chapter this afternoon!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1646 on: July 29, 2020, 11:54:57 AM »
512 words and I'm done for the day.
           
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1647 on: July 30, 2020, 02:51:06 AM »
I have been ignoring the poor marketing results for a few days, but I am claiming victory:

11.8k in about 24 hours over three days... A Noir Short Story.  Already sent off to the Beta Reader.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1648 on: July 31, 2020, 09:36:33 AM »
600 words today.  It's a start.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1649 on: August 01, 2020, 09:15:35 AM »
No words so far, but I decided to change plans for my spy series and make it FIVE books. Just finished the covers this afternoon!

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1650 on: August 01, 2020, 11:24:53 AM »
No words so far, but I decided to change plans for my spy series and make it FIVE books. Just finished the covers this afternoon!

Covers are so inspiring.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1651 on: August 01, 2020, 12:00:32 PM »
No words so far, but I decided to change plans for my spy series and make it FIVE books. Just finished the covers this afternoon!

Covers are so inspiring.

They are!  I always get ideas for my stories from the covers.  That's why I started making them first.  :dog1:

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1652 on: August 02, 2020, 01:10:04 PM »
102 words. I just could not settle down to anything today.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1653 on: August 05, 2020, 12:21:10 PM »
240 words and I actually typed some of it. Fingers on keyboard. I've begun retraining myself to type.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1654 on: August 05, 2020, 12:31:07 PM »
240 words and I actually typed some of it. Fingers on keyboard. I've begun retraining myself to type.

Maggie Ann, that's wonderful!!!  :goodpost:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1655 on: August 05, 2020, 10:18:24 PM »
240 words and I actually typed some of it. Fingers on keyboard. I've begun retraining myself to type.
That's great Maggie!
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1656 on: August 07, 2020, 07:31:02 AM »
898 words today.  Nice to get back to the fairytale!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1657 on: August 07, 2020, 07:40:48 AM »
898 words today.  Nice to get back to the fairytale!  :smilie_zauber:
Nice!

1546

So - a while ago I didn't want to write about a very bad thing. My book is in two POV, every other chapter. Female character had a lot going on. Male character had nothing. Book was turning bland and terrible and I couldn't stand it. So I put the very bad thing in and now my male character has a lot going on and it's going to be absolute (mental) torture for him.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1658 on: August 07, 2020, 08:31:01 AM »
898 words today.  Nice to get back to the fairytale!  :smilie_zauber:
Nice!

1546

So - a while ago I didn't want to write about a very bad thing. My book is in two POV, every other chapter. Female character had a lot going on. Male character had nothing. Book was turning bland and terrible and I couldn't stand it. So I put the very bad thing in and now my male character has a lot going on and it's going to be absolute (mental) torture for him.

That sounds very...intense.  Congrats on the words!
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1659 on: August 09, 2020, 06:12:34 AM »
782 - Going back and putting more despair and angst in some chapters. It feels good to be productive, sorry Mr. Character Dude of mine.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1660 on: August 09, 2020, 06:45:51 AM »
91 words last night. Hope to finish up the scene tonight. Where I'm going to go from there, I have no idea.
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1661 on: August 09, 2020, 10:32:30 AM »
Great job, everyone!
I've decided to take a break from writing and focus on editing.  Have a wonderful weekend!  :dog1:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1662 on: August 10, 2020, 07:43:40 AM »
Got bored with editing. LOL  Wrote 180 words and hope to do more later today!  :angel:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1663 on: August 10, 2020, 08:14:09 AM »
Bored with editing? I resemble that remark.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1664 on: August 10, 2020, 09:13:35 AM »
Bored with editing? I resemble that remark.

 :cheers

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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1665 on: August 11, 2020, 11:59:03 AM »
664 words. Not only that but the built in editor did not find any corrections.

And I know now where I'm going to go next. :smilie_zauber:
           
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1666 on: August 12, 2020, 09:59:37 AM »
Edited about 1/5 of book 1.  It's a start!  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1667 on: August 13, 2020, 07:00:27 AM »
942 - More angst. Better book. Not good for MC. I really need to work more if I'm ever to finish this thing.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1668 on: August 13, 2020, 11:09:07 AM »
942 - More angst. Better book. Not good for MC. I really need to work more if I'm ever to finish this thing.

You'll get there!  The fact that any of us can write at all is a wonder. 
I've been working on covers all day.  :smilie_zauber:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1669 on: August 13, 2020, 09:47:20 PM »
942 - More angst. Better book. Not good for MC. I really need to work more if I'm ever to finish this thing.

You'll get there!  The fact that any of us can write at all is a wonder. 
I've been working on covers all day.  :smilie_zauber:
Can't wait to see them.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1670 on: August 14, 2020, 11:05:44 AM »
Thank you!  I had so much fun with covers, I decided to make one more.  Then a book trailer!  I just started this new fairytale today and having so much fun. 
I really would rather write fairytales more than anything else these days.  :smilie_zauber:


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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1671 on: August 14, 2020, 11:20:56 AM »
That's so cute! I'm amazed by the stuff you guys can put together.
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1672 on: August 14, 2020, 12:01:37 PM »
Thank you!  I had so much fun with covers, I decided to make one more.  Then a book trailer!  I just started this new fairytale today and having so much fun. 
I really would rather write fairytales more than anything else these days.  :smilie_zauber:



You really are having too much fun.
           
 
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Maggie Ann

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1673 on: August 14, 2020, 10:35:15 PM »
248 words last night and I think I made some progress in the story.
           
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1674 on: August 18, 2020, 07:10:04 AM »
1776. I need to confirm with the cover artist so we can get going on that. Soon as I have the cover I'll put the first three chapters on my website. See if I can get some email signups that way.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1675 on: August 18, 2020, 12:29:15 PM »
735 words with my new fairytale.  It's a start!  :writethink:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1676 on: August 23, 2020, 03:48:20 AM »
Around 1000 words yesterday!  Now, back to editing a different story.  :dog1:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1677 on: August 23, 2020, 05:26:00 AM »
2080 today.

I can be productive when everyone is out of the house. And I love it. Going to listen to chapter 8 now. I don't know what I am going to do in September, maybe I can reserve a room at the library for a couple of hours, but right now they aren't doing that yet.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1678 on: August 30, 2020, 05:19:57 AM »
No writing this week, but I finished editing book one in my series.  On to book 2!  :catrun

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1679 on: September 01, 2020, 05:42:21 AM »
Book 2 finished...now on to book 3!  :smilie_zauber:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1680 on: September 01, 2020, 10:56:21 AM »
Finished all 3...got so caught up in the story I hope I didn't miss anything. :angel:
Now, to start writing book 4. 

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« Reply #1681 on: September 05, 2020, 05:40:06 AM »
1353 words.  I ended up working on a mystery, which I would love to finish before Halloween.
And it has a black cat!  :catrun

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1682 on: September 06, 2020, 03:59:12 AM »
I saw a black cat on my walk yesterday. That freaks me out a little.

2668 words today.  Going to try to do read aloud on at least two more chapters right now.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1683 on: September 07, 2020, 12:42:07 AM »
589 - edited and added to the chapter I wrote yesterday. Going to try to do read aloud on 2 more chapters now while the baguettes rise and then bake.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1684 on: September 07, 2020, 11:54:35 AM »
Amanda, you've been busy!  :dog1:

This was supposed to be a contemporary mystery...but somehow, the story is now taking place in 1972. LOL
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1685 on: September 07, 2020, 03:35:49 PM »
I've had a hard time writing this year.  All the distractions, both personal and otherwise, have seriously hampered my output.  I just can't focus like I used-to-could.  (Used-to-could is totally a word.  Promise.)

So, in an effort to try to jump-start my production, I went ahead and started a new story.  It's one I've had ticking in my brain for a while, so I'm not just winging it, though I don't have a proper outline, either. 

The important thing is that I broke a thousand words today.  Perhaps this will be the start of a trend.  *fingers crossed*
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1686 on: September 07, 2020, 10:12:43 PM »
This year...we need some new adjectives to describe how bad it was. Maybe "It's 2020 bad" will become a thing.

You know what is surprising to me is how fast my hands got out of shape for writing long hand and typing. I was up to 3 or 4K words with no hand cramps, now I have to build up my hand strength again. That's one reason I'm forcing myself to listen to 2 chapters a day on read aloud, although it will be great not to get to the end of the book and have to listen to the whole thing.

On the 1000+ words though -  :clap:

So Lorri - where do we categorize these books? I think I looked it up once and read that there was WW II and then contemporary. I have a 80s book. It was fun to write. Guy had to look the girl's number up in the phone book. Her friend wanted to see a picture of him and she had no way to show her one.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1687 on: September 08, 2020, 06:35:47 AM »
This year...we need some new adjectives to describe how bad it was. Maybe "It's 2020 bad" will become a thing.


There was an explosion and a fire at a power plant in Smyrna last night, leaving a bunch of Atlantans without power.  Normally, this would be considered "big news."  In 2020, though, it barely merits more than a blip in the news cycle.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1688 on: September 09, 2020, 04:57:33 AM »
1838 today

Fun thing - I ordered a 1947 Reader's Digest off Ebay, $6, research. I love old books and magazines.

Jeff - power back up? We had a raccoon short out a transformer station once that knocked out power for a good 12 hours. But it is still easier to fix than multiple lines down across the region in a storm. Hope you are okay and didn't lose that much in the fridge/freezer.
 
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« Reply #1689 on: September 09, 2020, 06:22:16 AM »
Amanda, I'm horrible with categories.  I think I should put ALL my books under the Women's Fiction/Mystery/Suspense/Historical/Romance/Paranormal/Fairytale category.  :angel:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1690 on: September 09, 2020, 06:25:27 AM »
This year just keeps getting worse.  We were out of power most of yesterday (it came back on at 1am this morning) so we had no idea what was going on around us...with no TV news, internet, etc. and our cell phones don't work on the farm.

An entire town burned down about 45 minutes away from us.  Just devastating!  We're near a very small town too, and I can't imagine how awful that must be for the people of Malden, Washington. The tragic thing is that their firefighters were fighting a neighboring town's fire further south while their own town was engulfed in a field fire. 

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/sep/07/fire-rages-through-whitman-county-town-of-malden/
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1691 on: September 09, 2020, 06:34:09 AM »
Jeff - power back up? We had a raccoon short out a transformer station once that knocked out power for a good 12 hours. But it is still easier to fix than multiple lines down across the region in a storm. Hope you are okay and didn't lose that much in the fridge/freezer.


Oh, I'm fine.  I'm not in the affected area, so my power never went out.  Thanks for asking, though.

There was a flicker or two from the light at about the same time the explosion happened, and I suspect that was related to the wider grid automatically rerouting itself, or whatever it is that happens in circumstances like this.

In other news that didn't get much news, there was an earthquake on the Florida-Alabama border recently.  I've never heard of earthquakes happening on the Florida panhandle before.  But it's 2020, the year when anything can--and does--happen.


This year just keeps getting worse.  We were out of power most of yesterday (it came back on at 1am this morning) so we had no idea what was going on around us...with no TV news, internet, etc. and our cell phones don't work on the farm.

An entire town burned down about 45 minutes away from us.  Just devastating!  We're near a very small town too, and I can't imagine how awful that must be for the people of Malden, Washington. The tragic thing is that their firefighters were fighting a neighboring town's fire further south while their own town was engulfed in a field fire. 


It's like America is currently being powered by the Infinite Improbability Drive from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.   :Hqn66ku:
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« Reply #1692 on: September 09, 2020, 08:41:42 AM »
Oh Lorri, that's so horrible about Malden.

I'm not trying to make light of it at all, but if I hear it was also caused by a gender reveal party my head will explode.

I want to collect all the books we haven't been able to give to our library and truck them across the country to them. But they probably have far more significant needs than a library right now.
 
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« Reply #1693 on: September 09, 2020, 11:14:09 AM »
Amanda, we're in eastern Washington.  The fires were caused by high winds out of Canada, low humidity, and late summer heat.  We had 'red flag' warnings, but no one expected so many fires.  So very sad for everyone involved...especially Malden.

The wheat stubble burns so quickly and a downed power line can cause a spark.  Or a train going by.  Or a person tossing out a cigarette.  Etc.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1694 on: September 09, 2020, 09:26:15 PM »
Oh gosh, are you able to be outside or is the air quality too bad? We have had a dry summer, but no fires yet, conahura, knock wood. We did have a bear come into the neighborhood last week and it is kind of too early for that. I'm guessing they are having trouble finding food deep in the woods because of the drought.
 
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« Reply #1695 on: September 10, 2020, 02:46:58 AM »
No smoke yet.  We're five miles from Idaho and the wind was blowing from the northeast to the southwest (which is the opposite of normal) so all the smoke seems to be going to the west side - Seattle and Portland areas.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1696 on: September 10, 2020, 03:11:51 AM »
Glad to hear you're safe. These fires are insane.
But they know the genre of the baby.
Its a bad meme, but I really think a genre reveal party would be fun. Any excuse for a party when this all ends.


I'm going to try joining along. I'm really really bad about writing daily. Spurts are more my thing.

I'll do a big word day then take a few days off to let my brain rest. My dead lines are coming up quickly and I need to finish 9 more books, though I'll be happy with five. That will get me through Sept of next year for releases.

Last night I wrote 7.6k.
Today I would be thrilled with 2k. I also need to enter 200 pages worth of edits from my cold read.

Today was one of my best days when I woke up and found 19k words in my original document that I had forgotten about. My trilogy is now at 195k hopefully it ends at 223k which is only 13k over my goal.
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« Reply #1697 on: September 10, 2020, 01:08:20 PM »
I managed to write 2k words today, but only edit/transcribe 1 page.

Tomorrow my goal is to try for 10k again. Well see how that goes. I'll be happy with 7k or more. I'm so close but so far away.
 
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« Reply #1698 on: September 11, 2020, 12:10:07 AM »
I managed to write 2k words today, but only edit/transcribe 1 page.

Tomorrow my goal is to try for 10k again. Well see how that goes. I'll be happy with 7k or more. I'm so close but so far away.

You're doing great! 
I admire your patience with this series...I push the publish button as soon as I finish any story.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1699 on: September 11, 2020, 12:18:06 AM »
I really want to give the rapid release a go. I don't have 10k to spend on advertising to get my books going. This gives me the best chance for the least amount of money. Add to that I don't usually write sequentially.

Just working on one trilogy at a time is challenging. I did cheat a little and start an new books, but I excused myself since I think I'm going to use that as a reader magnet.

I don't think I will ever be the finish and publish writer.

My first book done was the 14th book I'm going to release.
I'm try to work in 6months to a year groupings
So far I have book 1,2,4,5,6,10,14 done.
 
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« Reply #1700 on: September 11, 2020, 12:22:11 AM »
Goal today 10k... Dream the impossible dream.
 
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« Reply #1701 on: September 11, 2020, 02:07:09 AM »
New PR? You can do it.
 
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« Reply #1702 on: September 11, 2020, 03:31:57 AM »
PR? Paranormal romance  or public relations?
 
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« Reply #1703 on: September 11, 2020, 03:39:00 AM »
Personal Record.

146 today, typed in the little I wrote longhand yesterday. Going to sit and write out another chapter now. I have a bunch of ideas for MC#2 thank goodness he woke up and told me what was going on with him.
 
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« Reply #1704 on: September 11, 2020, 03:57:44 AM »
10k is a personal dream. I've been trying forever to reach.


Oh don't you love that. I hate waiting for them to decide what they are going to do.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1705 on: September 11, 2020, 04:11:27 AM »
7k is my next big goal. My best is 6,606 at this point.

Today isn't that day in all probability, but soon, I'm going to go for it again. :)
Don't rush me.
 
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« Reply #1706 on: September 11, 2020, 06:57:24 AM »
1733. I managed to write and type it in with everyone home and doing their thing. Maybe I will finish this book.
 
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« Reply #1707 on: September 11, 2020, 03:58:27 PM »
1733. I managed to write and type it in with everyone home and doing their thing. Maybe I will finish this book.
Any words with a house full of distractions is amazing. Almost 2k shows sheer determination. You will finish!!!!
 
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« Reply #1708 on: September 11, 2020, 04:01:01 PM »
I got 6.7k words tonight. Though 2k of them were for my "deleted scene" to give as a newsletter sign up for organic readers.

I've been reading this can be more effective than book funnel. Though it's not an either or situation.

This trilogy is over 200k, but I'm still pretty sure I need another 22k+ words
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« Reply #1709 on: September 12, 2020, 03:47:12 AM »
Goal for today is 2k words and entering 200pages of edits. Today I am going to start in the opposite order those edits need to be in so I can start listen editing asap my editor is full up and fitting in my pushed back timeline is starting to get challenging.
 
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« Reply #1710 on: September 13, 2020, 12:55:36 AM »
Got 2 pages of edits entered yesterday  :icon_think:

Goal for today is 10k.
 
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« Reply #1711 on: September 14, 2020, 12:13:53 AM »
Only got 3.2k yesterday.

Goal for today enter 200 pages of edits and write 2k words.


I went through yesterday I am nine chapters from finishing the next book but only 18k ish left to hit 70k. This one is going to go over as well.
 
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« Reply #1712 on: September 14, 2020, 07:38:45 AM »
I've been stuck inside all weekend due to smoke...so decided to change a few covers and blurbs.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1713 on: September 14, 2020, 09:43:20 AM »
I've been stuck inside all weekend due to smoke...so decided to change a few covers and blurbs.  :smilie_zauber:

That sounds like fun... sometimes.

Are you well out of the path of the destruction? I hope you are safe there. Those fires are insane.
 
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« Reply #1714 on: September 14, 2020, 10:16:53 AM »
Thank you!  We're on the east side of Washington, so hundreds of miles away from the fires on the west side...but the smoke came in yesterday.  We're in the 300s and Spokane is in the 400s for air quality. 

ETA:  Normal day before a storm vs. this weekend.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1715 on: September 14, 2020, 05:04:13 PM »
Broke 2000 words today.  First time I've done that in a long time.  I feel like a rock star.   :band:

I think I just needed a break from Wheel of Fire, frankly.  I've started a new story, and I'm trucking along, and I think it's because it has allowed me to shift gears.  Also, this one's in first person, so maybe that helps.  I've always had an easier time writing in first person, though one might not think so due to most of my published stuff being in third.

Anyway, it was a productive session.  Yay for me.   :banana:
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« Reply #1716 on: September 14, 2020, 10:33:23 PM »
Broke 2000 words today.  First time I've done that in a long time.  I feel like a rock star.   :band:

I think I just needed a break from Wheel of Fire, frankly.  I've started a new story, and I'm trucking along, and I think it's because it has allowed me to shift gears.  Also, this one's in first person, so maybe that helps.  I've always had an easier time writing in first person, though one might not think so due to most of my published stuff being in third.

Anyway, it was a productive session.  Yay for me.   :banana:

 :banana: :dance: :banana: :dance:

Why write in third if your mind easily works in first?
 
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« Reply #1717 on: September 14, 2020, 10:34:31 PM »
I got to page 67 in editing yesterday which was only like 30 pages :(


Todays goal is 10k!!!!!
 
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« Reply #1718 on: September 15, 2020, 06:28:41 AM »
Broke 2000 words today.  First time I've done that in a long time.  I feel like a rock star.   :band:

I think I just needed a break from Wheel of Fire, frankly.  I've started a new story, and I'm trucking along, and I think it's because it has allowed me to shift gears.  Also, this one's in first person, so maybe that helps.  I've always had an easier time writing in first person, though one might not think so due to most of my published stuff being in third.

Anyway, it was a productive session.  Yay for me.   :banana:

 :banana: :dance: :banana: :dance:

Why write in third if your mind easily works in first?


I tend to go off on tangents when I write in first person.  I end up deleting a lot more words.

Also, third is better for switching between different POVs, or at least it is for me.  I've even tossed in some Omniscient Third on rare occasions, something that would be a bit more jarring when sandwiched between first-person scenes than between third-person scenes.

For the record, I like both equally.  I just like them for different reasons, and there's a time and place for each of them.  My first self-published story, Buddy, is in first-person.  Everything since has been in third.  Right now is the time again for first, it seems.  I'll ride this train for a little while and see where it takes me.   :cool:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1719 on: September 15, 2020, 06:46:30 AM »
Jeff, for me the story determines first or third person. 
I usually write third but first can be a very nice break indeed!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1720 on: September 15, 2020, 07:03:10 AM »
898. Ordered some books from the library on the Nuremberg trials. Going to go back to previous chapters and add some current events. Not going to be cheerful reading. 

My thrillers are in first and everything else is in third.
 
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« Reply #1721 on: September 16, 2020, 07:27:03 AM »
1000 words exactly. Feels like I should get a prize for that nice round number. Oh wait, I did. The cover artist send over the first iteration and I don't think it needs much more. I really like it.

Once the cover is done I'll put the first three chapters on my website and get the preorder up. I will be needing help with the wordpress new editor I'm sure, not to mention the mail chimpy thing.
 
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« Reply #1722 on: September 17, 2020, 03:28:20 AM »
No words yesterday, but I made a book trailer for my paranormal mystery WIP.  So much fun!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1723 on: September 18, 2020, 01:04:38 AM »
Haven't gotten  much done in the last two days. 12 pages listen edited out of the 490 i need by the end of the month :(


Goal for today is 25 pages listen edited and 2k new words.
 
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« Reply #1724 on: September 21, 2020, 02:01:58 AM »
Spent yesterday listen editing but i didn't get very far.

Going to try for 10k today... that should get book 8 done. Doubt it will happen. My mind always seems to fight finishing a book.
 :icon_think:


starting at 213.4k

well i didnt get to 10k for the day... Because i finished the book official word count 218539 (well until i start editing. then its sure to go over 220k)

going to do a bit of listen editing before bed
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« Reply #1725 on: September 23, 2020, 12:40:55 AM »
875

Cover will be done soon and I will put up a preorder and put the first 3 chapters on my website. It is only the second week of school, last week the kids went in for half a day, this week they are 100% home, working "independently" in the morning and zooming in the afternoon. It is an adjustment for all but as long as I keep adding to the story it will get finished eventually.
 
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« Reply #1726 on: September 24, 2020, 04:39:10 AM »
1209

Kids had quite a bit of school work on line this morning. If they're working I should be working. Fair's fair.
 
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« Reply #1727 on: September 25, 2020, 05:06:29 AM »
389 I should be able to finish this chapter off and start another tomorrow.
 
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« Reply #1728 on: September 25, 2020, 05:10:10 AM »
No words this week.  I've been busy updating covers and tweaking my website.  My co-author and I have a Fussy Librarian promo today and right now, we're #1 in Free Holiday Fiction!  :dog1:

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« Reply #1729 on: September 25, 2020, 05:41:44 AM »
No words this week.  I've been busy updating covers and tweaking my website.  My co-author and I have a Fussy Librarian promo today and right now, we're #1 in Free Holiday Fiction!  :dog1:
Congrats!!!!!!!
 
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« Reply #1730 on: September 25, 2020, 06:04:24 AM »
No words this week.  I've been busy updating covers and tweaking my website.  My co-author and I have a Fussy Librarian promo today and right now, we're #1 in Free Holiday Fiction!  :dog1:
Congrats!!!!!!!

Thank you! It's our third Fussy Librarian this year, so we're very excited it's doing so well.  :smilie_zauber:

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« Reply #1731 on: September 25, 2020, 06:32:28 AM »
Congratulations!
 
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« Reply #1732 on: September 26, 2020, 12:41:18 AM »
got my head out of the deep dark pit that is covers (not that i made any progress)

yesterday i listen edited 55 pgs  goal for today is 100. have a few errands to do so i dont know how that will work out.
 
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« Reply #1733 on: September 30, 2020, 07:12:58 AM »
Wow that's a lot of pages to listen too. I probably would have fallen asleep and off the chair.

1191 today.
 
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« Reply #1734 on: September 30, 2020, 07:28:16 AM »
Wow that's a lot of pages to listen too. I probably would have fallen asleep and off the chair.

1191 today.
Surprisingly listen editing is getting easier. I don't know maybe my flow is better. Though it still feels like nails on a chalkboard.
 
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« Reply #1735 on: October 02, 2020, 12:45:38 AM »
1096 - Have 6 pages to print out edit and add on to. Quiet afternoon here so hopefully I will get another session in.

Edit - 683 more and finished the chapter.  Next chapter will be the doctor making his house call. I am old enough to remember when sick kids didn't go to the doctor's office, they came to you.
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« Reply #1736 on: October 03, 2020, 03:45:20 AM »
1867

I did pretty good this week. Next week the kids are home for their pod's remote week. I should be able to be just as productive, they are keeping them pretty busy. No excuses.  I don't really know but if the book is 100K long, I'm almost at 90%. I think it will be longer though. I decided to add the move across country to the end of this book.
 
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« Reply #1737 on: October 03, 2020, 05:00:52 AM »
Haven't posted my progress in a while.

Yesterday I fiddled with covers. I came up with a whole new idea.
Wednesday i wrote 5k words but i might only keep 3.5k of them.

Can't remember what else i did this week.
 
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« Reply #1738 on: October 05, 2020, 02:53:19 AM »
577 Got to type it in outside when it warmed up just enough.
 
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« Reply #1739 on: October 05, 2020, 06:48:49 AM »
12,000 words on my WIP in the past 2 days. I'm really getting into it, and I don't even have a plot outline ;-)

 
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« Reply #1740 on: October 06, 2020, 02:33:23 AM »
733.

Simon - which WIP is that?
 
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« Reply #1741 on: October 06, 2020, 04:22:17 AM »
The one you're waiting for ;-)

Another 6000 today so far.
 
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« Reply #1742 on: October 06, 2020, 04:54:52 AM »
Trying for 5k today. Its a bit of a challenge with a migrane fighting its way up my skull. I need words i'm so far behind.
 
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« Reply #1743 on: October 07, 2020, 05:35:59 AM »
Trying for 5k today. Its a bit of a challenge with a migrane fighting its way up my skull. I need words i'm so far behind.
I hope your head feels better.

I did 1139.
 
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« Reply #1744 on: October 07, 2020, 09:08:44 AM »
No writing, but I have almost 10k words in WWII research for a 1k flash fiction piece! LOL

I may have to write a short story to justify going down that rabbit hole.  :angel:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1745 on: October 08, 2020, 06:02:02 AM »
No writing, but I have almost 10k words in WWII research for a 1k flash fiction piece! LOL

I may have to write a short story to justify going down that rabbit hole.  :angel:
I'm doing research on the Nuremberg trials now for my WIP. What's your story about if you don't mind me asking.

600 today, which seems like I should get a prize for such a nice round number. Broke 90K on the story too. You'd think 100K would be more important but for some reason I was focused on 90.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1746 on: October 08, 2020, 06:04:02 AM »
Amanda, I wrote my flash fiction this morning.  It's about an RAF pilot in 1940.

ETA: I'm also writing a short story/romance that takes place during Christmas 1939, where he meets his future wife.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1747 on: October 09, 2020, 04:34:15 AM »
No writing, but I have almost 10k words in WWII research for a 1k flash fiction piece! LOL

I may have to write a short story to justify going down that rabbit hole.  :angel:
I'm doing research on the Nuremberg trials now for my WIP. What's your story about if you don't mind me asking.

600 today, which seems like I should get a prize for such a nice round number. Broke 90K on the story too. You'd think 100K would be more important but for some reason I was focused on 90.

Nuremberg trials? That has to be intense! 

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1748 on: October 09, 2020, 04:46:32 AM »
I only need some headlines to provide some historical content for my characters to react to but I am kind of hooked on WWII stuff after all the research I did so I continue to do more.

693 today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1749 on: October 09, 2020, 05:14:21 AM »
Have you seen Band of Brothers?


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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1750 on: October 09, 2020, 08:59:20 AM »
I have been having some really low word counts the last few days. Today's goal is 108 pages edited and 2-3k new words.

So far at 81 pages edited will update if i finish it.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1751 on: October 09, 2020, 11:00:56 AM »
All progress is good progress.

Lorri - no I've never seen it. We are working on Schitt's Creek right now, maybe I'll get into that next, thanks.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1752 on: October 09, 2020, 04:47:45 PM »
I've been reading WWII novels back to back for the past few months. Both wars have been a lifelong interest for me, particularly the story behind daring raids like the Dambusters. As for Battle of Britain (1969) it has its flaws, but I'll rewatch it any time. Was so disappointed the new Peter Jackson movie was shelved so they could butcher the Hobbit instead.

The first short story was I ever wrote was about the RAF, when I was about 6 - in 1972 ;-)

When I was in primary school the teacher started to read us a story about the aftermath of a bombing raid. He got to the halfway point before it was time to go home, and some kids complained to their parents so the next day he explained the second half of the story would be put aside 'for now' and we got a fluffy bunny story instead. I was too timid as a kid to just ask if I could borrow the book, so I've never found out what happened next. I've had an aversion to sequels ever since ;-)

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1753 on: October 09, 2020, 08:59:16 PM »
Well sometimes the kids do get disturbed by stuff. My 11 year old is doing a report on Kronos for Latin. She asked me yesterday to find a picture of him because she couldn't find one that didn't have him eating his children (which freaked her out) or one with his penis exposed. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1754 on: October 09, 2020, 09:56:50 PM »
As kids, our eldest would get disturbed about stuff, whereas with our youngest it was like water off a duck's back.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1755 on: October 10, 2020, 12:36:05 AM »
I made a trailer for my short story.  So much more fun than just posting the standard blurb.  Is anyone else making book trailers right now?






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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1756 on: October 10, 2020, 01:22:43 AM »
I don't make any trailers, but I always enjoy yours!
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1757 on: October 10, 2020, 01:29:27 AM »
Ended up with 108pgs edited yesterday, but only 500words written.

Goal for today is 108 pgs edited and 1-2k written.
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1758 on: October 10, 2020, 01:29:46 AM »
I made a trailer for my short story.  So much more fun than just posting the standard blurb.  Is anyone else making book trailers right now?



So cool!
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1759 on: October 10, 2020, 05:05:51 AM »
1143. It's been a long while since I put in a full week (5 days in a row). Of course next week Monday is a holiday but I am starting to get that "Wow, I really will finish this feeling." Course I have to go back in and add some more historical references in the beginning and middle (a character who reads and reacts to the newspapers every day makes this way easier.) And then read aloud. But yeah, almost finished...
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1760 on: October 10, 2020, 12:24:34 PM »
1143. It's been a long while since I put in a full week (5 days in a row). Of course next week Monday is a holiday but I am starting to get that "Wow, I really will finish this feeling." Course I have to go back in and add some more historical references in the beginning and middle (a character who reads and reacts to the newspapers every day makes this way easier.) And then read aloud. But yeah, almost finished...
that feeling is  :smilie_zauber:
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1761 on: October 10, 2020, 09:14:25 PM »
It's 7pm and I've yet to start writing for the day. This, after writing 34k in the past week.

On the other hand I didn't get up until 1.30pm (early for me, lol) and my youngest daughter and I spent the afternoon in the garden tackling weeds.

I've just spent an hour putting together a landing page & setting up a newsletter ahead of time for a friend's novel which will be a freebie next week, and now, finally, I'm getting ready to write.

Except I'm here, posting.

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1762 on: October 14, 2020, 05:26:03 AM »
678

I got the cover so I uploaded the preorder on Amazon and started a post on my website with the free preview.
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1763 on: October 14, 2020, 10:02:12 AM »
678

I got the cover so I uploaded the preorder on Amazon and started a post on my website with the free preview.

 :banana: :dance:  :banana: :dance:
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1764 on: October 16, 2020, 01:28:48 AM »
631

Yesterday I got stuck trying to figure out if penicillin would be administered orally or intramuscularly and by the doctor or the nurse. It's set in 1947 and after fruitless researching I decided to distract the character from seeing it by showing him the x-ray.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1765 on: October 16, 2020, 02:30:57 AM »
4500 today. As usual, quicker when the end is in sight.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1766 on: October 17, 2020, 02:47:07 AM »
4500 today. As usual, quicker when the end is in sight.
:tup3b

I managed 1050. Going to work on getting the first three chapters on my website for a free preview now.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1767 on: October 17, 2020, 02:56:14 AM »
4100 today so far.

I've knocked off 61k since the 1st October, so that's roughly 30k / week on average.

It's on 82500 with maybe 10-15k to go. I was aiming for 100k, but it's done when it's done.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1768 on: October 18, 2020, 02:17:06 AM »
7278 today, making 90k total more or less. (Also wrote 3k of plot outline for the last 10 chapters. Shame that doesn't count!)

Can see the end just around the corner, and I'm really happy about the way it's all come together. I reckon it's much better than the first book, but we'll see!
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1769 on: October 19, 2020, 05:37:06 AM »
I took a few days semi off and one totally off my brain decided to stop working.

Yesterday I entered the cold edits for 50pgs and listen read to 50 pgs.

If i can get the same 50pgs today and tomorrow, i'll have one more book ready for my editor.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1770 on: October 19, 2020, 05:47:56 AM »
Yesterday I thought I was 2-3 chapters from finishing, but today I had to add two MORE chapters to the project. (Sometimes the actual writing requires more verbiage than the outline suggested.)

2600 so far today, but it's only 4am...

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1771 on: October 20, 2020, 04:32:47 AM »
454 but it was an emotional 454.

I also got the file for book 1 with the book 2 preview up and it just went live. So I am excited to see what happens next, if people like book 1 and the characters and the preview enough to commit to book 2 right now. Not expecting a whole lot, but any preorder will feel very good.
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1772 on: October 20, 2020, 04:36:20 AM »
I didnt finish what i wanted yesterday, but i'm making more headway today. Should finish today unless something wild happens
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1773 on: October 21, 2020, 03:53:30 AM »
635 I didn't get a goodnight's sleep so I'll take it.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1774 on: October 21, 2020, 03:57:51 AM »
Almost 7000 today, lovely scene or two to round out the novel. ALL DONE! 103k all up, over 80k of them this month.

My next project is a ~55k light SF novel. Completely different in every way.

 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1775 on: October 21, 2020, 03:58:55 AM »
454 but it was an emotional 454.

I also got the file for book 1 with the book 2 preview up and it just went live. So I am excited to see what happens next, if people like book 1 and the characters and the preview enough to commit to book 2 right now. Not expecting a whole lot, but any preorder will feel very good.

I decided to put my preorder up, even though it's not something I usually do.

I've finished the novel and my alpha readers are going through it with a fine-tooth comb, so it's not exactly risky.

 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1776 on: October 21, 2020, 09:35:11 AM »
Finished listen editing that book its ready for the editor unless something major pops up with the beta reader.

Trying for 4k today just about 2k now. It's nice just getting words for once.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1777 on: October 22, 2020, 04:18:38 AM »
554. Not been a highly productive week but I am still inching along.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1778 on: October 22, 2020, 10:31:43 PM »
2000 on my new WIP - Harriet Walsh 4: Foxtrot Hotel.

 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1779 on: October 22, 2020, 11:55:44 PM »
I forgot to post my 748 words on my latest WWII short story.  Now, I'm back to research. LOL

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1780 on: October 23, 2020, 01:44:17 AM »
691 today. I realized I forgot to ask for the series to be link on Author Central so I am going to do that now.
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1781 on: October 23, 2020, 04:15:24 AM »
Yesterday i semi cold edited 48 pgs then listen edited to 15 as well as getting a bit less than 1k words.


So far i'm wording but i need to start listen editing too. Goal is 2k new words and 45 ish pgs listen edited
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1782 on: October 24, 2020, 02:12:25 AM »
1183 - so I broke a thousand and I think that was 5 days in a row. Closing in on 100K.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1783 on: October 27, 2020, 03:06:52 AM »
838. I feel like something the cat dragged in (sinuses not Covid) so I'll take it.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1784 on: October 27, 2020, 04:01:24 AM »
3500 today on my latest WIP (Harriet 4).  8800 so far, and the books in this series are only 55-60k.

I set the pre-release for my previous novel to the 30th November, but at this rate I'll have Foxtrot Hotel up for preorder before Enigma in Silver is released.

ETA the preorder date for Enigma will almost certainly come forwards. The book is finished and some proofers/beta readers have already got to the end.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1785 on: October 29, 2020, 05:23:41 AM »
1091 Broke 100K  :dance:

I had 300 some odd words yesterday, but I forgot to post.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1786 on: October 29, 2020, 07:39:48 AM »
I've been tapping away on Harriet 4. Did 2000 today, but spent a lot of time plotting over the past couple of writing sessions.

It's already at 11.5k overall.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1787 on: October 30, 2020, 06:00:27 AM »
840 That was actually more than I thought. I was running around outside doing storm prep and tomorrow is going to be a sloppy mess so I went and did tomorrow's errands today.
 
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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1788 on: October 30, 2020, 07:17:45 AM »
my life has been covers the last few days.  im kinda in love with them and got positive feedback but im fighting with font work
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1789 on: October 31, 2020, 06:12:58 AM »
1132

And we decorated the lawn for Halloween. Made a giant ghost out of snow.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1790 on: November 03, 2020, 05:05:13 AM »
I'm hammering away because of Nanowrimo

3300 today, 7888 for November, 22500 on this novel.

I've got the next four lined up, so I'm in a hurry to finish this one ;-)
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1791 on: November 03, 2020, 06:31:47 AM »
796

Thanks for posting Simon. I wrote longhand this morning but was having trouble finding the motivation to sit down and type it in. Scratched out a couple of notes about what the rest of the chapters should look like.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1792 on: November 03, 2020, 07:06:51 AM »
Honestly, some days I spend all day not-writing.  I don't mean periods when I don't have time to write, I mean when the word processor is open, the plot is outlined, the special mood music is playing and then I get up to check the mailbox, make another cup of tea, fiddle with cover art or whatever.

Eventually I've been awake 14 hours and have achieved nothing, and I type like crazy for about 2 hours to get my words done.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1793 on: November 03, 2020, 07:23:34 AM »
There's a lot of distractions here this week.
 
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Jessica

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1794 on: November 04, 2020, 04:25:40 AM »
Thanks to NaNoWriMo, I'm also back in the game but I'll need a few days more probably to get to Simon's numbers. ;D Even though I'm so rusty, I still managed to get to 654/ 506 words for the first two days. Will see what I can achieve today, I'm currently at 128w ... :tap
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1795 on: November 04, 2020, 04:44:08 AM »
I'm at 1300 for the day and I need another 1000.

I'm a bit muddled on timeframes though. If I got up at 4 in the afternoon and had dinner about an hour ago (2am), when should I write to? (Bearing in mind I usually go to bed around 6.30-7am.)

Ahh the life of a single author, lol.

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1796 on: November 04, 2020, 05:13:39 AM »
655, still tiping.

Ha, I know what you mean. Whenever I don't have to go to work, I go to bed at the same time like you bc I wrote or painted or disappeared into the Internet for so long ...
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1797 on: November 04, 2020, 05:36:11 AM »
646. Better than I had hoped for.
 
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Jessica

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1798 on: November 04, 2020, 06:02:00 AM »
1.141

Tomorrow's another day, I hope. (If I could just keep up that pace outside of November ...)
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1799 on: November 06, 2020, 06:03:06 AM »
1174 Got to write and type on the deck today so that was nice. Those days must be numbered.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1800 on: November 08, 2020, 01:46:13 AM »
205 yesterday

I finally seem to be getting back into a groove with writing, although my word counts remain low. I'm finding myself having to re-read large swaths of my stories and make changes as I go because I'm not in the same headspace I was when I started them. But at least I'm writing again. :)
Don't rush me.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1801 on: November 08, 2020, 03:34:50 AM »
I've been struggling with this novel (HW4) recently, so yesterday I did 500 on HW4 and 1500 on the next book in a different series. It was so much fun writing the opening chapter of Conundrum in Gold I almost switched them permanently.

Last night I sat down and plotted the next bit of HW4 though, and once I did that it started flowing again.

Not that I'm writing tonight.


 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1802 on: November 10, 2020, 06:35:39 AM »
I'm already excited for Conundrum and I haven't even read Enigma yet.

1208 today. Going to try really hard to do 5 days in a row this week, but no school Wednesday so we'll see.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1803 on: November 10, 2020, 07:09:37 AM »
1221 yesterday. Better than it's been in a while!
Don't rush me.
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1804 on: November 10, 2020, 12:10:47 PM »
Over 2000 words yesterday.   :banana:

I've made some diet-and-exercise changes recently, and I think they've helped.  I've been sluggish and tired most of the year, but I'm starting to get some energy back.  My 2020 output has been abominable, so I'm really hoping that yesterday's word count signals a change for the better.
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1805 on: November 10, 2020, 07:53:54 PM »
Still plugging away.  I'm doing Nanowrimo so my min is 1700-something per day. I managed 3200 yesterday after a string of low-ish figures, and HW4 has definitely turned the corner now.

Agreed on the exercise - I've become a bit of a sloth since taking up writing again, and the easiest solution would be to just get on my bike for a quick 20 min ride each day.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1806 on: November 11, 2020, 05:12:32 AM »
579

I had planned to do more but kid needs a ride across town, to work on homework.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1807 on: November 11, 2020, 05:54:47 AM »
2000 today, plus 500 words of notes for a savage plot twist.  It means changing a few bits and pieces already written, but nothing too major.  I'm only glad the beta readers have only seen the first four chapters so far ;-)


 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1808 on: November 13, 2020, 05:41:51 AM »
979 today.

Maybe half way done with this chapter. Next chapter is going to be a happy one, so I am excited to get to it.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1809 on: November 14, 2020, 03:24:47 AM »
979 today.

Maybe half way done with this chapter. Next chapter is going to be a happy one, so I am excited to get to it.


I'm always more excited to write the unhappy chapters in my books. :D

I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. This week's words have been up across the board, with more time put in at the chair and computer. That's a good sign. It doesn't feel like a strain to sit for 4 hours and work at it after a run of days where even 15 minutes at the computer was enough to make me want to just give it all up because it felt too hard. :) Now I feel like a drama queen for all that angst. :D

S 1,221
M 769
T 609
W 1,326
T 879

I'm trying to do Nano, too, but as you can see, I'm pretty far off the mark of the daily word count!
Don't rush me.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1810 on: November 14, 2020, 03:45:46 AM »
I feel like I am being mean to the characters by making bad things happen to them. But no conflict, no story, sigh.

499 today.
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1811 on: November 14, 2020, 03:52:44 AM »
But no conflict, no story, sigh.



I've read stories like that. Or I should say, I've started reading stories like that. They don't last long on my ereader.

I'm really hoping to have my best day in a long while today. I'm working on finishing a short story that isn't nearly as short as it was supposed to be. Still, I have hope...
Don't rush me.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1812 on: November 14, 2020, 04:33:11 AM »
Good luck!
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1813 on: November 15, 2020, 07:58:41 AM »
Just under 2k.  I had no plot outline for this one, and I've managed to reach the 40k mark of a 55-60k novel without knowing exactly where it was going. (I always assume 'showdown with the big bad', but it's how to set it up and resolve it.)
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1814 on: November 18, 2020, 01:57:31 AM »
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1815 on: November 18, 2020, 07:54:39 AM »
Going well!

About 2k today, and a great new character just inserted itself into the plot.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1816 on: November 20, 2020, 07:24:15 AM »
1214. And, and, I got my first preorder for it.  :banana: It's so immensely flattering that someone liked the first book enough to go ahead and commit to the second this far out.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1817 on: November 20, 2020, 07:25:11 AM »
1214. And, and, I got my first preorder for it.  :banana: It's so immensely flattering that someone liked the first book enough to go ahead and commit to the second this far out.


That's great news!
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1818 on: November 20, 2020, 07:28:09 AM »
Thanks!
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1819 on: November 21, 2020, 06:30:05 AM »
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Struggling with motivation to do anything today.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1820 on: November 24, 2020, 01:37:32 AM »
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I got to figure out when I'm going to start cooking. The temptation to save it all for Thursday morning is pretty strong.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1821 on: November 24, 2020, 02:09:16 AM »
1214. And, and, I got my first preorder for it.  :banana: It's so immensely flattering that someone liked the first book enough to go ahead and commit to the second this far out.

 :banana: :dance: :banana: :dance: :banana:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1822 on: November 24, 2020, 08:59:55 AM »
As an update, if anyone remembers me or, for that fact, cares, I finished March averaging 177.42 words per day.  I improved in April at 273.33 words per day, then went down in May to 246.13 and dropped further in June to 177.17.  Bounced back in July at 300/day, followed by August at 500/day.  Hit 815/day in September, but dropped to 600/day in October.  But, in October, I only wrote 1,200 words over two days because I finished the space opera.  Finally.

At any rate, the book was originally going to be around 50k, then 75k or 80k (who can remember anymore?), then 90k and, finally, I figured 125k maximum.

I was a bit off the mark there, ending the book at around 186k words.

At any rate, the book was \So, at the current rate, that's another 3-4 months before this book is complete.  It bears repeating that this was a book I started four and a half years ago with the improbable plan of finishing it in ten days.  LOL.

Was off the mark there too as it took about 7 months to complete rather than 3-4 months.

Presenting, I am working on two other novels.  Barely managing a handful of words each day.  Was doing better on the one, but started to stall when I reached the point where I realized I kind of need to rework the whole thing, except for the first two maybe three chapters which seem to work.  The other stalled out when I pretty much ended a chapter and haven't figured out where it's going from there.  So, basically, I tweak that chapter every day for the past couple weeks or more.

In the meantime, I am editing the space opera.  Finished the first run-through which was mainly for note-taking so I can watch for and check for any continuity errors as I go through a second pass.  About a third of the way through that second pass where I am doing the actual editing and fixing any errors previously noted.  Will likely need a third pass-through as a final check on continuity.  Spending five years writing a novel means you sometimes forget what already happened or what tech was available or what the interior of the ship looked like.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1823 on: November 24, 2020, 09:28:13 AM »
Welcome back. Good luck with the editing.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1824 on: November 24, 2020, 09:30:11 AM »
Welcome back!

I've had two dire writing days, but they both followed dire nights of very little sleep. I never try to write when I'm that tired - the result is usually drivel.

Hopefully today I can get a solid 2k in.  It's only 7.30am here and I've been up since 4, so writing time starts soon.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1825 on: November 24, 2020, 10:11:53 AM »
Congrats to everyone on the word counts!

Welcome back, Dan!!!

I've been working on my website and doing research on a new series and some editing.  I don't really count any of that as writing...although it's all a part of the process and the business.

I plan to start my next WWII short story in a few days.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!  :dog1:

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idontknowyet

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1826 on: November 24, 2020, 01:00:38 PM »
As an update, if anyone remembers me or, for that fact, cares, I finished March averaging 177.42 words per day.  I improved in April at 273.33 words per day, then went down in May to 246.13 and dropped further in June to 177.17.  Bounced back in July at 300/day, followed by August at 500/day.  Hit 815/day in September, but dropped to 600/day in October.  But, in October, I only wrote 1,200 words over two days because I finished the space opera.  Finally.

At any rate, the book was originally going to be around 50k, then 75k or 80k (who can remember anymore?), then 90k and, finally, I figured 125k maximum.

I was a bit off the mark there, ending the book at around 186k words.

At any rate, the book was \So, at the current rate, that's another 3-4 months before this book is complete.  It bears repeating that this was a book I started four and a half years ago with the improbable plan of finishing it in ten days.  LOL.

Was off the mark there too as it took about 7 months to complete rather than 3-4 months.

Presenting, I am working on two other novels.  Barely managing a handful of words each day.  Was doing better on the one, but started to stall when I reached the point where I realized I kind of need to rework the whole thing, except for the first two maybe three chapters which seem to work.  The other stalled out when I pretty much ended a chapter and haven't figured out where it's going from there.  So, basically, I tweak that chapter every day for the past couple weeks or more.

In the meantime, I am editing the space opera.  Finished the first run-through which was mainly for note-taking so I can watch for and check for any continuity errors as I go through a second pass.  About a third of the way through that second pass where I am doing the actual editing and fixing any errors previously noted.  Will likely need a third pass-through as a final check on continuity.  Spending five years writing a novel means you sometimes forget what already happened or what tech was available or what the interior of the ship looked like.
Missed you big time--- though with all the name change i didnt know it was you.

Welcome back!!!
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1827 on: November 24, 2020, 04:04:00 PM »
...I finished the space opera.  Finally.


Congratulations!  And welcome back.  :)
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1828 on: November 24, 2020, 11:31:37 PM »
2500 today.  About 4500 left to finish Nanowrimo 2020, and about 8k left to finish this novel.  Into the big boss battle tomorrow.

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1829 on: November 25, 2020, 05:20:41 AM »
1544 - Very powerful chapter I think. Backstory on MC something that happened in her childhood that really shaped certain events as she got older. I didn't even know what had happened until today.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1830 on: November 25, 2020, 07:28:28 AM »
I didn't even know what had happened until today.

That describes my novel-writing process nicely.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1831 on: November 28, 2020, 09:41:05 AM »
I decided to resurrect my pen name yesterday.  A few of my books just don't fit well with my brand...but I think/hope this will give me the ability to have fun with my slightly steamier books.  And I have to be careful even using that term because they're maybe PG to PG-13. :heart:

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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1832 on: November 28, 2020, 09:59:29 AM »
I got 1200 done yesterday and finished off NanoWrimo.

I'm still about 3k from finishing this novel, and after a good night's sleep I'm aiming to get the whole thing done today. We'll see!
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1833 on: November 28, 2020, 04:55:17 PM »
4300 today, and my latest novel is complete. I've printed it off, and now it's time to red-pen the thing to within an inch of its life!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1834 on: November 30, 2020, 02:50:13 PM »
Thanks all.

On the one novel, I think I'm going to work on it (i.e., pointlessly tweak it) for the last time tomorrow (being that it's the last day of the month) and table it until I have a better idea of where it's going.  Might end up removing the current chapter I've been endlessly tweaking or heavily editing it.  Just have to figure out where it's going.

The other is a space opera that's supposed to be humorous.  This is the one where the first two or three chapters are good but the rest needs lots of work.  Part of the problem is I've combined the first chapter of an intended space opera with four or five short stories I'd previously written.  I merged/reworked characters and such initially, then did another run-through where I further refined them and now I need to do another overhaul to better work them in together as well as tweak the stories.  I'm pleased with one character change where I actually made one character into two.  But I need to further reduce characters as well as figure out how to better work one of the stories into the plot better.  Might be smarter to eliminate it entirely but I've already taken its villain so will figure out a way to better rework it in.

Toying with the idea of also making an animated series with it, either doing the novel also as an animation series or following up the novel with one.  Will also allow me (maybe) to make use of some of the many alien characters I've drawn.

Still editing the "serious" space opera.  Almost halfway through.  Think I lost my beta reader so I may have to be my own beta reader after editing.
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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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1835 on: November 30, 2020, 04:55:54 PM »
Finished the edits on my light-hearted/humorous sf title, and promptly wrote 1k of the next book (Victorian ghost novel, 3rd in series.)

It's surprising to me how much easier the words come for the ghost novel series, and I suspect it has a lot to do with it being written in first person. Plus it's written in 19th century style, which tends to be wordier - and yet easier to write.

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1836 on: December 01, 2020, 05:16:23 AM »
1082. Getting close to the end. Need to jot down a few notes about the final chapters.
 
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LilyBLily

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1837 on: December 01, 2020, 07:49:00 AM »
I got to 50k on my NaNo novel yesterday. November is the only month in which I make the commitment to produce X new words each day. The rest of the year I'm much slower.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1838 on: December 01, 2020, 08:53:54 AM »
I think I did a total of 80 words, but I'm figuring out the plot plus I did a long and gruelling day-night race at Sebring in the Aussie V8 supercars series. Need a day off sometime!

(Pic isn't Sebring, but it is my car!)

 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1839 on: December 02, 2020, 05:26:14 AM »
1422

I can't talk car racing, but I hope you had fun.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1840 on: December 03, 2020, 02:49:53 AM »
My mother bought a Christmas banner to hang up at her house.  I won't say where it was made.



In other news, I wrote five words yesterday.  Maybe ten.  Hard to keep count at those awe-inspiring numbers.

More than halfway through editing the space opera.  Barely.  So far, so good.  I know there is a weak chapter later in the book that I've known I need to do something with.  Had a great idea when I started it but, as happens from time to time, I lost the plot by the time I finished writing it.  But, this morning I came up with a better idea how to end the chapter that makes for a better ending for the chapter and also ties into an earlier chapter.  I should write this down before I forget . . .

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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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1841 on: December 03, 2020, 05:19:07 AM »
I would restring them.

914 today. Inching towards the first finish line.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1842 on: December 03, 2020, 06:08:17 AM »
I would restring them.

It will be.  But, the question is, are the snowman and Santa heads reversed as well?  Or, did they only reverse the letters?
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1843 on: December 03, 2020, 07:49:17 AM »
On the one novel, I think I'm going to work on it (i.e., pointlessly tweak it) for the last time tomorrow (being that it's the last day of the month) and table it until I have a better idea of where it's going.

I did do that.  Didn't do anything with it yesterday.  Feels weird to not work on it but, on the other hand, "working on it" was largely equivalent to paddling a canoe in a circle on a plastic sheet with a couple inches of water in the backyard.  You move around and your arms get tired but you're not going anywhere.  Plus, one of the oars ripped through the plastic sheeting and the water is leaking out.  And, holy cow!  Has no one thought of the earthworms?  They try to escape the saturated ground but they hit the plastic and they're stuck with water continually seeping in.  Oh, the nematodality!

Need to figure out what to work on after the space operas.  Perhaps too soon to make a determination.  About a month or more ago, I thought I wanted to work on the romance I had thought up quite a while back.  Went searching for my notes only to find none.  Somewhat disappointing because I had come up with a cool name for the female lead and did not write it down anywhere.  Remember the first name but not entirely sure on the last.  I have what I think it might be but then also I think I might have had something better.  Also, not entirely sure on the first name as I'm thinking perhaps I changed that as well as I think, maybe, a real person had the first name I thought I invented.  Should probably search online but then don't know if I want it showing in search results if no one else has thought of it.  Real quandary.  As for the guy, don't think I had a name for him.  Only notes I had were a private discussion I had on here with one of you.  And I was vague as I am prone to be.  So, again, thought I had more than what I had.  Still, though, I have ideas for like two chapters and then I'm not sure how the two actually meet.  If I knew how people actually managed to meet each other, probably would be easier.  Also, I could ask my wife for ideas.  You know, the woman I married a couple years ago according to online searches on myself.  I've yet to meet her, of course, so that's proving to be a challenge.  I can ask all I want but no one answers.  Except the cat but she doesn't speak English, except, possibly, for the word "now."

There's also a humorous time travel adventure story I want to finish.  I have two or three chapters done, plus I know how it ends.  I like the ending, even though I've not written it yet, but it'll be funny, I think.  Also a bit sad and mean, but these are fictional characters so it's okay.  Also, I have a good idea of the whole middle section, which is often the challenge, you know.  You have a great beginning and a great end, but then you're kind of missing that whole important transition between the two.  What you might call the bulk of the book.  In this case, however, I know mostly what it is.  But, these past couple years, I don't seem to be able to do well with the humor anymore and since the chapters done so far are to my previous level of humor, it would be a challenge, right now, to maintain that through the rest of the book.  Which is disappointing.  I think I'd enjoy reading it myself if it were finished.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1844 on: December 03, 2020, 08:23:38 AM »
But, these past couple years, I don't seem to be able to do well with the humor anymore and since the chapters done so far are to my previous level of humor, it would be a challenge, right now, to maintain that through the rest of the book.  Which is disappointing.  I think I'd enjoy reading it myself if it were finished.

Not sure how much of this post was tongue-in-cheek, but I've actually been having a similar problem this year. I've been trying to write a humorous book in a series of humorous books and it has been the most difficult book I've written yet, but only because I just can't seem to get the humor going in it.

My wit (slow already) has apparently died.

The book should have been finished a year and a half ago.
Don't rush me.
 
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Simon Haynes

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1845 on: December 03, 2020, 10:03:31 AM »
My ten book humorous SF series started out with pratfalls and toilet humour 20 years ago, and yet the recent prequel novel was reviewed by one reader as 'mildly depressing'.

 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1846 on: December 03, 2020, 11:39:18 AM »
Humor is difficult to write precisely because it's so subjective.  I try to have a funny line or moment every now and then in my own books, but it's not something I'm very confident about.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1847 on: December 04, 2020, 02:30:27 AM »
Not sure how much of this post was tongue-in-cheek, but I've actually been having a similar problem this year. I've been trying to write a humorous book in a series of humorous books and it has been the most difficult book I've written yet, but only because I just can't seem to get the humor going in it.

My wit (slow already) has apparently died.

The book should have been finished a year and a half ago.

I'm being totally serious.  The humorous space opera, for example, should have been done a while back.  Granted, there are difficulties as I've mentioned that I'm combining multiple short stories into one but that's not as big a problem as trying to keep it funny.  It's 38k now and my target is 30k-40k with it.  But it needs a lot of work yet.

My plan was to release the humorous space opera before the serious one.  Not that they're related or anything, but I thought it might be beneficial to have two books in the same genre released within 30 days of each other.  Don't know if there will be any crossing of readers from one to the other, but I'm thinking maybe more in terms of visibility.  I don't know.  That's just been the plan anyway.  I had thought it wouldn't take long to finish the humorous space opera since the bulk of the writing was done and it was mainly about tying them all together into a coherent whole.  But the humor side is still the challenge now whereas it used to be more natural.


My ten book humorous SF series started out with pratfalls and toilet humour 20 years ago, and yet the recent prequel novel was reviewed by one reader as 'mildly depressing'.

At least you have readers.  I'm hoping by having books in actual, recognized genres that people read will net me some.


Humor is difficult to write precisely because it's so subjective.  I try to have a funny line or moment every now and then in my own books, but it's not something I'm very confident about.

The serious space opera has humorous moments.  I don't worry too much over how well the humor works because, if it isn't seen as humorous, it still defines the characters.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1848 on: December 04, 2020, 02:55:01 AM »
Wrote 60 words yesterday in the humorous space opera, which allows me to barely remain qualified to still post in this thread.  But, most of those words were in adding a descriptor to a specific character, which will make it easier when I rewrite (again) these parts I'm working on.

Still editing the serious space opera.  Went through about 2.33 chapters last night.  Then I realized one thing I was supposed to be watching for I didn't so I will have to run through that again.  So, when I perform my duties as my own beta reader, I will have to watch for that and make the necessary changes.

Oh, and then I need to finish the cover too which means trying to master UV unwrapping for the 3D model.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1849 on: December 04, 2020, 03:06:12 AM »
2050 yesterday. First 2k day since January.

Holy crap. Is it any wonder my sales are dead? I'm about to start pushing myself to write and release a full novel at least every 3 months. If I don't, I might as well kiss this career goodbye. I have bills to pay.

I really need a few more writing buddies though. Nano helped me get back on track specifically because I ran sprints with other people on Discord. It really helps my motivation issues to write alongside other people.
Don't rush me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1850 on: December 05, 2020, 07:35:19 AM »
I've been stuck in promotions and pen name branding all week.  Hoping I can get back to my WWII short stories this weekend!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1851 on: December 05, 2020, 08:14:36 AM »
Yesterday, on the humorous space opera, I reached the end of the chapters that need rewriting, except for one.  Now, I know you're thinking, well, then why did you say you reached the end of the chapters that need rewriting if there's still one left to do?  Good question.  But the remaining one is a different sort of story than the previous ones.  That is, it doesn't involve the regular bridge crew.  So, the ones with the regular bridge crew are done for now.  With the other, there's no point in rewriting until I've figured re-re-rewritten the others or at least have pared down and straightened things out as mentioned in a prior post.  Anyway, yesterday's work amounted to writing 30 words which, again, was mostly a descriptor to identify a particular character that is being split from another.  So, I barely qualify to post here now.  Well, I don't qualify actually.  But, in an act of civil disobedience, I am posting anyway.

I don't like being one of those people that needs a certain setup to write but for the humorous space opera I need a certain setup to write.  LOL.  I should probably explain.  I do a lot of writing on my iPad.  I have a keyboard but I never use it.  The serious space opera started out life on a Mac mini, but then moved to my iPad when I realized I wasn't going to finish it in 10 days.  I am also editing it on the iPad.  Really convenient since the iPad is small and such.  Laptop is larger and, despite writing several novels on it, it feels less convenient since getting the iPad.  I keep thinking, one day, maybe a MacBook Air would be a nice middle ground, but I need to sell a bazillion novels before I can afford that, and since my average sales are like 5 per novel, I need 1/5 of a bazillion novels written before I can afford that.  Anyway, in the meantime, iPad.  But, for heavy editing and heavy rewriting, such as is needed for the humorous space opera, well, that's just easier on a laptop.

Granted, I have a laptop.  Also have an old laptop which I configured to use for mostly writing.  Do I?  No.  Why?  I don't know.  The iPad is just easier.  My main laptop has all the files too.  Which is fine.  But I keep the main laptop in a case and opening the case and then opening the laptop and etc.  Ugh.  Seems like a lot of effort.  Doesn't help that I have too much stuff in the laptop case that needs to be set aside in order to get the laptop out which isn't a problem if I'm going to be using it for several hours but if I just want to use it for an hour or so, nah.  Easier to use the iPad.  Could I use the other laptop?  The one setup for mostly writing?  The one that's older and doesn't have a case?  The one I could just open and work on?  Sure.  Do I?  No.  Because then I'd have to use a thumbdrive and transfer files and all that.

Excuses?  Yep.  On the flip side, that doesn't affect my work on the serious space opera.  Also, I should also clean my home office.  Then I could use the desk for working instead of storage.

Mind you, transferring files off the iPad to the laptop is also a PITA since the iPad is an older model that doesn't have the "files" or whatever feature the newer ones have.  With mine, to transfer a document, it's one at a time.  One at a freakin' time.  Can't even select a batch and do it that way.  Nope.  One at a time.  PITA.

Anyway . . .

On the serious space opera, I finished editing the remainder of the chapter I left off on last night.  Well, technically today since it was after midnight.  This afternoon, I watched a video on UV unwrapping which I hope will help when I get back to work on the 3D model for the cover.  Also need to look up what cover sizes Amazon wants these days.  Probably a gazillion pixels by a gazillion and a half pixels by now.

Also bought new software which will in no way help with writing or editing or covers but it's had my partial interest for a while and they were having a 35% off sale, so what choice did I have?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1852 on: December 08, 2020, 07:07:48 AM »
More than halfway through editing the space opera.  Barely.  So far, so good.  I know there is a weak chapter later in the book that I've known I need to do something with.  Had a great idea when I started it but, as happens from time to time, I lost the plot by the time I finished writing it.  But, this morning I came up with a better idea how to end the chapter that makes for a better ending for the chapter and also ties into an earlier chapter.  I should write this down before I forget . . .

Did I write that down?  No, I did not.  Fortunately, after much thinking last night of (a) what the change was I wanted to make and (b) what event in a chapter I recently edited inspired that change and (c) what chapter was it again?, I finally remembered what that change was.  Still need to write it down, along with another change I decided on that I had flipflopped on during the course of the book, which means I need to correct that during my next pass-through, after I finished the current editing cycle.  I have been editing about a chapter a day.  Need to go faster otherwise I'll still be editing in January and I had some hope I might get this out by the end of the year, preferably before Christmas.

Also need to do my newsletter, which is an annual holiday issue at this point though it was supposed to go quarterly in 2020 until 2020 happened.  Maybe 2021?  Dunno.  Anyway, need to finish that and would be nice if I can also say, oh, yeah, new book out, please for the love of all things holy or, for the non-religious, the love of all things Swiss cheese, I guess, please buy the book.

Settled on some changes on the humorous space opera, unless I change my mind again.  But, I think a couple characters that were going to be main characters will instead wind up being minor characters.  Which is good because I had a pair of competing oddball couples and one pair is the stronger character-wise.  I had thought of merging them, but the two couples were so different that there was no sensible way to do so.  Plus, one couple fit in better with the now minor character and now that that minor character has gone from major to minor, it should all work out.  Still the matter of writing it all and making it work, but should be okay.

Wavering on one other change on the humorous space opera.  There's a running gag that I've used that I've pondered whether or not to eliminate (and scrap the several chapters utilizing it) them entirely.  I am now leaning towards simply paring them down a bit, using the stronger ones and dumping the weaker ones.

Wrote 16 words yesterday.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1853 on: December 09, 2020, 01:24:09 AM »
Yeah, I had some plans for 2020 that didn't happen. Pretty much all of them. Business and personal. Almost over.

458 today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1854 on: December 09, 2020, 06:24:46 AM »
Yeah, I had some plans for 2020 that didn't happen. Pretty much all of them. Business and personal. Almost over.

458 today.

It's been a challenging year.  Let's hope 2021 is better!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1855 on: December 09, 2020, 06:39:28 AM »
It's been a challenging year.  Let's hope 2021 is better!  :dog1:

Unfortunately, the prognositic consensus I've seen so far is . . .

2021: You think 2020 is bad?  Hold my beer . . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1856 on: December 09, 2020, 07:41:38 AM »
Five words today.  Woohoo.  Feel I need to do more on the humorous space opera, but I really need to finish editing the serious space opera.  Need to get that finished up before doing all the work necessary for the humorous space opera.

Will probably do an abbreviated newsletter this year.  Again.  Had hoped to still do a full 48(?)-page newsletter, but that's not going to happen.  Could do maybe 4 or 8 pages, but I'm thinking probably just two pages like I did last year.  If I manage to go quarterly next year, might as well save some of the stuff for next year to have a head start.  Not that anything is actually written, of course, but I have a list of topics and stories so that's something.

Original plan was to release the humorous space opera first then the serious one.  Don't know that there will be any crossover audience--probably not--but as mentioned before, I don't think it would hurt to have two books overlapping within their new release period.  Also hoped to release before Christmas.  Might be able to do that with the serious space opera, but not both and doubtful the humorous one would be ready within thirty days.

I had planned to be finishing the humorous one while my beta reader read the serious one, but now that I am sans beta reader and will serve as my own beta reader, that's not as practical.

Maybe I won't release either one until 2021.  Still would have been nice to have something released in 2020.  Should have finished the poetry book I had initially planned to release earlier this year.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1857 on: December 09, 2020, 08:51:15 AM »
Wow 48 pages. My plans include mentioning a discount on my books and maybe the occasional cute picture of the bunnies.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1858 on: December 09, 2020, 09:40:50 AM »
Wow 48 pages. My plans include mentioning a discount on my books and maybe the occasional cute picture of the bunnies.

Well, there's the front cover, the index/staff page, and the back cover so that brings it down to 45 pages.  Inside front cover is a full page ad for my books, so down to 44.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1859 on: December 09, 2020, 12:22:35 PM »
I'm working on a new novel (Conundrum in Gold) so progress is a bit slow while I figure things out. Despite that I'm about to hit 10k words after the first 5-7 days.


I'm happy with that, since this last week has been one family thing after another, which has really eaten into my writing time. (Nothing bad with the family, I hasten to add. Just birthdays, helping out and the like.)

My mum's dropping by with my nephews later today after collecting them from school, so I'm hoping to get some good wordcount in before then.

By the way, my sig now includes many of the books on my to-be-written pile in the order I'm going to write and publish them. The only major omission is 'A Puzzle in Platinum', which will be written later next year if the series takes off.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1860 on: December 09, 2020, 12:48:40 PM »
What comes after platinum? Diamonds?
 
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« Reply #1861 on: December 09, 2020, 01:12:01 PM »
What comes after platinum? Diamonds?

Rhodium?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1862 on: December 09, 2020, 01:14:20 PM »
Unobtanium


(I'm going to try and stick with my plan to write 3-book series unless sales warrant a fourth. Not that it's all about sales, of course, because I'm about to publish a fourth Harriet Walsh book AND have plans for a fourth Dragon and Chips novel.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1863 on: December 10, 2020, 04:22:11 AM »
Diamonds sound interesting!  Those are great covers...I hope the series takes off!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1864 on: December 10, 2020, 05:49:02 AM »
1248 - I figured out I have this chapter to finish and three more chapters and then the epilogue. Then I have to go back through and sprinkle some historical references which I was a little lean in the first half of the book. I should be finished with at the least the new stuff by Xmas. Not sure about the sprinkling. Even though we go no where, there is still a lot to do for the holidays and I have to get creative cause the kids will only go to school for 5 half days for the rest of the year.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1865 on: December 10, 2020, 07:24:34 AM »
I think I mentioned earlier in this thread, back when I was still writing the space opera, that I took an unfinished WIP from another project and reworked it as a chapter for the space opera.  Edited that chapter last night and discovered my transcription skills are lacking.  Missed words and stuff like "it" instead of "is" or vice versa.

Also, I realized that this chapter was the first (or at least early) win for the good guys, except that what they won which was to benefit them in the big battle later, is never mentioned again.

On the one hand, crud.  Because the big battle involved a lot of keeping track of things and to have to insert this and recalculate would be kind of a pain.  On the flip side, this chapter was also a partial setup for any potential series.  So, I already figured I can explain the absence later on with a couple lines of explanation and then that will factor in to the potential series.  Which means it's all okay so long as I remember to include those lines of explanation.  LOL.

The serious space opera has been written as a standalone, one-off.  But I've left enough threads for a series should it actually sell and appear as though readers want more.  Also, there's a setup for a big finale for my existing novels which share a universe as well as a series I've not written yet.  So, those would all come together in one big crossover which would bring back several characters from different novels into one.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1866 on: December 11, 2020, 04:43:02 AM »
Don't remember yesterday's word count.  At least five words.  LOL.  Still editing.  Finished editing a chapter that I had remembered as being long, but wasn't as long as I had thought.  I guess maybe writing it took longer than reading it.  I'd be tempted to right things by making it longer to match my memories of it, but being that the book is already 50-100k words longer than originally planned, that'd probably be a bad idea.

In other news, I hate it when you go to block a telemarketer and the phone ends up calling them instead.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1867 on: December 11, 2020, 06:55:03 AM »
Just tell them you are calling with a great offer to extend the warranty on their car, or a time share, or both.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1868 on: December 11, 2020, 07:05:02 AM »
Couldn't offer a car warranty because they were calling about my car's warranty that was soon to expire.  (It's over 25 years old.  Any warranty is long gone.)

I put the phone down after I hung up.  And then I remembered I should block the number.  So, I picked the phone up, went to recent calls and, well, you have to touch the very tiny (i) button to get to the block caller option.  Touching anywhere else automatically calls them back.  What a stupid, stupid interface.

Probably 90% of the calls I get are junk.  It's getting as bad as eMail.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1869 on: December 11, 2020, 08:09:42 AM »
Yes I am quite unpopular. At least 90% of the calls are junk. Also the girl who had the number before me signed up for every spammy thing on the planet. She's won about 100 iphones, designer bags, and constant miracle weight loss products. Good thing they address her by name or I would get a complex.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1870 on: December 11, 2020, 08:19:46 AM »
Yep, I block calls too, and the Android interface for that (Samsung) is bad when it comes to accidentally calling them. They've already identified the person as a spammer while the phone is ringing, so why would I call them back?

Re the car, mine's 22 this year. Bought it new, still going fine but a warranty? Heh.

By the way I've had the same phone number since 1994 or so. Only a handful of people have it, and I get one spam call every 8 weeks or so, and never get spam texts (I've never signed up for anything requiring my number in my life. They get 'NA' in that field unless it's a mortgage or a doctor.)

Back to the topic: Wrote zero words yesterday but spent about 14 hours flying around and blowing up pirates in Elite Dangerous. Sometimes you need a day off.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1871 on: December 12, 2020, 02:20:43 AM »
1429 - Looks like my routine for the rest of the year will be write long hand one day type in the next. I usually write and type in the same day. Still progress. Someone bought book one yesterday so I am crossing my fingers for another preorder. I could use a little boost of positivity about anything.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1872 on: December 12, 2020, 05:38:06 AM »
Does finding errors in the local newspaper count as editing?  LOL.  Three errors in one 537-word article.  And I was skimming.  Who knows how many more could be there if I did a thorough edit job.

Wrote thirty words yesterday.  Woohoo.

Edited three chapters before bed.  Since it was after midnight, that means I edited three chapters today.  Twenty-two to go.
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« Reply #1873 on: December 13, 2020, 09:05:37 AM »
Thirty words written today and two chapters edited.  Well, two and three-quarter chapters edited.  Maybe I'll finish it out before the end of the day.  The quarter chapter, that is, not the rest of the novel.  Next chapter is the one to which I need to make modifications.  Haven't written them down but still remember so hopefully I won't forget by the time I get to it tomorrow.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1874 on: December 15, 2020, 02:44:36 AM »
Every day, I write and I draw something.  The writing isn't always substantive and the drawings certainly aren't the greatest, but I do both every day.  At the moment, I've been editing the serious space opera, writing the humorous space opera and doing a drawing.  Every day.  The work on the serious space opera and the drawing are both done on my iPad, so I typically do both at the same time.  Edit then draw or draw then edit.  Sometimes I'll do additional edits but most of the time, it is one then the other.

I don't remember when I started with the daily writing.  Maybe 2017 or earlier.  With the drawings, I started in February of 2019.  Technically, January 31, 2019.  So, this past January 31st, marked a full year of consecutive daily drawings.  Goal was to complete a full calendar year.

I do the writing and editing each day no matter what.  When my dog had surgery last year, I still did both.  When the dog died, I still did both.  When my father had a health scare last year, I still did both.  Even when I didn't feel so well, I did both.  I did both with probably more reliability than the post office.

With the end of the year approaching in a couple weeks, I figured after that, I'd have completed the goal and I'd stop.  Or, according to my rough estimation, January 3, 2021 would mark 700 consecutive days of daily drawings.  That would seem to be a good time to stop.  Not to stop drawing entirely, but just doing it daily.  It can be challenging to come up with something to draw each day.  At first, it's not hard.  After a while, the ideas just aren't there.  But I press on.  I've drawn a lot of weird aliens, but even that can be a challenge.  What can you do different than before?  One eye?  Three eyes?  Multiple eyes?  Vary the number of limbs?  No limbs?  Etc.  Strange aliens are the bulk of my drawings.  I try to change up skin colors.  Like what would be different?  I've got blue-skinned aliens, green, purple, pink, orange, etc.  Sometimes I'll do five days of green aliens then five days of another.  Why five and not seven (a week)?  Well, the drawing program displays my drawings in rows of five across, so I just fill up a row then switch colors.

Also, since many of these aliens are crew members of a ship, I start to run out of positions to fill.  Does a space ship have a mathematician on board?  Probably not, but mine does.  Chef, engineer, janitor, historian, etc.  I've probably drawn one.

Also, I had figured once I completed a full calendar year of drawings, I'd also switch away from my iPad to a computer with a Wacom tablet for drawing.  My iPad is getting old and I need to practice more on the Wacom tablet.  Seemed like 2021 would be a good time to start.

So, today, when I went to do my daily drawing, I discovered that, somehow, I missed doing a drawing on Sunday.  Just a couple weeks short of the goal, and I missed doing a drawing.

So, I have to start all over if I still want to meet the goal.  And that means if I want a full calendar year of drawings, I have to start all over on January 1, 2021.  And, if I want to hit 700 consecutive days of drawing, I need to keep going until November 14, 2022.

On top of that, I also splashed bleach on a good pair of pants yesterday.  Of course, now, that doesn't bum me out as much.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1875 on: December 15, 2020, 04:30:21 AM »
You could use aliens in the settings of famous works of art, the way people rewrite classical literature to include zombies. Sunday at the park would work.

824 today. I actually did both write longhand and type it in. Monday's are usually pretty productive to me. Not last Monday, but usually.

I think I miss counted before, but now I definitely have three chapters and the epilogue to write.
Graduation
Trip cross country -train
Trip cross country- Jeep
Epilogue

 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1876 on: December 15, 2020, 12:13:08 PM »
You could use aliens in the settings of famous works of art, the way people rewrite classical literature to include zombies.

Back when that was fresh and new, I was approached by a big 5 publisher to write something along the same lines. (I turned them down - mashups aren't my thing.)

Also, it felt nice to reject them.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1877 on: December 15, 2020, 12:18:10 PM »
I just dug out the original email and the publisher was referred to me by a huge name in Australian author circles. Cool! (I'd almost forgotten about this whole thing, but I still have all my emails going back to 1997.)

 
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« Reply #1878 on: December 16, 2020, 09:23:10 AM »
Edited two or three chapters earlier today.  Twelve left to go.

Given that I've messed up my chance at having a full calendar year (a leap year at that) of daily drawings, I am seeing what I can salvage out of the year.  As luck would have it, it appears that I have, thus far, written something every day this year.  Worst day of the year so far was December 11th, where I wrote 4 words.  Actually, I wrote 5 words but in editing the space opera, I ended up deleting a word so, for the day, I had a net gain of 4 words.  Still higher than zero, so that counts as writing.  Plus, there's a chance I rewrote something in the space opera and that was how I ended up one word shorter than before, as opposed to simply deleting a word.  I could try to go back and see which was the case, but four words to the positive totally counts, so I'm not going to worry further.

Best day of the year, so far though it probably will hold its place, was April 14th, where I wrote 2,005 words.  My average has been 273.03 words per day.  October, November and December have brought that average down since the serious space opera was completed October 2nd and the other two novels I was working on had both more or less stalled with many days where I only managed 5 words.  Taking those three months out moves my average to 327.32 words per day.  Either way, I need to get back up to an average of at least 600 words per day (and preferably higher).  For the year so far, I am at 95,562 words.  If I can write 4,438 words over the next sixteen days, that means I'll have written 100,000 words this year which sounds good except for the fact I wrote over 200,000 words in 2019.

But, I don't foresee writing that many words between now and the end of the year, especially with where I'm stalled on the humorous space opera.  Still, however, have a chance at writing something each of the next sixteen days.

Just have to make sure I don't miss any of the next sixteen days . . .
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1879 on: December 17, 2020, 01:59:44 AM »
2367 - Made up for doing nothing yesterday. Somehow the younger kid got blocked from google classroom on the admin side and straightening that out took a lot out of me. I did get some gifts wrapped yesterday so even though my mind was too  :dizzy to write I was productive.
 
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« Reply #1880 on: December 17, 2020, 07:56:00 AM »
Two hundred and nine words so far today.  Another chapter or two edited.  Maybe three?  Who can remember?  Ten and a partial to go.

Also had to change the contact form on my website.  Been getting way too many spam submissions over the past couple days.  Don't know if they were trying to spam me and failing or if they were trying to find vulnerabilities that would let them use my contact form to send spam to other people.  As I recall, it's locked down against that but that doesn't stop them from poking around.  Made changes to it and haven't seen a new message since, so, so far, so good.  I'm sure they'll eventually find away around my little roadblock but it's working for now.  I should probably randomize it a bit so they'd have a tougher time adapting.  Next time . . .

Also put up a notice that they will owe me $1,000 for each attempt at spamming.  It won't do a darned thing, of course, since bots don't read that stuff anyway, but I like to pretend it deters some of them.  Initially, I was going to ask for $100 but since I figured they aren't going to be paying attention (or paying) anyway, I'd make it $1,000.  Maybe I should go back and make it $10,000 just for the heck of it.

Doubled up on drawings yesterday.  Won't have 366 days of consecutive drawings this year but I will have 366 drawings for the year, assuming I don't miss another.
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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1881 on: December 17, 2020, 12:01:00 PM »
I've had a week off, and it's odd how it's affected my sleep.  When flat out writing, I was lucky to get 6-7 hours most nights, waking up several times in the night. Now I'm NOT writing I'm going to bed at midnight and waking at 8.30am.

I feel refreshed but unproductive.  Playing Elite Dangerous about 12 hours a day isn't helping, but it's fun.

On the other hand, from long experience I know that forcing myself NOT to write will make the writing better when it happens.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1882 on: December 18, 2020, 07:57:52 AM »
340ish for today.

NaNo didn't go well for me. After some trauma late summer (which probably qualifies as midlife-crisis), it hit me again in November, followed by "*beep* this *beep*, I'm giving up on writing". Fast forward to yesterday when I came back to this forum, skimmed through what I missed, and today I managed some words.  :icon_think: Guess, my personal hell is earth.

@Dan

Do you have Instagram or something similar? Would love to see some of your drawings. (I tried to compete in monthly challenges in the past as well but never managed to keep up until the end. I'm a bit in awe that you got 700 down in a row.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1883 on: December 18, 2020, 09:05:17 AM »
Haven't even edited a full chapter today, but I did edit a partial chapter and added 3 words.  Then wrote 100 words in the humorous space opera.  4,070 words away from 100,000 for the year.


Do you have Instagram or something similar? Would love to see some of your drawings. (I tried to compete in monthly challenges in the past as well but never managed to keep up until the end. I'm a bit in awe that you got 700 down in a row.)

It would have been 700 come January 3rd or so, had I not missed Sunday.  So, ended the streak at about 680 days, I think.  Current streak is now four consecutive days.  But also have to wait three years before I can try for another leap year with consecutive daily drawings.

No Instagram.  I have posted some images in this thread.  Nothing to get too excited about.  Here's the one I posted here in March:



Apparently, he has some fiddler crab DNA.

They're usually weirder, like this one:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1884 on: December 19, 2020, 01:25:51 AM »
1214 Truly 2 chapters and the epilogue left now.  :banana:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1885 on: December 19, 2020, 02:52:32 AM »
Still editing.  About ten chapters to go.  Discovered a minor plot hole.  Came up with a solution for minor plot hole.  Then realized I have a bit of a Raiders of the Lost Ark problem with one character.  Then realized the solution for the minor plot hole makes that RotLA problem even worse.  So, do I rewrite large swaths of the novel, after first figuring out how to fix the problem, or do I just let it be, seeing that RotLA still made $369.9 million?  Not that my novel is going to make a million dollars, or even $369.90 for that matter, but that people may overlook the problems as long as there's an adventure.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1886 on: December 19, 2020, 04:32:31 AM »
Sleep on it. You may come up with a throw away line to solve it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1887 on: December 20, 2020, 11:56:11 AM »
Another chapter edited and 112 words written for today.  Nine chapters left to edit.  Definitely not going to be available for sale before Christmas.  Maybe in January but who knows, especially if any re-writing is needed.  Plus, I still need to finish the 3D model for the spaceship that will be on the cover.  The model is pretty much done; just have to do the UV unwrapping, texture mapping and rendering.

This was supposed to be a quick one-off that would hopefully generate some sales since it's a popular genre.  But, quick did not work out.  Was supposed to be done in ten days (LOL) and it's been four years and four months.  And now I want to make sure it's good because, even though I've written it to be a standalone, I've set up enough things for a series so it can be a series if it gets enough sales to justify doing so.  If not, it ends the way I'd want to leave the characters if it is the only book.  No cliffhanger ending.

Think I need to find a beta reader.  Another that works for free.  Been lucky to have those in the past but past ones are unavailable currently.


Sleep on it. You may come up with a throw away line to solve it.

Weird.  I thought I replied to this yesterday.  :icon_think:  Anyway, I don't know.  Seems too big an issue to hand-wave away.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1888 on: December 20, 2020, 01:25:24 PM »
I've been doing promotions and making covers! I should be writing, but this seems like more fun at the moment.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1889 on: December 22, 2020, 10:06:00 AM »
Another partial chapter edited and 192 words written for the day so far.  Humorous space opera is now bogged down again.  Ugh.  Need to get the thing straightened out.  But, more focused on editing the serious space opera.  Also, have ten days left to write and finish a newsletter for what's currently an annual issue.  Used to release it on December 23rd or 24th, but the past two years have been on the 31st instead.  Maybe be again this year too.  Had big plans for it this year as well.  Regardless, need to write something for it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1890 on: December 23, 2020, 04:17:44 PM »
Finished editing the rest of the chapter I was working on yesterday.  Seven more to go.  I think I wrote maybe 175 words in the humorous space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1891 on: December 25, 2020, 01:43:54 PM »
One chapter left to go on editing.  Wrote 135 words in the humorous space opera.  Haven't added up yet how many written while editing the serious space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1892 on: December 25, 2020, 04:48:30 PM »
And . . . done.  Editing, that is.  And five words written.  Next up . . .  Another full read-through to make sure certain characters are using the right swear words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1893 on: December 26, 2020, 06:18:24 AM »
And . . . done.  Editing, that is.  And five words written.  Next up . . .  Another full read-through to make sure certain characters are using the right swear words.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1894 on: December 27, 2020, 12:28:03 PM »
Wrote 410 words today for the humorous space opera.

Need to write 2,566 more words by the end of the year to reach 100,000 words for the year.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1895 on: December 28, 2020, 11:45:08 AM »
Wrote 450 words today for the humorous space opera.  Writing comes a bit easier when you work on chapters with characters that are ****.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1896 on: December 28, 2020, 11:47:04 AM »
Okay, when did **** become a banned word?  :icon_think:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1897 on: December 29, 2020, 07:28:01 AM »
863 - about 1/2 a chapter. 1 + half chapters + epilogue left.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1898 on: December 29, 2020, 10:00:43 AM »
Wrote 700 words for the humorous space opera today.

Need a little under 1500 words by the end of the year to hit 100,000 now.

Kind of wish I could either (a) find the missing material for the trilogy I've mentioned here or in other threads or (b) figure out how the heck the guy and girl can possibly meet in my prospective romcom which may actually be short on the com part.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1899 on: December 30, 2020, 08:35:32 AM »
Added 765 words to the humorous space opera today, but only wrote 541 since I incorporated another WIP into this one.  So, only counting the 541 since the other 224 were written in 2019.

Means I have to write about 900 words before the end of the year to hit 100,000.  Not that it's a big deal, since I've written I think close to a 1/4 million in a previous year, but it's a nice big number and I'm so, so close so might as well try to hit it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1900 on: December 31, 2020, 03:19:35 AM »
1568 - need to finish this chapter and right write the epilogue.  :banana:

Edit - good grief, I should quit right now. Write now? Rite now?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1901 on: December 31, 2020, 04:15:03 AM »
1568 - need to finish this chapter and right the epilogue.  :banana:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1902 on: December 31, 2020, 08:52:10 AM »
Wrote 351 words for my newsletter and 350 words for the humorous space opera for today, which, for those that cannot do math, gives me a total of 701 words for the day.  And, yes, the newsletter words do count because it was poetry and a story.  Didn't count the conversational stuff nor the replies to the letters to the editor and all that.

I need 525 words tomorrow to hit 100,000 words for the year.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1903 on: January 01, 2021, 05:10:07 AM »
1091 - Last chapter and epilogue done. The last sentence needs a little more oomph, but that's something I typically come up with in editing.

So it's an accomplishment for sure, but with everything being so crappy I'm really not feeling much of a rush from it.
Weather is going to stink for the weekend so I will just pretend it's a weekday and start going back through it to sprinkle in a little more historical detail.

Happy New Year everyone.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1904 on: January 01, 2021, 07:34:05 AM »
1091 - Last chapter and epilogue done. The last sentence needs a little more oomph, but that's something I typically come up with in editing.

So it's an accomplishment for sure, but with everything being so crappy I'm really not feeling much of a rush from it.
Weather is going to stink for the weekend so I will just pretend it's a weekday and start going back through it to sprinkle in a little more historical detail.

Happy New Year everyone.

Congratulations!!!  Wonderful way to end the year!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1905 on: January 01, 2021, 08:17:05 AM »
For the humorous space opera, I wrote 1,125 words today which brings me to 100,951 words for the year which is a daily average of 275.82 words.  My worst month was November when I only wrote 2,234 words.  October was almost as bad with 2,920 words.  On the upside, those two bad months came after completing the serious space opera.  So, kind of coasted after that.  Best month was September with 24,450 words.

So, even though I missed one day of drawings, I did manage to write something every day of the year.  Worst day was December 11 with 4 words which would have been 5 if not for deleting a word during editing.  Best day was April 14 with 2,005 words.

Having completed (except for editing) the serious space opera and rolling some WIPs into either it or other projects, I am now down to 154 WIPs.  Given my word targets for each, at my current daily average, it will take me 50 years and two months to complete them.  At 1,000 words per day, I can finish in fourteen years.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1906 on: January 01, 2021, 10:22:51 AM »
For the humorous space opera, I wrote 1,125 words today which brings me to 100,951 words for the year which is a daily average of 275.82 words. 

:cheers    :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1907 on: January 01, 2021, 12:50:30 PM »
Emerging from the lurky shadows to start posting word counts. 1,631 today.  Grin
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1908 on: January 01, 2021, 03:25:49 PM »
Happy New Year, everyone!   :kiss:


Emerging from the lurky shadows to start posting word counts. 1,631 today.  Grin


Well done, and welcome to the non-shadowy lurking area.   :icon_mrgreen:


...I wrote 1,125 words today which brings me to 100,951 words for the year...


Glad you hit your 100k target.  :)


1091 - Last chapter and epilogue done. The last sentence needs a little more oomph, but that's something I typically come up with in editing.


Always nice to finish a story, even amid the trials and tribulations of 2020.  Congratulations.   :cheers
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1909 on: January 02, 2021, 10:13:25 AM »
1,043 words today (which will need quite a bit of editing). So many icons! Not relevant to the post, but :dog1:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1910 on: January 02, 2021, 12:06:43 PM »
Well, here it goes. Looking to be active in the Sanctum, and to offer myself up for accountability, I will be posting my daily work count for 2021.

Today I added 1,006 words to my WiP.

I would like to get my word production up to 2K/day, but I'm realistic enough to be happy with 50+ for now. Thank you for having me, and I look forward to see where this will take me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1911 on: January 02, 2021, 01:01:28 PM »
Only 455 words so far today.  May try for more.  Would like to start out the new year with a thousand.  Also, have done a daily drawing (two, actually) and a daily photo (three, actually).
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1912 on: January 02, 2021, 02:16:02 PM »
Okay, so up to 1,175 words for the day.  Wrote a short story, so doesn't count toward any WIP, but I'll use it in a newsletter.

Also did some editing in the serious space opera, working on the swear word consistency issue.  Think I've got it taken care of, but will find out on the (hopefully) final read-through.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1913 on: January 02, 2021, 02:42:22 PM »
Wrote a poem too, so 1,200 words now.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1914 on: January 03, 2021, 10:03:08 AM »
2,112 words today.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1915 on: January 03, 2021, 12:01:25 PM »
Day 2 of 2021 and I added 781 to my WiP. Feels good to be writing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1916 on: January 03, 2021, 12:20:23 PM »
Wrote 980 words today in the humorous space opera.

Might have to write a poem to get over 1,000 words for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1917 on: January 03, 2021, 02:02:29 PM »
With a lame poem, the word count reaches 1,025 for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1918 on: January 03, 2021, 03:31:42 PM »
With a lame poem, the word count reaches 1,025 for the day.


No such poem is lame
If it brings you pride, not shame
You won't get rich
By writing kitsch
But it's okay if fun is your aim

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1919 on: January 03, 2021, 10:38:21 PM »
No poem is lame. All
Are worthy of reflection.
Never stop writing.

I have a book of haikus started somewhere.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1920 on: January 04, 2021, 08:37:51 AM »
Wrote 930 words for the humorous space opera today.  Seems to be a trend of coming up short of 1,000 words.  Will need to write a poem or short story later to hit 1,000 for the day.  Have done 1,000+ total words each day of the year so far.  Hope to keep it up.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1921 on: January 04, 2021, 10:20:27 AM »
Feel good tonight, got 1,020 added to the WiP. Might do more later, but not committing to that yet. I'm happy with my progress to start the year. Hoping that by building the habit with these numbers, I'll increase my production as the year goes along.

Hope everyone else is feeling productive. Happy writing!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1922 on: January 04, 2021, 04:24:01 PM »
Wrote a poem and flash fiction, bringing yesterday's total up to 1,048 words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1923 on: January 04, 2021, 04:29:31 PM »
I have a book of haikus started somewhere.

I have haikus, limericks, free form and more.

Not doing a poem a day though, because that would conflict with my goal to release a book of poetry in the second quarter of 2021.

With any luck, I'll have at least three books released this year: serious space opera, humorous space opera and poetry book.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1924 on: January 05, 2021, 07:58:49 AM »
I'm strictly haiku.

1091 today. Added it all to chapter nine. Sometimes it just feels so right; the chapter was half as long as it should be, the timing coincided with the start of the Nuremberg trials and the chapter ended with the character saying he had to keep checking the paper everyday. So I walked him over to the newstand, bought him a paper, sat him on a bench and voila the missing historical detail is sprinkled in. Couldn't have been easier, conahura, knock wood. Still got quite a bit more to do.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1925 on: January 05, 2021, 09:04:06 AM »
Wrote 1,065 words today, so far, all for the humorous space opera.  I'm at over 47k for one that was supposed to be about 30k (and done way before now).  But this is also the one that needs lots of reworking.  Some existing chapters may get removed entirely.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1926 on: January 05, 2021, 09:39:16 AM »
I'm strictly haiku.


I like some haikus
But I like limericks, too
And, of course, epics
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1927 on: January 05, 2021, 10:23:08 AM »
I don't dislike limericks, I just don't write them.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1928 on: January 05, 2021, 11:03:30 AM »
I don't dislike limericks, I just don't write them.


I was just trying to be funny.  My comment was in the form of a haiku.  ;)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1929 on: January 05, 2021, 11:26:57 AM »
How many days in a row do we write before we count it as a streak? So far so good for me, as I did another 1,034 for my WiP, and worked my day job today. felt good to get my todo list done. Look forward to doing it again tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1930 on: January 05, 2021, 11:38:59 AM »
How many days in a row do we write before we count it as a streak? So far so good for me, as I did another 1,034 for my WiP, and worked my day job today. felt good to get my todo list done. Look forward to doing it again tomorrow.

Two!  grint :dog1:

But seriously, well done!!!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1931 on: January 05, 2021, 12:33:00 PM »
I don't dislike limericks, I just don't write them.


I was just trying to be funny.  My comment was in the form of a haiku.  ;)
Oh so sorry. Got a migraine starting barely functioning.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1932 on: January 05, 2021, 01:36:11 PM »
Wrote a limerick, so bumped the word count up to 1,105 for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1933 on: January 05, 2021, 07:24:59 PM »
I don't dislike limericks, I just don't write them.


I was just trying to be funny.  My comment was in the form of a haiku.  ;)
Oh so sorry. Got a migraine starting barely functioning.


Sorry about your headache.  Migraines suck.  I've made a lot of progress in dealing with mine, but it's still a work in progress.


Wrote a limerick, so bumped the word count up to 1,105 for the day.


Dan wrote a limerick today
What it's about, he didn't say
But I'm sure it rhymes
At least a few times
And makes you smile all the way
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1934 on: January 05, 2021, 07:26:16 PM »
I've been in a funk.  I'm trying to jog myself back into gear with these haikus and limericks, but it doesn't seem to be working.   :confused:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1935 on: January 05, 2021, 10:01:21 PM »
I got some sleep (unisom) so I feel like a new sponge right now.

Hang in there. Hope the funk clears soon. I try to change up my routine if I'm not psyched to do something. Start with the thing I do last. Or else set the timer and say I'll do X for fifteen minutes. Brains are weird. I know I'll feel better if I write or exercise, but I still fight it.

Yesterday I heard Sanjay Gupta talking on the radio. He said healthy food, exercise and good sleep are not just good for preventing disease down the road. They also make you happier. That's a lot of incentive for me, but the sleep thing is kind of out of my hands. Without sleep life is crap.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1936 on: January 06, 2021, 03:56:44 AM »
And lots of liquids!  I seem to be more prone to aural migraines if I don't drink enough water.  Hope everyone feels better soon!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1937 on: January 06, 2021, 04:28:35 AM »
You're so right. It's down in the 20s here at night and I have 5 steam humidifiers going and I'm drinking water all the time and still so dehydrated.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1938 on: January 06, 2021, 04:47:09 AM »
You're so right. It's down in the 20s here at night and I have 5 steam humidifiers going and I'm drinking water all the time and still so dehydrated.

Plain water or water with electrolytes?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1939 on: January 06, 2021, 04:59:09 AM »
Plain water. I guess I should think about the electrolytes.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1940 on: January 06, 2021, 05:02:49 AM »
You might also try watermelon, coconut water or Pedialyte.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1941 on: January 06, 2021, 05:17:50 AM »
Well water.  But electrolytes are a good idea!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1942 on: January 06, 2021, 06:27:59 AM »
We have well water. There's nothing in it though. Very pure water. My kid likes pedialite. I just looked at the bottle. 25 g of sugar in the bottle. Ugh.

I don't know if I need them. I'm not sweating, except for when I exercise. I think it's just my nasal membranes and sinuses drying out and getting irritated. I'll try doing the saline spray a couple of times a day. Thanks for trying to help guys.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1943 on: January 06, 2021, 09:19:11 AM »
Wrote 1,105 words for the humorous space opera today.

Poem and/or short story pending for later.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1944 on: January 06, 2021, 01:30:38 PM »
772, a little light on the word count, but I had some world building to do. Who knew creating a universe for my characters to play in would take so much time.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1945 on: January 06, 2021, 01:31:42 PM »
Plus 286 words for a poem and a short story that'll need to be redone because it kinda went nowhere.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1946 on: January 07, 2021, 02:07:45 AM »
935

I wrote it yesterday but lost some work time on the phone with tech support for the school district when my kid couldn't access their meets.

Still making progress though. Doubt I'll write more today but I'll try to do some more research for the next sprinkling of current events in another chapter.
 
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« Reply #1947 on: January 07, 2021, 08:44:45 AM »
Wrote 1,140 words for the humorous space opera today.  Only the 6th and I've already bested December's word count.  6,111 words for December of last year versus 6,914 words for January so far.
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« Reply #1948 on: January 07, 2021, 09:18:31 AM »
 :clap:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1949 on: January 07, 2021, 01:52:08 PM »
1,209 words today. Best day of writing this year. I'm keeping a spreadsheet of my word count, it's fun seeing how many words I write in my WiP. Hoping to get my daily up over 2k sometime next month, or March at the latest. I hear repetition helps build endurance to increase word count. Only time will tell.
 
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« Reply #1950 on: January 07, 2021, 02:20:58 PM »
And a limerick adds 35 words to the count.
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« Reply #1951 on: January 08, 2021, 08:38:30 AM »
Only 320 words for the humorous space opera today.  Really need to straighten it out.  I should--GASP!--do an outline for it.  Also, technically, went over 50k on it, though that count will come down once I edit out some stuff and remove some notes that are in the document.

Will have to try to get to 1,000 words for the day with a poem and short story later.  Been doing a poem each day and a short story on odd numbered days.  May try for a month of poems as that would still allow me to get the poetry book released second quarter of this year.  As for today's story, really need to come up with inspiration.  Last story, as I mentioned, really went nowhere.

Also wish I could find my notes for the trilogy I had mapped out many moons ago.  Still irks me that I cannot find them especially since I have a hankering to work on it.

Need to try to finalize the serious space opera too.  Really need to find some victim willing volunteer to be a beta reader.
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« Reply #1952 on: January 08, 2021, 02:09:00 PM »
Looks like today is a "just write something" kind of day for me. 316 on my WiP. Got some other adulting done, but should have a clear calendar this weekend to get my total word count up where I would like it to be. Good night, see you all tomorrow, and happy writing!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1953 on: January 08, 2021, 02:33:38 PM »
Added a poem of 38 words and a creepy short story of 842 words, giving me 1,200 words for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1954 on: January 09, 2021, 04:45:55 AM »
657.  I don't really know how much more I need to do. I'm at 130K words now but I really need to do a chapter by chapter review and see what chapters needs a little more to them. All I want to do is watch the news so even though the word count wasn't huge I'll take it as an accomplishment..
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1955 on: January 09, 2021, 10:30:15 PM »
Confession time. My streak ended at 7 days in a row, and on the 8th day I rested. Well, not really. I ignored my writing, spent extra time with my wife, and then failed to focus at the end of the night to get any words down.... which is inexcusable. No regret with spending time with my wife, but I sat at the computer for an hour and didn't even write a sentence. That is what I need to atone for.

So, today is January 9th and I will be writing in a few hours, once I get my morning choirs done. The journey continues.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1956 on: January 10, 2021, 07:01:09 AM »
Yesterday was the first day of the year I didn't reach 1,000 words.  Only did 199.  Wrote 165 words for the humorous space opera and 34 words for a limerick.  But I did find my notes for the space opera trilogy I've been hunting for for the past week or so.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1957 on: January 10, 2021, 07:07:55 AM »
Yesterday was the first day of the year I didn't reach 1,000 words.  Only did 199.  Wrote 165 words for the humorous space opera and 34 words for a limerick.  But I did find my notes for the space opera trilogy I've been hunting for for the past week or so.

You found your notes!   :goodpost:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1958 on: January 10, 2021, 09:11:15 AM »
Only 250 words today for the humorous space opera.  Really need to get to work on outlining the thing so I can finish it off.

Poem to be written later as well as a short story, so still may reach 1,000 words for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1959 on: January 10, 2021, 02:27:20 PM »
Back on the wagon, 488 in my WiP and a ton of world building. Had some plot points to sort out and add more action to the story. Happy with the production, plan to get back into 4 digit word count tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1960 on: January 10, 2021, 02:53:13 PM »
Didn't make it to 1,000.  Wrote 320 words of story and 34 words for a poem.  Gives me 604 words for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1961 on: January 11, 2021, 10:37:59 AM »
Only 841 words today, but that's better than my spattering over the last several days.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1962 on: January 12, 2021, 03:12:01 AM »
I'll see your 841 and lower you to 87.

One chapter only needed a paragraph more, but it's really because I have to go later to do the shopping I put off last week and I'm stressing about it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1963 on: January 12, 2021, 03:29:12 AM »
Only 658 words for me yesterday.  Wrote 570 for the humorous space opera and 30 for a poem.  The other 58 words were for the serious space opera.  Doing the "final" read through and still making changes.  Oy.  Also finding stuff I wrote four years ago roughly mirroring some stuff going on these days which is disturbing.

Only 3 words for the day so far.  Woohoo!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1964 on: January 12, 2021, 09:08:55 AM »
I should be writing, but I decided to do some editing instead.  Trying to get things in order for the new year. Hopefully, I'll be writing again before the end of the month. :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1965 on: January 12, 2021, 12:11:43 PM »
712 words today. I’ll take it. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1966 on: January 12, 2021, 01:32:28 PM »
Wrote 295 words in the humorous space opera and 23 words for a poem.  Hoped to hit 1,000 words with a short story, but finished it in 237 words.  Could have tried to pad it, but that's all it would be: padding.  So, 555 words for the day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1967 on: January 13, 2021, 03:12:24 AM »
1/2 Added news to paper.

Spend time updating filed on Kobo on book 1 because I applied for a promo at the end of the month and I want to have the free preview in there and have the book up on Kobo for preorder. While I was doing that I realize I got a one star rating on it at some point so that brings my average to 2. Don't know if Kobo will accept it now and it certainly won't look that appealing. <staring longingly at the couch emoji>
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1968 on: January 13, 2021, 03:34:45 AM »
1/2 Added news to paper.

Spend time updating filed on Kobo on book 1 because I applied for a promo at the end of the month and I want to have the free preview in there and have the book up on Kobo for preorder. While I was doing that I realize I got a one star rating on it at some point so that brings my average to 2. Don't know if Kobo will accept it now and it certainly won't look that appealing. <staring longingly at the couch emoji>

You got a one star on a preorder?  That's harsh.  I think someone was talking about that happening on Wide for the Win in the Facebook group.  I hope you keep the Kobo promo!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1969 on: January 13, 2021, 03:43:41 AM »
I lied.  I had 558 words yesterday.  Forgot about the three words added while reading the serious space opera.

On that note, I have one word for the day so far.  Again from the serious space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1970 on: January 13, 2021, 04:58:33 AM »
1/2 Added news to paper.

Spend time updating filed on Kobo on book 1 because I applied for a promo at the end of the month and I want to have the free preview in there and have the book up on Kobo for preorder. While I was doing that I realize I got a one star rating on it at some point so that brings my average to 2. Don't know if Kobo will accept it now and it certainly won't look that appealing. <staring longingly at the couch emoji>

You got a one star on a preorder?  That's harsh.  I think someone was talking about that happening on Wide for the Win in the Facebook group.  I hope you keep the Kobo promo!
No, I'm just putting the preorder (book 2) up now. The one star was on book 1, so now it has a solid ** rating. Just think it will deter Kobo from picking me and if they do pick me it will deter people from buying it when it's on promo. Really easy for me to get down about everything right now so that didn't help, but overcoming that is my responsibility. Maybe I'll go look at the nice pictures on your page to cheer up. :) I'm going to go take pics for my how to make a hair scrunchie post and schedule that. Didn't get to it this weekend. I'm going to take a look at mail chimp and their email thingy now too. So I'll be productive, even if I'm not writing.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1971 on: January 13, 2021, 09:11:37 AM »
Lied again.  Evidently, the word count didn't keep up yesterday, and I actually had 358 words for the humorous space opera instead of just 295 which meant 621 words for the day.

Today, so far, +1 word in editing the serious space opera and 537 words for the humorous space opera.  Poem later will add to the word count.

Still doing a daily drawing too, but I am doing so with Affinity Designer and my Wacom tablet and, as I am learning how to use both, my drawings are even worse than before.  Mostly doing heads now.  Bodies maybe later.

With my previous drawing program, I am doing something different each day, but that's a two year project, so won't see how good or bad it turns out until 2023.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1972 on: January 13, 2021, 12:27:24 PM »
733 words today, but I also added to the outline of the next four scenes which should make tomorrow more productive. I like the idea of daily drawings. I'm pondering adding a small sketch to my daily journal entry. :icon_think:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1973 on: January 14, 2021, 09:46:42 AM »
So far, I am at 301 words for the day.  That's 300 words for the humorous space opera and 1 word for the serious space opera I am self-beta reading but still apparently editing as well.  Still have to do a poem and short story before the day is out.  And a drawing.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1974 on: January 14, 2021, 12:42:42 PM »
With 49 words of a poem, I'm now up to 350 words for the day.  Drawing done too.  Just a short story left to do.  Wish I had some idea for it.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1975 on: January 14, 2021, 12:48:12 PM »
1,029 words on the mystery today. Borrowing Dan's idea of a daily drawing I decided to add a pencil sketch of a Daily Monster to my journal (which removes any pressure for 'accuracy'!)  grint
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1976 on: January 14, 2021, 01:51:32 PM »
I'll join in the drawing fun.  MS Paint all the way, baby!   :cool:

In case you can't tell, it's a cowboy being attacked by a metroid.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1977 on: January 14, 2021, 02:13:20 PM »
Well, 100 words of short story, er, flash fiction gets me to 450 words for the day.  Still short of 1,000.  Really need to outline the humorous space opera and get that straightened out so I can finish that up and, in the process, get back up to a 1,000+ daily word count.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1978 on: January 15, 2021, 09:54:17 AM »
I'm at 757 words for the day so far.  That's two words for the serious space opera and 755 for the humorous space opera.  Poem to be done later so won't get to 1,000 words unless it turns into an epic poem.  Drawing to do later too.


I'll join in the drawing fun.  MS Paint all the way, baby!   :cool:

In case you can't tell, it's a cowboy being attacked by a metroid.




Mouse, trackpad or pen?  I remember doing drawings on the Apple IIe back in the 80s.  Kind of similar to MS Paint, I think.  You had a pencil, paint can for fills, shapes and then an airbrush that was fun sometimes.  Didn't do a lot of drawings.  Mostly stuff for my newsletter.  I think it was all in Newsroom.  They also had clip art and you could modify the clip art too.  Fun times.

That was back when "pixels" were like huge blocks.  And you'd draw stuff and print them and it's like, wow, it looks so professional, even though it was nothing compared to professional.  LOL.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1979 on: January 15, 2021, 12:39:47 PM »
Daily Monster drawn. 676 words.  Grin
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1980 on: January 15, 2021, 01:02:31 PM »
Mouse, trackpad or pen? 


Mouse, of course.  I don't own any of that other fancy-schmancy gear.  And that pic took me the better part of two minutes to make, so y'all better appreciate it.  ;)


Daily Monster drawn.


Well?  What are you waiting for?  Post it up!   :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1981 on: January 15, 2021, 02:10:32 PM »
Did a 62 word poem so ending with 819 words for the day.

Daily Monster drawn. 676 words.  Grin

I did a monster today too.  Well, more like an alternate sea creature.


Mouse, of course.  I don't own any of that other fancy-schmancy gear.

I used to do a lot of drawing and phot editing with a mouse.  Got an inexpensive Wacom tablet years and years ago because I was going to do animation.  LOL.  Never really got the hang of it.  Then, when I got a new computer, I got a laptop.  Then had to get used to its trackpad.  Instead, I got a mouse to use with it.  Eventually, though, I got used to the trackpad and did illustrations and photo editing with it.  Now when I occasionally use a mouse for anything, it's just kind of weird.  Prefer the trackpad for detail work now when before I preferred the mouse for that.

And, now, I have a newer Wacom tablet and I am getting used to that.  That's why I am doing a daily drawing with it as practice.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1982 on: January 16, 2021, 02:01:39 AM »
For years I safely lurked in the shadows. Now I've gone and thrown myself into the fire head first.  :doh: I drew today's Daily Monster thinking just this once he had to be Handsome, all the while knowing he could never compete with the masterpiece that is 'Cowboy and Metroid'. No idea yet how to clip a quote, but first I need to figure out how to attach a monster. (No words written yet...)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1983 on: January 16, 2021, 02:12:04 AM »
1042 - Started the short story/reader magnet. Not sure how long it will be. I need to make myself listen to another chapter in read aloud later today. I hate that. So tedious. I could try to work a little bit more on the mailing list stuff I need to do, but that's just scary.

I like writing. I don't like editing, or marketing, or any of the business end of it. Maybe I should just write and write and write and hand it off to my kids on my deathbed or something.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1984 on: January 16, 2021, 02:45:01 AM »
I'm at 15 words for the day so far.  All from reading the serious space opera.  Found a character referencing something another character said when actually the other character never said anything of the sort.  Went back to earlier versions to see if I had changed it and missed the other character's reaction but, near as I can tell, the first character never said the thing the second character references.  Also, doesn't appear that I intended for the second character to mishear the first because nothing the first character said sounds anything like it.  So, no idea what I was thinking there.  Thus, had to change it.


I drew today's Daily Monster thinking just this once he had to be Handsome, all the while knowing he could never compete with the masterpiece that is 'Cowboy and Metroid'.

Nice work.  If I may, I'd suggest using plain paper.  If you need the grid, use thin or tracing paper over top of it.  Just makes things easier to scan and use if you ever want to do something with it.  In the old days, we'd use paper with non-repro blue lines but scanners these days pick those up so even that's not the best thing to do these days.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1985 on: January 16, 2021, 06:46:30 AM »
For years I safely lurked in the shadows. Now I've gone and thrown myself into the fire head first.


It's okay.  It's friendly fire.

Wait, that doesn't sound right...

I mean we're friendly.  Yes, that's it.   :ices_angel_g:


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...all the while knowing he could never compete with the masterpiece that is 'Cowboy and Metroid'...


 :icon_rofl:


...first I need to figure out how to attach a monster...


I'm sure there are many ways to upload pics, but I use this:

https://postimages.org/

I upload the image there, then just copy the "forum" link and paste it into my post here.  Easy-peasy.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1986 on: January 16, 2021, 12:02:20 PM »
1,332 words today.

...first I need to figure out how to attach a monster...


I'm sure there are many ways to upload pics, but I use this:

https://postimages.org/

I upload the image there, then just copy the "forum" link and paste it into my post here.  Easy-peasy.
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Thanks!

I drew today's Daily Monster thinking just this once he had to be Handsome, all the while knowing he could never compete with the masterpiece that is 'Cowboy and Metroid'.

Nice work.  If I may, I'd suggest using plain paper.  If you need the grid, use thin or tracing paper over top of it.  Just makes things easier to scan and use if you ever want to do something with it.  In the old days, we'd use paper with non-repro blue lines but scanners these days pick those up so even that's not the best thing to do these days.
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Great advice, thank you! Luckily my monsters are more reclusive than I am and will likely stay hidden in the depths of my grid lined journal. I hope I get this quoting thing right.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1987 on: January 18, 2021, 08:25:14 AM »
Guess I haven't updated in a couple days.

On Friday, I managed 865 words.  That was 15 words added while reading the serious space opera, 40 words of poetry, 300 words for the humorous space opera and 510 words for a short story.

Saturday, I wrote 462 words.  There were 400 words for the humorous space opera and 62 for a poem.  I did read some chapters in the serious space opera but added no words.  May have changed some.  I was pleased with Saturday's poem.

Today, so far, I am at 1,693 words.  That's 1,685 words for a short story and 8 words added while reading the serious space opera.  Still have to work on the humorous space opera as well as write a poem.

In case I hadn't mentioned it before, I am writing short stories (or flash fiction--I'm not being picky on word count) on odd-numbered days in January.  New stories, not editing, so I will hopefully end up with 16 stories at the end of the month.  I have nine stories so far and eight of them are usable.  Need to refine a couple but nothing major.  The troublesome story, don't know.  Had a good idea at the start but it got away from me.  So that needs to reworking.  Mostly, it needs a plot.  As it is, the main character shows up and walks away.  Woohoo.

Only doing a poem a day for January.  Think I've already mentioned that.  Most are pretty lame, but I'll add commentary and hopefully make them work.  These will go into my poetry book I plan to release in the second quarter of the year.  The original title (which I came up with in like the 80s) will be the subtitle.  Figure I owe it to my much younger self to retain the title somewhere even if it's relegated to a subtitle.  May have to figure out how to keep it as the subtitle while simultaneously burying it as much as possible because some words in the title, while perfectly fine not that long ago, have become somewhat radioactive in recent years.  Lovely.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1988 on: January 18, 2021, 09:27:29 AM »
And, 270 words for the humorous space opera, which brings me up to 1,963 words for the day so far.  Hopefully, the poem (pending) will put me over the top.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1989 on: January 18, 2021, 10:35:47 AM »
382 words today. Got caught up in outlining yesterday and today.
 
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« Reply #1990 on: January 18, 2021, 01:22:44 PM »
With 44 words for a poem, that gives me 2,007 words for the day, which I believe gives me my first 2k+ day of the year.
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« Reply #1991 on: January 19, 2021, 11:08:03 AM »
Only 22 words so far today and I think that might be it. :tap
 
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« Reply #1992 on: January 19, 2021, 02:33:17 PM »
Managed 454 words for the day.  That's 270 words for the humorous space opera, 81 words while reading the serious space opera, 42 words for a poem and 61 words for a bonus second poem.
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« Reply #1993 on: January 20, 2021, 06:49:13 AM »
728 on the reader magnet/short story. I listened to one chapter with read aloud so 6 chapters done, 50 some odd to go.
 
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« Reply #1994 on: January 20, 2021, 09:27:04 AM »
Wrote 525 words today just on the humorous space opera, so already ahead of yesterday.  Poem to do later.  Also, it's an odd-numbered today, so short story to do later too.  I need to try to get 1,200 words a day from hereon out to hit a 1k/day average for the month.
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« Reply #1995 on: January 20, 2021, 01:49:14 PM »
Finishing the day at 660 words.  Poem is okay but the short is more than a little iffy.
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« Reply #1996 on: January 21, 2021, 11:59:32 AM »
418 words today. It's been slow going.
 
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« Reply #1997 on: January 22, 2021, 02:15:37 AM »
Managed 1,094 words yesterday.  That's 7 words for the serious space opera, 42 words for a poem and 1,045 words for the humorous space opera.

So far for today, 1 word for the serious space opera.

Only 11 more days of poems and 6 more days of short stories.  As for the poems, I was only going to do it for January anyway which is good because it is somewhat challenging to come up with a new poem every day.  I have a couple good ones but most are pretty lame.  For the short stories, I have ten so far and eight are good and two need work.  Don't think I'll continue to try to do a short story every other day, but I think I will try to do one or two a week or something.  Not a forced schedule but rather to commit to writing and finishing a short story when inspiration strikes as opposed to making a note and adding it to an ever growing WIP list.  I need content for my newsletter, so the more stories, the better.

More than halfway reading the serious space opera.  This is, hopefully, the final read-thru.  Should really get to work on finishing the cover.  Kinda need that for when the book is ready.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1998 on: January 24, 2021, 07:13:29 AM »
I've got too many projects!  Still trying to decide which story to work on next. Instead, I updated a few more covers and made some for future projects...which is how I got into this mess. LOL
I may just put some titles in a hat and choose one.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #1999 on: January 26, 2021, 08:35:33 AM »
All downhill from the last post!  With 1,094 words on the 20th, I only had 620 words on the 21st, 565 on the 22nd, 547 on the 23rd and 644 on the 24th.  For today, so far, I have 580 for the humorous space opera and 74 for the serious space opera.  Seven chapters left to read through on the serious space opera.  This is, what?, my third time through?  And I've discovered the main character never actually figured out a minor puzzle he was supposed to solve nor was the answer revealed to him by another party.  I had thought one of the two had occurred but nope.

Also, really need to work on the cover in case I do decide to release the serious space opera.
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« Reply #2000 on: January 26, 2021, 08:39:52 AM »
2,402 words yesterday and still working on today. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2001 on: January 27, 2021, 05:07:12 AM »
I narrowed it down to two choices...and since they both take place in the same area of England (50 years apart) I'm looking at maps and photos today.

Hope to be back to writing in the next few days.  Historical fiction always takes more research, but that's what makes it so much fun!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2002 on: January 27, 2021, 06:27:40 AM »
Not writing but I miss you guys. Listened to 3 chapters on read aloud and started my first ever newsletter email thingy. I did get the Kobo promo so I put the preview of book 2 in book 1 and that will be the focus of the letter when book 1 is in the 40% off sale.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2003 on: January 27, 2021, 06:51:30 AM »
Yesterday, I had 30 words of poem, 74 words for the serious space opera, 580 words for the humorous space opera and 226 words for a short story, giving me 910 words total for the day.

Really, really need to outline the humorous space opera.  I put the villain in an inescapable situation and then I made it worse and then I made it still worse.  So, the villain may end up defeating himself.  Which is okay.  Be kind of like Raiders of the Lost Ark if Indy hadn't showed up.

I'm at 10 words so far for today and that's for the serious space opera.  Down to three chapters to read.  And then I need to go back and fix two things I missed on the skim-thru pass and the editing pass.  Kind of important the main character figure out the minor puzzle presented to him early on, especially as it goes to one whole theme of the story.  Kinda important that.

Also had a weird dream last night but haven't figured out a way to incorporate it as a story in anything.

There are times I miss live group chats in Skype.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2004 on: January 28, 2021, 10:16:23 AM »
258 words yesterday, and not very good ones.
 
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« Reply #2005 on: January 28, 2021, 10:45:18 AM »
Yesterday, I wrote 727 words.  That's 10 for the serious space opera, 37 for a poem and 680 for the humorous space opera.

Today, so far, I'm at 719 words which is 129 for the serious space opera and 590 for the humorous space opera.  Poem and short story to do later.

On the serious space opera, I got in one of two things I need to get in there.  So, halfway finished, sort of.  Also did some work for the cover.

Also, just noticed that I wrote just over 100k words last year and so far for this year I am at just over 22k.  So, almost a quarter of last year's words in under a month.  Need 3k over the next four days . . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2006 on: January 28, 2021, 11:01:46 AM »
Thus far this week: 10,673 words with at least that many edited and corrected.

If that seems like a lot, consider I start everyday about 6am with editing what I wrote two days ago. When I get to the blank page, the ideas are refreshed.

ETA to completing the eleventh, and final, installment: 3 weeks.

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PS: I emulate a process I read in an interview of Hemingway. He said he always started writing by re-reading what he wrote previously.  I liked the idea and it works for me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2007 on: January 29, 2021, 04:47:21 AM »
Ended yesterday at 859 words after adding a poem at 37 words and a short story at 103 words.  Had planned to try to hit 1,000, but didn't want to force the story to be longer than it needed to be and also couldn't think of a second story idea.

I'm at 18 words so far for today.  That's from the serious space opera.  Still need to remedy the one problem I've mentioned.  I toyed with the idea of leaving it for the character to unravel in the next book, if there is a next book, but I think it needs to be done in this book.  No guarantee there will be a series out of this so best to wrap it up.  Still haven't found a good place to work in the solution without ruining the pacing and/or interactions of existing scenes.
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« Reply #2008 on: January 30, 2021, 02:33:04 AM »
I probably only wrote 100 words at the most this week but I got through half the chapters on the read aloud. I'm pretty psyched to keep going. Going to be extra cold this weekend so I'll try to listen to a chapter here or there to break up being stuck in the house even more than usual.
 
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« Reply #2009 on: January 30, 2021, 03:11:14 AM »
Ended up with 542 words yesterday.  That's the 18 words added while reading the serious space opera, 485 words written in the humorous space opera and 39 words for a poem.

Today I am at 90 words so far today.  That's for the serious space opera, which I think is done.  I've done a read-thru for plot consistency, an editing pass and a beta-reading pass.  Not whether to prep for release or see if I can find some victim willing participant to give it a read.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2010 on: January 30, 2021, 08:02:20 AM »
Up to 790 words for the day so far after having written 700 words for the humorous space opera.  Poem and short story to do later.  If I can keep up this pace for the next two days, I should hit 25k words for the month, which will mean I will have written 25% of 2020's total word count in just one month of 2021.

Also, forgot to note that the serious space opera ended up being 136k words longer than the initial goal.  Of course, that initial goal was to write 5,000 words per day for ten days and be done.  LOL.  That was five years ago.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2011 on: January 31, 2021, 08:42:45 AM »
I'm editing one story, changing a few things, so it will fit into a new mystery series.  Then, I'm going to be focusing on my other WIP and try to finish it by spring.  It's a beast of a historical fantasy novel, but I've been planning it for a long time. 
Nice to be back to writing again!!!  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2012 on: February 02, 2021, 09:10:25 AM »
Friday, I finished the day with 1,079 words.
Saturday, I finished with 519 words.
Sunday, I finished with 888 words.

Which meant January ended with 25,493 words which means I did 25.25% of 2020's total word count in one month of 2021.

I also finished the month with 33 poems and 16 short stories.  Granted, almost all of the poems are lame, but most of the short stories are usable.  A couple need some tweaking but two are likely hopeless.

For today, so far, I am at 505 words for the serious space opera.  I've added a scene to wrap some things up.  Otherwise, it'd probably go for another 100k words.
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« Reply #2013 on: February 03, 2021, 10:16:59 AM »
So far, so good for February.  Wrote 1,179 words yesterday and 1,080 words so far today.

Also working on the UV unwrapping for the spaceship model that will be on the cover of the serious space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2014 on: February 04, 2021, 04:39:32 AM »
Ended at 1,117 words yesterday after writing a bonus poem.  The "Month of Daily Poems" is officially over.  On the one hand, it feels weird not having a poem to write.  On the other hand, kind of a relief.  Poems are best when you have inspiration, not forced.  At least for me.  Out of 35 poems written last month (including the two bonus February poems), most are really, really bad.  A couple are decent.

I fared better with short stories.  Throughout January, I wrote a short story every odd-numbered day.  As I reported in an earlier post, most are usable.  Also, did feel weird Monday not to write a short story.  Of course, would have been weird doing a story two days in a row since we had two odd-numbered days in a row.  Also felt weird yesterday not writing one.

Also, felt strange not working on the serious space opera.  I think it's done.  Still have to do the author-y things at the end, but the story itself is done.  I hope.  Finally.

Starting to get the hang of LSCM UV unwrapping, I think.  A few more parts to straighten out then hopefully I can start the painting/texturing phase.  Also, need to add a part that's described in the novel but not actually on the ship itself.  Played with it a bit yesterday and think I figured a way to add it without too much difficulty.

Did I make a note to myself what the cover dimensions need to be?  Or do I need to look it up again?  If the former, I need to find a better place to put notes.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2015 on: February 04, 2021, 05:13:44 AM »
3/4 of the way done with the read aloud. Couple of words and sentences here and there not worth keeping track of.

I'm really struggling with if it's worth the investment to do print.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2016 on: February 04, 2021, 05:18:37 AM »
I make my ebook covers 1587 x 2525 pixels.  Paperbacks are 1675 x 2525.  (Some people use 1700 x 2550 I think.)  I'm guessing the proportions are more important than the actual numbers.

There should be plenty of information online.  I don't remember where I got the numbers originally...but they seem to work.  I use Windows Paint, but I know there are much more sophisticated programs available.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2017 on: February 04, 2021, 06:05:36 AM »
Dan - KDP Cover Guidelines -

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200645690
I make my ebook covers 1587 x 2525 pixels.  Paperbacks are 1675 x 2525.  (Some people use 1700 x 2550 I think.)  I'm guessing the proportions are more important than the actual numbers.

There should be plenty of information online.  I don't remember where I got the numbers originally...but they seem to work.  I use Windows Paint, but I know there are much more sophisticated programs available.

Thanks.  I have a template I did in 2019, but I thought Amazon had updated requirements since then.  And I thought I had written down updated numbers somewhere.  I have my template set up to show me cutlines based on 8.5x11, 6x9, 5.06x7.81, 1563x2500, 1600x2560 and 2820x4500 sizes.  That way, I can make sure the most important stuff fits inside all of them.  That's just for the front cover.  I have to guess at added length for spine and back (if doing print) until I know for sure.

I believe I did the cover for my last book at 2820x4500.  Not sure where the 2820x4500 size came from, but it must have been recommended somewhere.  I know I wouldn't have made it up.  Regardless, 1563x2500, 1600x2560 and 2820x4500 are roughly the same proportions, so easy to work at the highest resolution and scale down if needed.

Before, I made the mistake of only designing for the eBook and not print.  When designing for the eBook, I work at twice the resolution I need then scale down at final export.  So, for 1600x2560, I'd work at 3200x5120.  For print, I'd work much higher.  For a 6x9, for example, I'd try to work at 7200x10800, then export to 3600x5400, plus bleeds and assuming they want 600dpi.  Oh, and plus the spine and back cover.

Just checked and Amazon wants 300dpi for paperbacks.  So, for a 6x9, that would be 1800x2700 which is actually smaller than the eBook version.  :icon_think:

So, I guess I can still use my 2019 template.  :shrug

Thanks!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2018 on: February 04, 2021, 06:11:36 AM »
I'm really struggling with if it's worth the investment to do print.

I know the feeling.  I always hear that the eBooks far outsell paperbacks for most people, so then I look at, okay, if one paperback sells for every nine (or so) eBooks, then is it worth putting together paperbacks for maybe one sale a year?

On the other hand, sometimes people who read actual paperbacks post pictures of themselves reading paperbacks and if they happen to like your book and share a picture of themselves reading your book, you might get additional sales (eBook or paperback) out of that.  Then again, the odds of that happening are pretty slim as well.

Then, not only do you have to format for print, but you also have to decide which POD service(s) you'll use which is a lot of thinking to do.

So, you relegate it to the backburner and it probably never gets done.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2019 on: February 04, 2021, 08:56:09 AM »
I've done a couple of print books. I paid a formatter. Would get Vellum and Mac in a Cloud going forward to make it more cost effective. I'm excited to finish the book I'm working on but after that I don't know. Last year really kicked me in the teeth, repeatedly. This year is pretty meh so far. I just don't know if I have the will to keep trudging up this hill in the hopes of someday turning this into a living wage.
 
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« Reply #2020 on: February 04, 2021, 12:14:49 PM »
I don't know if it's easier or more difficult to not make money (well not much) with my books.  I don't pay for advertising, so I don't expect to make a lot...which let's me tell myself I am writing books, so I'll be ready when I do advertise! LOL
For now, I'm happy adding more books to my 'shelf' and building a slow, organic following.   :dog1:

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« Reply #2021 on: February 04, 2021, 04:55:28 PM »
I wrote over 1,000 words on Wednesday.  But, about 300 of that is from the author info and stuff for the serious space opera, much of which will likely be tossed, which means I'll need to write over 1,300 words today to stay over 1,000 after losing those 300 or so words from yesterday.

A bit of a challenge doing the author bio and acknowledgments for this one.  Usually, I try to do humorous stuff but this is the first non-humorous book so . . .  On the flip side, there is some humor in the book, but still it's not a humorous book.  I think that makes sense.
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« Reply #2022 on: February 05, 2021, 08:24:41 AM »
And, quite by accident and not intent, I am at 1,300 words exactly for the day, and that's before tackling the 300 words from yesterday that will need to be tossed and redone.
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« Reply #2023 on: February 05, 2021, 02:15:14 PM »
Almost getting the hang of UV unwrapping.  Pinning the vertices helps.  Hope some creative license with the cover is okay.  I am pretty sure it's expected to have the main spaceship on the cover, but I'm placing it near a planet it doesn't actually visit in the novel (a different ship does) but I think will look cool.

Also, wrote about another 100 words so ending the day around 1,400.
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« Reply #2024 on: February 06, 2021, 08:29:33 AM »
I estimated too high yesterday.  Ended up with 1,395 words.  Five more words and I could have had 1,400.

So far for today, I am at 1,140 words.  All for the humorous space opera.  Had planned on 30k and it's currently at 66k.  I think I mentioned before that I put one character into an impossible situation to escape and, instead of figuring a way out, I made it worse.  Then, I piled on and made it worse again.  To make it even more impossible, I made it worse again.  I don't know how many times I compounded the problem.  But, finally, I think I have found a way out.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2025 on: February 06, 2021, 04:00:37 PM »
Hi all.

I’m working on getting my wordcount up, so I figured I’d join in the daily thread.

4710 words today on my next cozy mystery. I did pomodoros, which almost always helps.

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2026 on: February 06, 2021, 06:42:11 PM »
I've been sick, so I've done very little productive stuff over the past three weeks.  The only words I've written lately were in Dan's clothing thread.

However, I did cut my hair.  I've been meaning to do this for a while, but I just couldn't summon the energy.  I finally got it done, though, so maybe my energy is starting to recover.  Maybe I'm on the down-slope of whatever bug is ailing me.

And it feels great to have that hair gone.  I feel clean-cut now instead of shaggy and disheveled.

Now if I can just start to ease back into my exercise routine...
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2027 on: February 06, 2021, 11:42:54 PM »
Glad you are feeling better. Sounds like it was rough.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2028 on: February 07, 2021, 07:05:01 AM »
I'm glad you're feeling better, Jeff!
824 words today.  Finally started my WWII short story.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2029 on: February 07, 2021, 08:02:01 AM »
I'm glad you're feeling better, Jeff!

Ditto.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

Finished yesterday at 1,190 words.  No words yet today.

Haven't posted a drawing in a while, so here's the one I did last night:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2030 on: February 07, 2021, 08:39:21 AM »
1,262 today for a total of 81,457 in my current WIP as of this moment. Target is around 100,000.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2031 on: February 07, 2021, 12:59:55 PM »
Glad you are feeling better. Sounds like it was rough.

I'm glad you're feeling better, Jeff!
824 words today.  Finally started my WWII short story.  :dog1:

I'm glad you're feeling better, Jeff!

Ditto.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em


Thanks, y'all.  I had a little bit of a sensitive/watery eye this morning, so I took some Benadryl.  I'm good enough now so that I can look at a computer screen and type this post.  Still slightly drowsy.  Overall, though, not bad.

I've still got a constant tickle in my throat, so I'm still coughing.  I'm not terribly concerned about this, though.  It's a dry cough, so there's no gunk to alarm me, plus I've been in the habit of picking up a winter cough in recent years.  Just a "my lungs don't like cold air" thing, I think.   :shrug  But it's still an annoyance, especially when I have a coughing spell that lasts a while.


Haven't posted a drawing in a while, so here's the one I did last night:



That one's pretty good, and by "pretty good" I mean that it makes me think there's a story behind it.  It looks like a friendly-but-naive alien who came to Earth and found some adventure.  Reminds me of the movie Explorers a little.  Which is not a very good movie, by the way, but one I liked a lot as a kid.

Your homework assignment, Dan, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short story about that pic.  No more than a thousand words.  That's a hard limit intended to force you to be frugal with your words.  You don't have to share the story with us if you don't want to, but I want you to write a complete story with a satisfying conclusion.

If you choose not to accept this assignment, then there's a risk that one of us might do it instead.  So you better get cracking.   :ices_angel_g:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2032 on: February 07, 2021, 03:56:06 PM »
That one's pretty good, and by "pretty good" I mean that it makes me think there's a story behind it.  It looks like a friendly-but-naive alien who came to Earth and found some adventure.  Reminds me of the movie Explorers a little.  Which is not a very good movie, by the way, but one I liked a lot as a kid.

Your homework assignment, Dan, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short story about that pic.  No more than a thousand words.  That's a hard limit intended to force you to be frugal with your words.  You don't have to share the story with us if you don't want to, but I want you to write a complete story with a satisfying conclusion.

If you choose not to accept this assignment, then there's a risk that one of us might do it instead.  So you better get cracking.   :ices_angel_g:

I can always use more stories for my newsletter so . . .   But I get a whole thousand words?  A number of the shorts I wrote in January were 100 words.  Also, dang, it's almost mid-February and I was hoping to get a newsletter finished for the first quarter.  (Hoping to do four this year.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2033 on: February 07, 2021, 05:21:49 PM »
1836 words so far today in a new story inspired by Dan's posts in another thread.

It's not a science fiction story.  It's fantasy.   :icon_eek:  I'm aiming for a novel here, not a short.  And I might lose steam and abandon it, because that's always a risk.  But I'm trucking along nicely at the moment.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2034 on: February 08, 2021, 02:24:09 AM »
I'm writing about a Christmas party at an English country home in 1939.  The last big hurrah before rationing begins in January.  They have no idea what's going to happen over the next six months, let alone six years. 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2035 on: February 08, 2021, 02:30:08 AM »
I'm writing about a Christmas party at an English country home in 1939.  The last big hurrah before rationing begins in January.  They have no idea what's going to happen over the next six months, let alone six years.

In the next century, some author will be posting, "I'm writing about a Christmas party at a family home in 2019.  They have no idea . . ."
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2036 on: February 08, 2021, 03:13:50 AM »
I'm writing about a Christmas party at an English country home in 1939.  The last big hurrah before rationing begins in January.  They have no idea what's going to happen over the next six months, let alone six years.

In the next century, some author will be posting, "I'm writing about a Christmas party at a family home in 2019.  They have no idea . . ."

Exactly.  When we write about history, we have to put ourselves into that time and create that reality.  If anyone writes about 2019 years from now, they need to realize people had no idea what would happen next.  They wouldn't make an extra effort to visit relatives or appreciate a family holiday more than usual.  They would be caught up in what was happening at that moment with their normal hopes and concerns.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2037 on: February 08, 2021, 07:03:49 AM »
I'm writing about a Christmas party at an English country home in 1939.  The last big hurrah before rationing begins in January.  They have no idea what's going to happen over the next six months, let alone six years.

In the next century, some author will be posting, "I'm writing about a Christmas party at a family home in 2019.  They have no idea . . ."


Here's a writing challenge for any futurists who want to explore it:

"I'm writing about a couple celebrating Valentine's Day in 2021.  They have no idea what's going to happen just two months later, let alone over the rest of the decade."

(I picked two months later because April has a way of hosting momentous events in history.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2038 on: February 08, 2021, 07:38:22 AM »
I'm writing about a Christmas party at an English country home in 1939.  The last big hurrah before rationing begins in January.  They have no idea what's going to happen over the next six months, let alone six years.

In the next century, some author will be posting, "I'm writing about a Christmas party at a family home in 2019.  They have no idea . . ."


Here's a writing challenge for any futurists who want to explore it:

"I'm writing about a couple celebrating Valentine's Day in 2021.  They have no idea what's going to happen just two months later, let alone over the rest of the decade."

(I picked two months later because April has a way of hosting momentous events in history.)

Is this couple married?  Engaged?  Dating?  People have a tendency to make major decisions during times of crisis to try to gain control.  An attempt to create some sort of stability or foundation they can rely on.

If they're already married, maybe they focus on doing something for each other that they haven't had time to do before.  Time can be more valuable than money or going out, especially when you each do something the other can appreciate.  But then...I write romances.  :kiss:

ETA:  Actually, I write a lot of genres that have romance as part of the story.

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2039 on: February 08, 2021, 08:46:06 AM »
One thing I do is I find and read newspaper articles from the time, so I can write from the character's point of view because that is the information that they would have had available to them.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2040 on: February 08, 2021, 09:35:29 AM »

Is this couple married?  Engaged?  Dating?  People have a tendency to make major decisions during times of crisis to try to gain control.  An attempt to create some sort of stability or foundation they can rely on.

If they're already married, maybe they focus on doing something for each other that they haven't had time to do before.  Time can be more valuable than money or going out, especially when you each do something the other can appreciate. 


Those details are up to you and your imagination, assuming you accept the writing challenge.  :)

Futurism is fun.  I used to do writing challenges like this on a regular basis.  Great way to hone the craft and strengthen the imagination's muscles.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2041 on: February 08, 2021, 09:43:04 AM »
3800 words on the cozy mystery today. I was a bit stumped on how the ending would shake out, but a long walk after lunch helped me sort it out. Amazing how solutions drop in the brain when you're doing repetitive things!  grint

Plus about 1500 words of outline on my space opera project.  I'm trying to do a better job with series planning, seeing how each book fits into the greater whole.

Time for some TV!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2042 on: February 08, 2021, 09:53:32 AM »
3800 words on the cozy mystery today.


Excellent.  The most I've ever done in a day was just over 4k, so 3800 would definitely make me happy about my progress.   :cheers


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I was a bit stumped on how the ending would shake out, but a long walk after lunch helped me sort it out. Amazing how solutions drop in the brain when you're doing repetitive things!  grint


I think the benefits of physical exertion on mental acuity are underestimated.  Before I got sick a few weeks ago, I was making a solid effort at getting in better shape.  I intend to get back to that effort as my illness wanes, and I'd encourage all writers to do the same.  Physical fitness has all sorts of benefits, both physical and mental.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2043 on: February 08, 2021, 10:55:32 AM »
Futurism is fun.  I used to do writing challenges like this on a regular basis.  Great way to hone the craft and strengthen the imagination's muscles.

There was a book that came out in the late 80s that presented the history of the next thousand years or so.  Lots of interesting stuff in there.  Maybe you've read it?  Can't recall the title but I think the cover was blue.

Another interesting writing challenge that we did in school, also based on a book I cannot recall, is to take contemporary objects and imagine what future archaeologists might think they are.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2044 on: February 08, 2021, 11:00:46 AM »
Futurism is fun.  I used to do writing challenges like this on a regular basis.  Great way to hone the craft and strengthen the imagination's muscles.

There was a book that came out in the late 80s that presented the history of the next thousand years or so.  Lots of interesting stuff in there.  Maybe you've read it?  Can't recall the title but I think the cover was blue.


Doesn't ring a bell.


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Another interesting writing challenge that we did in school, also based on a book I cannot recall, is to take contemporary objects and imagine what future archaeologists might think they are.


Never did that, but I'll keep it in mind as something to try some day.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2045 on: February 08, 2021, 11:19:57 AM »
As far as word counts, I managed 1,160 words today.

Also, I forgot to note that the drawing from the other day was created completely Adobe-free.  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2046 on: February 09, 2021, 01:06:17 AM »
I've always liked history more than predicting the future, although I did watch a lot of original Star Trek reruns as a child.  I also watched a lot of Big Valley.

I think I just figured out why I love Firefly! LOL  :cheers


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2047 on: February 09, 2021, 01:49:09 AM »
I think I just figured out why I love Firefly! LOL  :cheers

Nah.  This is why:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2048 on: February 09, 2021, 03:09:19 AM »
That is a great scene!!!  But I think this is my favorite.




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Wonder

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2049 on: February 09, 2021, 03:53:38 AM »
I think the benefits of physical exertion on mental acuity are underestimated.  Before I got sick a few weeks ago, I was making a solid effort at getting in better shape.  I intend to get back to that effort as my illness wanes, and I'd encourage all writers to do the same.  Physical fitness has all sorts of benefits, both physical and mental.

Definitely. I've had a harder time staying healthy since I semi-retired and started writing during the day. I used to spend a lot of time on my feet at work, nothing too strenuous but I'd be standing for at least half the day. Now I have to set an alarm to get up and move, and take extra walks, because otherwise I'll just take on the shape of my chair like those poor humans in WALL-E.  :doh:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2050 on: February 09, 2021, 06:18:05 AM »
Couple dozen words but passed the 80% mark on the read aloud process.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2051 on: February 09, 2021, 09:08:53 AM »
I am at 1845 words for the day so far.  That's 1,420 for the humorous space opera.  Does it count as a space opera if one main character is stuck on the beach?  The other 425 is stuff for the serious space opera.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2052 on: February 09, 2021, 10:15:08 AM »
5000 messy words today to reach the end of the first draft. Yay!

Granted, the last third of the book was written at a typo-filled gallop, so I still have plenty of editing to do before this feels like an actual story. Currently at 51k words, will probably be closer to 62 by the time I'm done filling in my plot holes and adding all the proper description I ignored in my rush to get to the ending.

Hope you all had a nice writing day.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2053 on: February 09, 2021, 10:16:16 AM »
I am at 1845 words for the day so far.  That's 1,420 for the humorous space opera.  Does it count as a space opera if one main character is stuck on the beach?  The other 425 is stuff for the serious space opera.

Other planets have beaches, right? And Earth beaches can exist in a space opera. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2054 on: February 09, 2021, 11:06:41 AM »
I've been working on my website today, but I did find a car for one of my main characters!

1936 Jaguar SS100


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2055 on: February 09, 2021, 09:38:06 PM »
I am at 1845 words for the day so far.  That's 1,420 for the humorous space opera.  Does it count as a space opera if one main character is stuck on the beach?  The other 425 is stuff for the serious space opera.

She took off her beach coverup and plunged her toes into the rainbow colored sand. No doubt about it, she thought as she looked at the water, which today was a lovely lavender. Beach A-784 was the most beautiful anywhere on planet FSOK-20938.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2056 on: February 10, 2021, 01:20:43 AM »
I am at 1845 words for the day so far.  That's 1,420 for the humorous space opera.  Does it count as a space opera if one main character is stuck on the beach?  The other 425 is stuff for the serious space opera.

She took off her beach coverup and plunged her toes into the rainbow colored sand. No doubt about it, she thought as she looked at the water, which today was a lovely lavender. Beach A-784 was the most beautiful anywhere on planet FSOK-20938.

I want to visit Amanda's beach!  :smilie_zauber:

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2057 on: February 10, 2021, 01:29:39 AM »
We got 2 feet of snow here and more on the way. I'll take any beach. :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2058 on: February 10, 2021, 05:47:13 PM »
The beach needs to be visited by a sea monster which the hero/heroine is then forced to battle.

Pretty much any story can be improved by the addition of a sea monster.   :icon_mrgreen:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2059 on: February 11, 2021, 04:21:11 AM »
Another handful of words but only one chapter and the epilogue left to listen to on the read aloud.  :banana:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2060 on: February 11, 2021, 04:54:36 AM »
I guess the time of year I used to visit the beach is at fault, but I usually end up visualizing cold water, whitecaps, and dreary gray skies when I think beach. :)

I picture amusement parks when I want to feel warm. Ah, the sweat and sun... I miss that right now. Winter is my least favorite season.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2061 on: February 11, 2021, 05:03:18 AM »
Wrote 1,400 words yesterday and 210 so far today.

The character has left the beach.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2062 on: February 11, 2021, 06:04:44 AM »
Finished my pandemic novel ystrdy - at a blazing rate of 214 words per day (well, blazing for me).  A medieval/space opera/fantasy/parody w/a part for covid.  Had to be something like that to take my mind off the angel of death hovering over my street. 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2063 on: February 11, 2021, 10:51:53 AM »
Up to 495 words for the day.  May take on Jeff's challenge today to get up to at least 1,000 words for the day.

Also, still working on the model for the ship for the cover of the serious space opera.  Today, I did the part that is described in the book but hadn't been placed on the model.  Remedied that today and then had to recreate it after screwing up the alignment and not being able to figure out how to precisely reposition where I wanted it.  Would have been easy had I remembered the number of degrees I had rotated it.  Absent that, I decided it was best to recreate it.  And recreate it a second time since the idea I had in mind to save time recreating it in the first place didn't pan out.  Looks pretty nifty now, IMHO.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2064 on: February 11, 2021, 11:03:26 AM »
Finished my pandemic novel ystrdy - at a blazing rate of 214 words per day (well, blazing for me).  A medieval/space opera/fantasy/parody w/a part for covid.  Had to be something like that to take my mind off the angel of death hovering over my street.

Congrats, Hopscotch!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2065 on: February 11, 2021, 11:18:19 AM »
Finished my pandemic novel ystrdy - at a blazing rate of 214 words per day (well, blazing for me).  A medieval/space opera/fantasy/parody w/a part for covid.  Had to be something like that to take my mind off the angel of death hovering over my street.

Congrats, Hopscotch!  :dog1:


Yeah, same here.  Congrats!   :cheers
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2066 on: February 11, 2021, 12:25:00 PM »
Finished my pandemic novel ystrdy - at a blazing rate of 214 words per day (well, blazing for me).  A medieval/space opera/fantasy/parody w/a part for covid.  Had to be something like that to take my mind off the angel of death hovering over my street.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2067 on: February 11, 2021, 02:34:46 PM »
Up to 495 words for the day.  May take on Jeff's challenge today to get up to at least 1,000 words for the day.

Ending at 1,025 for the day after writing 530 words towards Jeff's challenge.  The start is good but not happy with the rest.  Not feeling very adventure-y.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2068 on: February 11, 2021, 03:23:17 PM »
Up to 495 words for the day.  May take on Jeff's challenge today to get up to at least 1,000 words for the day.

Ending at 1,025 for the day after writing 530 words towards Jeff's challenge.  The start is good but not happy with the rest.  Not feeling very adventure-y.


Well done.   :cheers

I've got just over 3k written on that fantasy story.  I got a little hung up on naming conventions, as I often do.  Names are hard, and coming up with them is perhaps my least favorite part of writing.  I especially hate coming up with what I think is a really cool name only to discover World of Warcraft has already used it.
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« Reply #2069 on: February 11, 2021, 03:45:51 PM »
I've got just over 3k written on that fantasy story.  I got a little hung up on naming conventions, as I often do.  Names are hard, and coming up with them is perhaps my least favorite part of writing.  I especially hate coming up with what I think is a really cool name only to discover World of Warcraft has already used it.

I usually don't have a problem with naming.  These days, though, I use unusual variations on names to avoid using the name of a real person.  Like Jeff might become Geoph, Jeph or Jyef.

Where I run into problems is when I need a more standard name.  Like a galactic government.  United Federation, Interstellar Alliance, Galactic Republic, etc. have all been used.  Probably the one I ended up choosing has been used somewhere but didn't really want to go with something unwieldy like the United Planetary Systems Republic of Universe Sector 8952.
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« Reply #2070 on: February 11, 2021, 04:01:30 PM »
I usually don't have a problem with naming.  These days, though, I use unusual variations on names to avoid using the name of a real person.  Like Jeff might become Geoph, Jeph or Jyef.


Isacc Asimov did the same thing, so you're in good company.  Harry became Hari, as in Hari Seldon.


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Where I run into problems is when I need a more standard name.  Like a galactic government.  United Federation, Interstellar Alliance, Galactic Republic, etc. have all been used.  Probably the one I ended up choosing has been used somewhere but didn't really want to go with something unwieldy like the United Planetary Systems Republic of Universe Sector 8952.


Kingdom, theocracy, kakocracy, confederation, league, commonwealth, consortium, co-prosperity sphere, principality, electorate, dukedom, syndicate, anarcho-commune, co-op, protectorate, khanate, sultanate, fiefdom...

You can even invent a word based on the leader's title.  A Grand Poobah, for example, would rule the Poobahdom.
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« Reply #2071 on: February 11, 2021, 04:14:32 PM »
Kingdom, theocracy, kakocracy, confederation, league, commonwealth, consortium, co-prosperity sphere, principality, electorate, dukedom, syndicate, anarcho-commune, co-op, protectorate, khanate, sultanate, fiefdom...

You can even invent a word based on the leader's title.  A Grand Poobah, for example, would rule the Poobahdom.

Alien governments aren't a problem.  It's the human-involved ones that are, especially if they are elected types.
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« Reply #2072 on: February 11, 2021, 04:50:17 PM »
Kingdom, theocracy, kakocracy, confederation, league, commonwealth, consortium, co-prosperity sphere, principality, electorate, dukedom, syndicate, anarcho-commune, co-op, protectorate, khanate, sultanate, fiefdom...

You can even invent a word based on the leader's title.  A Grand Poobah, for example, would rule the Poobahdom.

Alien governments aren't a problem.  It's the human-involved ones that are, especially if they are elected types.


After typing the word "Khanate," I'm now tempted to write something about Mongolians in space.  Would that not be completely badass?   :cool:

Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:


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« Reply #2073 on: February 11, 2021, 05:02:12 PM »
Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:

And bat'leths?
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« Reply #2074 on: February 11, 2021, 05:09:46 PM »
Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:

And bat'leths?


*snort*

I always thought that Klingon blade was a ridiculous weapon.  I mean, sure, it looks cool, but it seems unwieldy as hell.
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« Reply #2075 on: February 11, 2021, 05:20:52 PM »
Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:

And bat'leths?


*snort*

I always thought that Klingon blade was a ridiculous weapon.  I mean, sure, it looks cool, but it seems unwieldy as hell.

They had regular swords in TOS.

Bat'leths do look cumbersome, but it might make sense for Klingon physiology.  I think they have like a thicker rib cage or twice as many ribs or something.  So, a single blade might be insufficient in Klingon combat whereas the bat'leth offers multiple stabbing possibilities.  Plus, Worf always seemed to balance it pretty well.

He should have probably carried a bat'leth on the bridge.  Kahless knows the chief of security sure got beat up often enough when his only weapon was a phaser.
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« Reply #2076 on: February 12, 2021, 02:56:25 AM »
After typing the word "Khanate," I'm now tempted to write something about Mongolians in space.  Would that not be completely badass?

Believe there are c.20m people in Jenghis Khaneh Mogole's area of conquest (Korea to Poland) who still carry his genes.  That might be a colorful coat hanger for you.
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« Reply #2077 on: February 12, 2021, 02:59:53 AM »
After typing the word "Khanate," I'm now tempted to write something about Mongolians in space.  Would that not be completely badass?

Believe there are c.20m people in Jenghis Khaneh Mogole's area of conquest (Korea to Poland) who still carry his genes.  That might be a colorful coat hanger for you.

One in two hundred men worldwide are said to be direct descendants, which is 0.5% of men.
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« Reply #2078 on: February 12, 2021, 04:58:00 AM »
Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:

And bat'leths?

Worf had a lot of upper body strength.  Khan is space has been done (if memory serves me) but a Mongolian horde in space could be cool!  Nomadic of course, with lots of fierce, fast but compact spacecraft would be my choice.

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« Reply #2079 on: February 12, 2021, 05:28:09 AM »
Imagine these guys with spaceships and laser pistols:

And bat'leths?

Worf had a lot of upper body strength.  Khan is space has been done (if memory serves me) but a Mongolian horde in space could be cool!  Nomadic of course, with lots of fierce, fast but compact spacecraft would be my choice.

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda had the Magog.  Definitely a horde.
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« Reply #2080 on: February 12, 2021, 07:24:09 AM »
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda had the Magog.  Definitely a horde.


The episode where the Magog invaded the Andromeda was actually somewhat scary.  It was well done.

That show had a lot of promise until they switched writers and took it in a whole different direction.  Such a shame how that turned out.
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« Reply #2081 on: February 12, 2021, 08:01:15 AM »
That show had a lot of promise until they switched writers and took it in a whole different direction.  Such a shame how that turned out.

They had a big story arc planned out, similar to Babylon 5.  And then they had a season that reminded me of the third season of Lexx.
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« Reply #2082 on: February 12, 2021, 01:20:44 PM »
Wrote 1,015 words today.  That includes 210 words towards the alien visitor story Jeff wanted me to do.  Yeah, he's having a different kind of adventure all right.
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« Reply #2083 on: February 13, 2021, 09:42:52 AM »
I'm at 430 words for the day so far.  Need at least 570 more words before the end of the day.  Have 240 words I can not exceed for Jeff's challenge so if I finish that tonight, I still need 340 more words.  Maybe I'll work on one of the subpar short stories from January.  Thought up an idea this morning on how I can fix one of them.  But will it take 340 words?  Probably not, plus I'll need to delete some, which means writing even more words to make up for the loss.

In other news, I thought I was ready to start "painting" my 3D model but upon examining my test render, I see I need to make adjustments to the UV maps.  It's the hero's vessel but, still, I don't think you want to see it coming after you.
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« Reply #2084 on: February 16, 2021, 09:19:08 AM »
Edited what I had so far and added 717 words, so I'm at 4601.  A good start to the story!  :catrun

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2085 on: February 16, 2021, 09:36:53 AM »
I've almost convinced myself that the illness I had in the second half of January must have been Covid.  I've been chronically fatigued for several days now, and that's a common post-Covid symptom.

The good news is that, even with my physical limitations, I've still had enough lucid hours to get some writing done.  I've written over 5000 words in a new fantasy story in the past eight days.  That's not great by my normal standards, but I'm satisfied with it considering my current state.

By the way... I'm basically pantsing this new story.   :icon_eek:  I'm a firm believer in outlining, but I'm not doing it this time.  I have only the vaguest idea of what the plot is going to be, and I'm hoping I'll manage to avoid writing myself into a corner or meandering all over the place.  To help with that, I'm keeping the plot as simple--simplistic, really--as I can.
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« Reply #2086 on: February 16, 2021, 09:45:13 AM »
Finished a 94K words novel last night. Revised just under 10K words of it today as part of the first editing run through.
 
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« Reply #2087 on: February 16, 2021, 09:46:51 AM »
Finished a 94K words novel last night. Revised just under 10K words of it today as part of the first editing run through.


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« Reply #2088 on: February 16, 2021, 12:31:15 PM »
Finished a 94K words novel last night. Revised just under 10K words of it today as part of the first editing run through.

 :goodpost:  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2089 on: February 16, 2021, 10:07:39 PM »
Finished a 94K words novel last night. Revised just under 10K words of it today as part of the first editing run through.
Congrats!
 
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« Reply #2090 on: February 18, 2021, 11:37:54 AM »
So far, still managing to get at least 1,000 words written per day.  Not necessarily for the same project though.  Since the last report, I have written four new short stories.  Three of those are usable.  Also fixed up two of the underachievers from January.  Work on the lame space opera continues.  Still need to straighten out the plot which I've been saying for months now and I keep digging the characters into deeper holes.  At around 75k for something that was supposed to be a quick 30k and out the door.
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« Reply #2091 on: February 18, 2021, 11:39:24 AM »
Finished a 94K words novel last night. Revised just under 10K words of it today as part of the first editing run through.

 :banana:

The good news is that, even with my physical limitations, I've still had enough lucid hours to get some writing done.  I've written over 5000 words in a new fantasy story in the past eight days.  That's not great by my normal standards, but I'm satisfied with it considering my current state.

Well, you do what you can, when you can.  Or something.  Is this the one with the venomous horses?
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« Reply #2092 on: February 18, 2021, 03:29:48 PM »
Is this the one with the venomous horses?


Yes.  Although "monsters" is a better word than "horses."  Flying monsters that can be ridden.  Like dragons, but they don't breathe fire, so they're more like "armored transport" than any kind of aerial weapon.  Hero is a monster rider who is about to face a tough decision.
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« Reply #2093 on: February 18, 2021, 03:51:55 PM »
Hero is a monster rider who is about to face a tough decision.

Whether to wear steel-toe utilitarian boots or the more fashionable black leather boots?
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« Reply #2094 on: February 18, 2021, 03:55:38 PM »
Hero is a monster rider who is about to face a tough decision.

Whether to wear steel-toe utilitarian boots or the more fashionable black leather boots?


The subject of his attire hasn't yet arisen in the story, so I don't know what his uniform looks like yet.

I'm pantsing this, remember.  I don't have answers to any questions.   :icon_eek:
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« Reply #2095 on: February 23, 2021, 01:58:47 AM »
665 on my short story/reader magnet. About 1/3ish done I think.
 
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« Reply #2096 on: February 23, 2021, 06:54:07 AM »
Forgot to post this one earlier in the month:

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« Reply #2097 on: February 23, 2021, 07:01:47 AM »
Still continuing daily drawings:



Also a daily photo.  And daily writing.

As far as drawings go, I end up doing a lot of fish and aliens, largely because I run out of ideas and it's usually easy to draw a squiggly line then make an alien out of it.  Fish are similarly easy.  Then again, main focus is on learning the Wacom tablet as well as finding my way around Affinity Designer.  Now that I am learning my way around, I'm finding plenty of things easier to do than in Adobe Illustrator.  Still some things I haven't figured out yet.  I suppose I should read the online manual or something.

So far, still managing at least 1,000 words a day for the month.  Getting harder to keep up that pace as I've hit a snag in the humorous space opera again.
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« Reply #2098 on: February 23, 2021, 09:56:32 AM »
A little over 1700 words on a short story today.  Time to take a break and come back to it tomorrow.

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« Reply #2099 on: February 24, 2021, 07:52:30 AM »
Wrote 1,270 words today, just for the lame space opera.  My 30k lame space opera is now 85k.  But I think there will need to be a lot of trimming done whenever I figure out how to sort the whole thing out.  Some scenes I think I will drop and I am thinking I need to change or remove some of the later scenes with the villain because I've taken him from cartoonish bad and a little creepy to murderous and all sorts of sexist.
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« Reply #2100 on: February 24, 2021, 08:03:00 AM »
Another 1300 words for the short story.  It's almost done...just needs one more edit and maybe a few more details.

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« Reply #2101 on: February 25, 2021, 08:36:30 AM »
Finished and submitted to the anthology!  So nice to get this one done early.  I hate deadlines.  :catrun

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« Reply #2102 on: February 25, 2021, 10:59:52 AM »
Wrote 1,495 words yesterday.  Had I known I was that close, I could have come up with another five words to finish out the day at 1,500.

For today so far, I am at 1,090.  February's word count has already bested January's.  And still have five days left plus the rest of today.  I am also more than halfway to reaching last year's word count as well.
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« Reply #2103 on: February 26, 2021, 12:21:43 PM »
412 words today. :)
 
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« Reply #2104 on: February 27, 2021, 12:41:11 AM »
510 on the short story/reader magnet.

What do you guys do about previews at the end of your reader magnets? Is it okay to put three chapters of a full length book at the end? That will be as much as the short story + or -.
 
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« Reply #2105 on: February 27, 2021, 09:24:27 AM »
600 words today!  Finally starting book 2.

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« Reply #2106 on: February 27, 2021, 12:54:15 PM »
376 words today.
 
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« Reply #2107 on: February 28, 2021, 11:26:19 AM »
960 words today.
 
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« Reply #2108 on: March 01, 2021, 06:06:24 AM »
375 words so far.  Hope to get more done this afternoon!

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« Reply #2109 on: March 01, 2021, 10:57:14 AM »
Another 1500 words.  Not bad for a Sunday!  :dog1:

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« Reply #2110 on: March 02, 2021, 03:14:29 AM »
In January, I managed an average of 822.35 words per day, which gave me 25% of 2020's total word count in just one month.

In February, I tried for at least 1,000 words per day.  Worst day ended up being 1,005 words.  But, I managed an average of 1,226.46 words per day for the month.  So, in the first two months of 2021, I am already at 59% of 2020's total word count.

Will probably slow down this month.  Need to try to finish up a book I had hoped to release next month.  Have a beta reader lined up (I think) so kind of need to finish it so it can be read and then still released in time.  Also, I really, really, really need to figure out how to straighten out this lame space opera.  It's approaching 90k and was only supposed to be 30k.  As for the serious space opera, I don't know.  And then I need to see if I can figure out the plotting and an outline for the prospective romance or rom-com.  Oh, also was supposed to release a newsletter this month.
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« Reply #2111 on: March 02, 2021, 04:13:14 AM »
133 on the short story/reader magnet. Not much but I finished the light edit on book 2 of the trilogy. Have to update the back matter (add website and mailing list sign up) so I have a certain feeling of accomplishment.

Trying to devote some thinking time to what I will write next.  I had an idea for another psych thriller that I liked. I had been thinking I would continue with book 3 in the story I am writing now, but I'm dubious I will ever sell any of book 2. Now that I've reread the trilogy I've been thinking I should maybe continue with those characters.
 
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« Reply #2112 on: March 05, 2021, 02:57:26 PM »
693 words today.
 
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« Reply #2113 on: March 07, 2021, 11:33:28 AM »
612 words today!

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« Reply #2114 on: March 14, 2021, 10:37:02 AM »
723 words today.
 
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« Reply #2115 on: March 23, 2021, 03:57:12 AM »
622 I took a couple of minutes and outlined the short story I'm working on for a reader magnet. Now I know what I'm doing. Hopefully better word counts coming but today I simply had to devote some time to unclogging the washing machine filter. Laundry is not a hobby.
 
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« Reply #2116 on: March 24, 2021, 01:28:33 AM »
1066. Doing the outline really helped. I may write some more this afternoon, outside on the deck  :banana:
 
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« Reply #2117 on: March 24, 2021, 02:39:42 AM »
1066. Doing the outline really helped. I may write some more this afternoon, outside on the deck  :banana:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2118 on: March 24, 2021, 04:34:12 AM »
1066. Doing the outline really helped. I may write some more this afternoon, outside on the deck  :banana:

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Thanks. I just realized I have a major timeline problem. Got to sleep on it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2119 on: March 28, 2021, 04:26:47 AM »
944 words last night!

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2120 on: April 02, 2021, 05:21:12 AM »
For March, my target was 1,000 words per day.  Worst day was 1,015 and best was 2,495.  Was disappointed on that last one.  Had I known I was so close, I could have written at least another five words.

Words were spread among multiple projects.

One was the lame space opera.  On that, I tried for at least 500 words per day.  Worst day was 525 and best was 1,310.  I keep saying this, but I really need to stop writing it and straighten it out.  The more I write, the more it goes off the rails and not in a good way.  It's a mess.  It was supposed to be 30k and done and it's up to almost 115k now.

I also worked on my book of poetry.  Goal was an April release.  Reasonably sure it's not going to make it.  Need to add humor to it and I'm just not having much luck in that regard.

I also wrote two short stories.  Together, the two totaled 500 words.  I also finished a short story I started in February.  That one clocked in at 7,625 words.  For the year so far, I've written 31 stories for my newsletter.  I need to work on assembling one to see how many stories I need to fill an issue.

I did eek out a small improvement in daily word count.  Went from a daily average in December of 197 to 822 in January, 1226 in February and 1231 in March.

And, because 156 WIPs simply aren't enough, I also added a superhero tale to the mix.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2121 on: April 02, 2021, 09:51:07 PM »
Dan, you didn't ask for advice, so ignore if you want. When I'm struggling with the story I make myself take 15 minutes and write an outline. It isn't much, a sentence or two for what each chapter is about. Thinking about the story that way helps me see what I need to do.
Hope that helps, sorry if it doesn't.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2122 on: April 03, 2021, 02:19:45 AM »
Dan, you didn't ask for advice, so ignore if you want. When I'm struggling with the story I make myself take 15 minutes and write an outline. It isn't much, a sentence or two for what each chapter is about. Thinking about the story that way helps me see what I need to do.

Tried that back in January.  Put together a list of just the chapter titles to summarize each and try to organize it.  And, ugh, it was such a mess.  And, now, I don't even know how many actual chapters I have because I've been slipping in chapters and, instead of renumbering the chapters, which would require renumbering all the chapters, I opted to renumber later and so the insertions are stuff like chapter whatever point five.  Then, in some parts, I stuffed more in, so I might have chapter point two five.  And sometimes I slipped in a chapter between existing insertions, so I have some chapters number whatever point eight seven five.

The lame space opera was supposed to be a quick book.  I had a handful of different shorts.  All I had to do was tie them together, merge characters, stuff like that.  And since three of the stories already used the same characters, shouldn't have been too hard.  The existing material put me at 24k so a target of 30k to tie it all together seemed reasonable.  Now it may be a hopeless mess.  And my apparent inability to do humor anymore doesn't help.

Also, I still have the romance story I want to write but I can't figure out the outline for that one.


And, because 156 WIPs simply aren't enough, I also added a superhero tale to the mix.

I've decided to serialize the superhero tale in my newsletter rather than do it as a novel.  Still makes it a WIP, but won't have to worry about covers or blurbs or whether anyone will buy it.  So, yay.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2123 on: April 28, 2021, 01:27:52 AM »
Started my screenplay adaptation of my first novel. 1190 words yesterday, 721 today. After lunch I'll take a stab at a montage.

Side note - screenplay formatting really wants me want to write soliloquys for my characters that go on for a page and a half. Freaking tedious.

Another 692 and I got to write them sitting out on the deck.  :banana: But...I think I really need to scrap the gentler ending I came up with for the original brutal one.  :icon_eek:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2124 on: April 29, 2021, 03:41:19 AM »
Deleted a scene, rewrote it and wrote one more. Net 692 same as yesterday. WEIRD!

20+ pages in on a target of 125 pages. Definitely goes faster than a novel even with the  :HB formatting.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2125 on: May 01, 2021, 03:36:57 AM »
1568 today. 31 pages out of about 125 +/-.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2126 on: May 04, 2021, 03:17:22 AM »
528 on the screenplay adaptation.
Speaking of seeing your stories on a screen.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2127 on: May 06, 2021, 01:53:29 AM »
889 and I got the page numbering right. Thanks Lynn!
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2128 on: May 07, 2021, 01:47:22 AM »
1050. More than a third done on page count.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2129 on: May 08, 2021, 01:25:31 AM »
627 words. 47 pages out of 125 ish.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2130 on: May 16, 2021, 11:09:36 AM »
2k words today!  Woke up with an idea for a short story, wrote it and published it!  Even made a trailer.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2131 on: May 17, 2021, 11:05:34 AM »
3700 words today.  I wrote a sequel to my short story!

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2132 on: May 18, 2021, 11:53:29 PM »
Back on the screenplay - 385 today. I'm trying to take it easy because I had the second Pfizer shot yesterday so I may do another writing session later. It's nice and I want to go for a walk though.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2133 on: May 20, 2021, 02:08:59 AM »
609 words.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2134 on: May 21, 2021, 03:31:18 AM »
555. I'm not sure I like what I wrote. Needs a lot of tweaking.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2135 on: May 25, 2021, 03:19:59 AM »
Skipped to the ending. 2110 words. Very satisfied.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2136 on: May 26, 2021, 01:40:09 AM »
1133. Finished the ending. Added the beginning and a scene I forgot in Part 1. 75 our of 125ish pages done.  :banana:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2137 on: May 26, 2021, 08:10:55 AM »
1133. Finished the ending. Added the beginning and a scene I forgot in Part 1. 75 our of 125ish pages done.  :banana:

Congratulations!!!  :pdt

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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2138 on: May 26, 2021, 09:04:55 AM »
Thanks!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2139 on: May 27, 2021, 01:37:10 AM »
553. Very productive yesterday. Today less so. Not happy with the scene so I'm going to go for a walk and think about it some more.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2140 on: June 02, 2021, 03:37:05 AM »
646. Getting closer to the finish line. Rough goal of being done by the 16th. Could make it.
 
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2141 on: June 03, 2021, 01:15:26 AM »
748. I feel like I am keeping a thread alive for no reason though. I can stop, someone just tell me to.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2142 on: June 03, 2021, 04:43:34 AM »
748. I feel like I am keeping a thread alive for no reason though. I can stop, someone just tell me to.

Then I guess I'll post something so you won't feel lonely . . .


In March, I averaged 1,231.35 words per day which marked a continuous month-to-month improvement for the year.  That changed with April where I dropped to an average of 216.90 words per day.  I improved in May with 352.10 words per day.  Though, for yesterday, June has dropped to 270 words per day.

I wrote one standalone short story (150 words) in May.  Otherwise, I have been working on the lame space opera and a superhero tale.  Not sure how to fix the lame space opera so I keep making things worse by adding to it.  All of May and most of April was spent working on one chapter (12k) which, until Monday, had no characters from any other part of the book.  Really, really need to straighten it out but when I start to try to outline it or in any way order it, it's like, ugh, this may be a lost cause.  On the other hand, I know it's doable but on the other other hand, ugh.

As for the superhero tale, well, this is technically the second.  The first is done and this was entirely separate but, early on, I figured out how to tie the two together in a (hopefully) unexpected way.  Though, it's also open in that maybe they do tie together and maybe they don't; the reader can choose their own head canon.

In any case, I sometimes feel as though I am putting words on the (virtual) page but not really writing.

Meanwhile, I've also been working on the cover art for the serious space opera, as well as trying to finish the intro and about the author section I have been neglecting for a while.  Of course, not having the lame space opera anywhere near completion throws a wrench in my plan of releasing the two within thirty days of each other.

Then again, I've been thinking of not putting the serious space opera on Amazon at all and doing something different instead.  On the other hand, it's a semi-semi-sequel to my other books, so seems like I should have it there.  Or put it up for 90 days in KDP Select then yank it out completely?  Dunno.  Still have time to decide though.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2143 on: June 03, 2021, 05:12:15 AM »
Vella or Radish could be an option. Not advocating either or both, just saying.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2144 on: June 03, 2021, 05:20:44 AM »
Vella or Radish could be an option. Not advocating either or both, just saying.

Something like that but neither one of those . . .
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2145 on: June 05, 2021, 06:00:56 PM »
Wrote about 1700 words Thursday night.  I'm not anywhere near where I should be as far as being back in the habit of writing daily is concerned.  But I cranked out a few words.

I injured a finger this week--burst blood vessel--and I also strained my thumb a little, so I'm trying to baby that whole hand as much as is practical.  The good news is that it's my left hand, and I'm right-handed.

Also, I hate coming up with character names.  Just wanted to say that.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2146 on: June 05, 2021, 10:26:41 PM »
Yep character names are terrible. I look at the list for the years my characters were born for first names. Last names are an absolute pain.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2147 on: June 06, 2021, 12:35:28 AM »
I'm trying to restart a daily writing routine. I'll post word counts for some accountability. It's likely to be embarrassing for a while though. :)

36 words yesterday. I went through my last complete scene and felt like I deleted more than I wrote, but ending with 36 words more than I started with disproved that feeling. :D

Today is the last day of the week to finish the two episodes I wanted to write for my Vella project. We'll see if I pull it off. 36 words sure won't cut it. :o
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2148 on: June 09, 2021, 12:43:29 AM »
No words toay, but I spent some time reordering the whole thing and have two new scenes to write. Progress.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2149 on: June 09, 2021, 05:49:43 AM »
I'm averaging 470 words per day for the month so far, which is an improvement over May.

Feels like cheating a bit because a good chunk is coming from dialogue where two characters are engaging in a philosophical debate of sorts, so not hard to get the word counts up when it's all stuff characters are sputtering out.  And this is for the lame space opera which is almost hopelessly messed up and I keep piling on and making it worse.  Not worse for the characters in that I put them in increasingly difficult situations.  No, worse for me in that nothing is going anywhere, which wouldn't be so bad if it were humorous, but it's not.  I mean, it's supposed to be, but it's not getting there.

The other is a short story which is doing better but making sure to pound out words daily isn't always as productive as it is made out to be.  Almost duplicated a scene or dialogue because I had forgotten I had already done it a couple days earlier which seems like it should make me concerned about my memory but considering the number of things I think I have written only to discover that, no, it was all in my head and I never wrote it down, I should probably give myself some leeway for having forgotten things I have written and nearly writing them again.

Also, the model for my serious space opera cover has been occupying more time than it should have.  The textures are not at all lining up like they should and I've been endeavoring to try to figure out whether it is because I am doing something very, very wrong or if the software is not compatible with the operating system and that that is causing problems.  I am reminded of The Big Bang Theory episode where Sheldon observes that all of Penny's problems could be solved by the application of more money.  How true.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2150 on: June 10, 2021, 02:19:26 AM »
Finished rearranging everything and I am so happy I did it. 653 words, 99 pages. I have three more scenes to write and I think I'll be right around my 125 page target.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2151 on: June 11, 2021, 03:43:16 AM »
488. And I dropped a devilishly misleading clue in an earlier part of the manuscript. hehehehe
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2152 on: June 12, 2021, 04:14:02 AM »
Averaging about 500 words a day for the month so far.  We'll see how that goes.  Characters engaging in a philosophical debate tends to bring up the word count.

Also, finally getting somewhere with the 3D model for the cover of my serious space opera.  Will probably have to do another read-thru myself of the book.  Would really like a third-party opinion, but I've never heard back from Beta Reader B.  There's a good chance Beta Reader A would do it, but I know she's very busy with more important things at the moment so I'm not going to bother her.

Also, had cicadas come into the office yesterday, so had to put them to work.

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The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2153 on: June 14, 2021, 06:44:03 AM »
Hi, I'm new to this forum and have greatly enjoyed reading through these posts. Super motivating, especially when the idea of writing even 500 words feels daunting.

I myself have been aiming for at least 200 per day but 50 seems even more inviting.

Today I've written 320. Might add another 100 or so but no pressure. :)

 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2154 on: June 14, 2021, 07:08:28 AM »
Hi, I'm new to this forum and have greatly enjoyed reading through these posts. Super motivating, especially when the idea of writing even 500 words feels daunting.

I myself have been aiming for at least 200 per day but 50 seems even more inviting.

Today I've written 320. Might add another 100 or so but no pressure. :)


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2155 on: June 15, 2021, 11:34:58 AM »
Ended up writing 525 words yesterday in total. And 216 words today, which will likely double by end of the day if i continue my habit of writing a bit in the afternoon and a bit before bed. I like writing in small five minute sessions throughout the day lately, as opposed to long sessions. I'm in a bit of a writing funk lately so my attention span is shot. When I'm feeling more inspired, I can crank out 2,000 words no prob. It's been a few weeks since that kind of focus has hit me. :n2Str17:


edit: wrote 636 :)
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2156 on: June 16, 2021, 01:51:33 AM »
Welcome La Luna.

237 for me today. About halfway through an edit of the screenplay adaptation, adding actions and some descriptions mostly. When I'm done with it I plan to set it aside until August and come back to it with fresh eyes.

I'm really torn about what to write next. I don't want to publish a full length book again, so I was debating a screenplay for a story I have, I just don't know. I'll probably outline it and go from there, maybe.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2157 on: June 16, 2021, 09:47:54 AM »
La Luna, welcome!  Glad you've joined us.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2158 on: June 16, 2021, 09:49:14 AM »
Welcome La Luna.

237 for me today. About halfway through an edit of the screenplay adaptation, adding actions and some descriptions mostly. When I'm done with it I plan to set it aside until August and come back to it with fresh eyes.

I'm really torn about what to write next. I don't want to publish a full length book again, so I was debating a screenplay for a story I have, I just don't know. I'll probably outline it and go from there, maybe.

Amanda, what made you decide to switch to screenplays?  I've been writing short stories...just can't seem to focus on anything long and complicated at the moment.  Hoping that will change by the end of summer!

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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2159 on: June 16, 2021, 10:34:48 AM »
Thanks for the welcomes!

596 today and...I'm not totally sure where this paranormal romance story is going. The first two chapters started out strong and now it's kind of...dissolving? The hero is not who I thought he was. As soon as I entered his POV in chapter 3 this story is going somewhere very different. It's all shaky ground now and i'm straying from the plot, which is seeming more tentative and ethereal by the day.  :dizzy

I guess I'll just follow these new threads and see where they take me. 
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2160 on: June 16, 2021, 11:09:47 AM »
Welcome La Luna.

237 for me today. About halfway through an edit of the screenplay adaptation, adding actions and some descriptions mostly. When I'm done with it I plan to set it aside until August and come back to it with fresh eyes.

I'm really torn about what to write next. I don't want to publish a full length book again, so I was debating a screenplay for a story I have, I just don't know. I'll probably outline it and go from there, maybe.

Amanda, what made you decide to switch to screenplays?  I've been writing short stories...just can't seem to focus on anything long and complicated at the moment.  Hoping that will change by the end of summer!
Sales are so so bad the idea of throwing away time and money on launching another book is just depressing. I'm adapting my first novel for a screenplay contest, that costs $100 or less. Writing the new story as a novel or a screenplay is still in the air, but the idea of going through all the effort of publishing a full novel, Tim's description woes were pretty demotivating, I don't know. I just don't have it in me to put in the effort on a novel and have it tank again.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2161 on: June 17, 2021, 03:06:18 AM »
Sales are so so bad the idea of throwing away time and money on launching another book is just depressing. I'm adapting my first novel for a screenplay contest, that costs $100 or less. Writing the new story as a novel or a screenplay is still in the air, but the idea of going through all the effort of publishing a full novel, Tim's description woes were pretty demotivating, I don't know. I just don't have it in me to put in the effort on a novel and have it tank again.

I don't do anything for a new release except hit publish.  I'm certainly no expert (and don't have a huge income from this) but books don't expire.  Unless they're very trend/niche, I don't think a book ever goes out of style. 

Write what makes you happy.  And if not writing will make you happy, then by all means do that.  And screenplays are a good option, too.  If I had to choose one word to describe being an author these days...it would be resilient.  Best of luck with whatever you decide!

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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2162 on: June 17, 2021, 06:11:29 AM »
Currently at 162 words for the paranormal romance and am very tempted to start another project to tinker with because I'm so confused lol.

I've heard some people are successful with writing multiple projects at once. Last time I tried, my original project got abandoned while i got carried away with the secondary project. the second one got finished. the original is still abandoned.

Couldn't hurt to add 50 words to a different project...could it? Anyone else write multiple books at once?
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2163 on: June 17, 2021, 06:16:25 AM »
Sales are so so bad the idea of throwing away time and money on launching another book is just depressing. I'm adapting my first novel for a screenplay contest, that costs $100 or less. Writing the new story as a novel or a screenplay is still in the air, but the idea of going through all the effort of publishing a full novel, Tim's description woes were pretty demotivating, I don't know. I just don't have it in me to put in the effort on a novel and have it tank again.

I don't do anything for a new release except hit publish.  I'm certainly no expert (and don't have a huge income from this) but books don't expire.  Unless they're very trend/niche, I don't think a book ever goes out of style. 

Write what makes you happy.  And if not writing will make you happy, then by all means do that.  And screenplays are a good option, too.  If I had to choose one word to describe being an author these days...it would be resilient.  Best of luck with whatever you decide!
Thanks Lorri. It isn't making me happy much these days.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2164 on: June 17, 2021, 06:18:18 AM »
Currently at 162 words for the paranormal romance and am very tempted to start another project to tinker with because I'm so confused lol.

I've heard some people are successful with writing multiple projects at once. Last time I tried, my original project got abandoned while i got carried away with the secondary project. the second one got finished. the original is still abandoned.

Couldn't hurt to add 50 words to a different project...could it? Anyone else write multiple books at once?

I tried because I thought I could fit in 2 full writing sessions a day in that way. Lasted 7 chapters on both and then I bailed on one, which I never finished.

If you are stuck I suggest outlining. Just a sentence or two for what will happen in each chapter. Then start writing again. You don't have to stick to the outline but you can refer back to it if you get stuck again.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2165 on: June 17, 2021, 07:44:44 AM »
Thanks for the welcomes!

596 today and...I'm not totally sure where this paranormal romance story is going. The first two chapters started out strong and now it's kind of...dissolving? The hero is not who I thought he was. As soon as I entered his POV in chapter 3 this story is going somewhere very different. It's all shaky ground now and i'm straying from the plot, which is seeming more tentative and ethereal by the day.  :dizzy

I guess I'll just follow these new threads and see where they take me.

Luna, have you considered not changing POV?  Just an idea.

As for writing multiple projects...I am not good at that.  I can research one while I write another, but too many characters in my head for writing multiple stories at once.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2166 on: June 17, 2021, 08:02:56 AM »
Currently at 162 words for the paranormal romance and am very tempted to start another project to tinker with because I'm so confused lol.

I've heard some people are successful with writing multiple projects at once. Last time I tried, my original project got abandoned while i got carried away with the secondary project. the second one got finished. the original is still abandoned.

Couldn't hurt to add 50 words to a different project...could it? Anyone else write multiple books at once?

I tried because I thought I could fit in 2 full writing sessions a day in that way. Lasted 7 chapters on both and then I bailed on one, which I never finished.

If you are stuck I suggest outlining. Just a sentence or two for what will happen in each chapter. Then start writing again. You don't have to stick to the outline but you can refer back to it if you get stuck again.

Yeah, still not sure about starting a new project. I think the only way that would work for me now is if the new project was a far superior idea to this one, which was never too strong of an idea to begin with.

I think I will have to start outlining again. I did have a brief, vague one but maybe some brainstorming and more details is required. Thanks for the advice!
 
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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2167 on: June 17, 2021, 08:07:49 AM »
Thanks for the welcomes!

596 today and...I'm not totally sure where this paranormal romance story is going. The first two chapters started out strong and now it's kind of...dissolving? The hero is not who I thought he was. As soon as I entered his POV in chapter 3 this story is going somewhere very different. It's all shaky ground now and i'm straying from the plot, which is seeming more tentative and ethereal by the day.  :dizzy

I guess I'll just follow these new threads and see where they take me.

Luna, have you considered not changing POV?  Just an idea.

As for writing multiple projects...I am not good at that.  I can research one while I write another, but too many characters in my head for writing multiple stories at once.

I have considered it! I should mention I've never done dual POV's before so maybe that is adding to the confusion/hesitance? It does seem a lot easier to just have one POV and it also helps with increasing tension because you don't know exactly what the other character is thinking. I guess I'm just copying other romance authors who do the back and forth POV. Maybe I could rewrite chapter three without the POV switch. Not sure. I've already rewritten chapters 3-6 because I'm not satisfied with them... I think I might have to brainstorm and outline a bunch to see where this is going.

Yeah, I'm going to scrap the starting a new project idea lol. Thanks for the advice!
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2168 on: June 18, 2021, 03:50:21 AM »
I keep multiple booksgoing at a time. Right now I have 9. All will eventually be finished. :D

If I weren't so slow this would work out much better for me. But, truthfully, this seems to be the only way I'm happy writing. I have 39ish finished titles, most of those being novels and novellas.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2169 on: June 18, 2021, 04:53:37 AM »
I am hovering at just under 500 words per day for the month.  As of the end of yesterday, it's 492 words per day on average.

That's split between two stories.  One is a short story for my newsletter.  Almost 7k words now and still not done.  Not sure I'm living up to the premise.  The other is the lame space opera that keeps getting longer and longer yet going nowhere.  Doesn't help matters that I have not one but two characters that are (a) pretty dumb and (b) increasingly perverted.  You know what kinds of characters are easy to write?  Stupid perverts.  You can count on them to say or do plenty of stupid and/or perverted things.  How does a smart person change a light bulb?  They just do it.  It's not hard.  How does a stupid person change a light bulb?  Well, when was it last lit?  It might be hot.  They might need to use an oven mitt to grab it.  What if the glass breaks?  Maybe they need to put a plastic bag over it to catch any broken glass should it break while they are grabbing it with the oven mitt.  Does it matter whether the light switch was on or off?  Not really.  Unless you're stupid.  And then you might want to unplug the lamp first.  What about an air gap?  Can the electricity travel through the air from the outlet to the cord?  Smart person knows the answer is no.  Stupid person thinks that maybe the plug should be moved far away from the outlet to safe.  Better yet, go to the electrical panel and switch off the electricity to the outlet.  Which switch?  Better flip them all off to be safe.  Wait.  Can't do that with the oven mitt on.  Is it safe to touch the electrical panel with your bare hand?  Maybe it's better to use a screwdriver.  Wait.  That's metal.  The handle is plastic but what if the electricity melts the plastic and then you get zapped after the plastic melts off?  Better to pull the master switch and turn all the electricity off.  But is it safe to grab that?  Better to use the oven mitt again.  But, wait, if the electrical panel provides electricity to the oven as well as the rest of the house, well, then it might get even hotter than an oven and burn right through the oven mitt.  Then you'll get zapped.  Might be better to use a crowbar.  But that's metal again.  But it's painted.  The paint will protect, right?  Maybe not.  It might be best to climb the electric pole outside and turn it off at the source.  To be safe.  But the wooden ladder won't reach and it'd probably be bad to use a metal ladder.  Maybe just throw a rope up there and climb up that way.  With the oven mitt, of course.  For safety.  And so on.  And that's what makes stupid characters easy to write.  Even more so with dialogue because they have a lot of stupid things to say.  Like they might have said all the aforementioned instead of doing it because they like to talk rather than do.  And so the plot goes nowhere and the word count goes up and it would be fine if it were funny but there's just too much stupid.
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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2170 on: June 18, 2021, 04:43:43 PM »
944 words today.

I think I figured out how to make things flow more: a flashback scene. I don't know why that worked but it did lol. I know flashbacks aren't everyone's cup o' tea but everything makes sense now. At least for chapter 5. I'll be plotting more tomorrow.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2171 on: June 19, 2021, 03:30:51 AM »
765. Thought I'd be done by now but still about 40 pages to go through on the screenplay before I put it aside for a month and let it sit.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2172 on: June 19, 2021, 11:31:35 AM »
actually ended up writing nearly 1200 words yesterday.

Today...around 320. Except it's all outlining!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2173 on: June 20, 2021, 04:28:50 AM »
After I outlined, I ended up writing another 502 words! :)

Thanks for the suggestion, notthatamanda. Outlining really helped!

Today I'm aiming for another 200-500.

edit: 1112 words. And the characters decided to go on a cute date I hadn't planned, but I love it!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2174 on: June 21, 2021, 02:24:36 PM »
518 words today. Not very good words, but at least they are on the page.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2175 on: June 22, 2021, 03:12:42 PM »
515 words. Sluggish seems to be my default lately lol. I'm enjoying this story, but the words want to come out slow and oozing. It does kind of suit the atmosphere of this tale, which is thick and dense and atmospheric. Kind of like the muggy summer air where I live right now. By the end of editing, I hope it's a dark, luscious layer cake of words :)

 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2176 on: June 22, 2021, 05:18:53 PM »
I strained my hands last week during a woodworking project.  They've been hurting a little since then.  Makes it difficult to write without stopping every now and then to massage them.

But I'm doing what I can.   :icon_rolleyes:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2177 on: June 23, 2021, 01:43:47 PM »
Hope you feel better soon, Jeff!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2178 on: June 23, 2021, 01:59:16 PM »
722 words today. Might try to up it to 1000 before sleep. We shall see.

I feel like I've been at approx 20,000 words in this manuscript forever??? Am I in a time warp? Lol in reality the words are adding up but it feels so darn slow....I'm excited for the day where I check my total word count and it's finished. hahaaa

edit: Oh yeah! The reason it's been at 20,000 words forever is because I had to rewrite three chapters! I nearly forgot. :icon_redface:
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2179 on: June 24, 2021, 04:55:05 PM »
305 mediocre words. Lol, I can't wait to edit this mess. :cool:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2180 on: June 25, 2021, 02:47:44 PM »
719 words. Today was better :)
 
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la_luna

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2181 on: June 26, 2021, 07:17:00 PM »
52 words. I had too much hard cider to write more. :n2Str17:

Where are all the writers with their word counts???? I feel like I'm yelling into a void!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2182 on: June 27, 2021, 04:56:54 AM »
52 words. I had too much hard cider to write more. :n2Str17:

Where are all the writers with their word counts???? I feel like I'm yelling into a void!

La_luna, it's up and down with word count and author participation.  Right now, I'm focusing on promotions so taking a break from writing.  Others have kids out of school and summer vacation.  Keep posting and maybe we'll get more writers back next week!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2183 on: June 27, 2021, 10:41:55 AM »
52 words. I had too much hard cider to write more. :n2Str17:

Where are all the writers with their word counts???? I feel like I'm yelling into a void!

La_luna, it's up and down with word count and author participation.  Right now, I'm focusing on promotions so taking a break from writing.  Others have kids out of school and summer vacation.  Keep posting and maybe we'll get more writers back next week!  :dog1:

Yes, that does make sense! I shall keep calm and write on then. Hopefully more people will join the thread soon! :)
 
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2184 on: June 27, 2021, 01:03:32 PM »
Where are all the writers with their word counts???? I feel like I'm yelling into a void!


I had a big fat zero last night.   :icon_sad:

But I've worked out how I want the scene to go, so I should be able to crank out at least a few hundred words tonight.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2185 on: June 29, 2021, 08:24:54 AM »
Where are all the writers with their word counts???? I feel like I'm yelling into a void!


I had a big fat zero last night.   :icon_sad:

But I've worked out how I want the scene to go, so I should be able to crank out at least a few hundred words tonight.


Over 1600 words Saturday night, and a few hundred Sunday night.  Once again, I had to stop so I could mull over how I wanted the story to progress.

FYI, I'm working on a potential Vella serial.  I decided if I could crank out 20 episodes before the program went live, then I'd toss them up and see what happened.  I'm on episode 9 right now.  I'm totally pantsing this thing, something I would never do for a novel because I have a way of writing myself into corners and straying from the plot when I do that.  But a serial has no defined end, so it's different this time.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2186 on: July 03, 2021, 02:36:33 AM »
I finished June with an average of 450.5 words per day, which is a 27.95% improvement over May's 352.10 words per day.  For July, I am at 215 words per day so far.

I have been working on two projects: one is the lame space opera and the other is a superhero short.  The lame space opera is going nowhere and I keep going deeper and deeper into that nowhere.  The superhero short seems to be dragging on.  I still like the premise but I'm less sure of the execution so far.  The lead character seems resistant to being a superhero.  I'm approaching 9k and I'm fear I may be dragging the story out too much.  I probably need to figure out a villain and a villainous plot for world domination or something.

The original plan was to release the serious space opera and the lame space opera within 30 days of each other, figuring having two releases (even if unconnected) in the same genre during the same 30 day window might help.  Or maybe not.  Might have been an interesting experiment either way, but I don't think it's going to happen.  The humor isn't there with the lame space opera and I can't seem to find my way back.  I should probably finish the cover of the serious space opera, finish the foreword and about sections, give it another read-through and then release it.  Don't like not having a beta reader go through it first, but can neither afford one nor find a volunteer, so, rather than bury it in a virtual drawer for years and years, might be better to wrap it up and release it.

May switch gears this month and work on the scifi-horror series I've mentioned in another thread and circle back to the lame space opera and superhero short sometime in the future.
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2187 on: July 13, 2021, 02:33:16 AM »
347. First draft of the screenplay adaptation finally done, about a month after I planned to. I'll put that aside, possibly until the end of August so I'll have fresh eyes for it.
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2188 on: August 23, 2021, 04:07:38 AM »
53 words so far today!
 
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LilyBLily

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2189 on: August 23, 2021, 04:14:42 AM »
I decided to write an entire novel over the weekend and scared myself so badly I didn't write anything at all the first day. Didn't even go near my writing laptop.

The only time daily word count goals work for me is NaNoWriMo in November. Well, and years ago there was a Southern Cross challenge in June and I wrote an enormous number of words for it, I think 100k in thirty days. But not this weekend. I'll be happy to make progress on the new project and leave it at that. 
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2190 on: August 23, 2021, 05:49:44 AM »
I decided to write an entire novel over the weekend and scared myself so badly I didn't write anything at all the first day. Didn't even go near my writing laptop.

The only time daily word count goals work for me is NaNoWriMo in November. Well, and years ago there was a Southern Cross challenge in June and I wrote an enormous number of words for it, I think 100k in thirty days. But not this weekend. I'll be happy to make progress on the new project and leave it at that.

I wrote and published two very short, fantasy stories one weekend (and made the trailer).  I can't imagine writing an entire novel.

Maybe focus on writing a few chapters over the weekend?  :dog1:

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LilyBLily

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2191 on: August 23, 2021, 07:09:06 AM »
I did somewhere about 2k words and am happy with my progress. I'm a pantster so I have to feel my way. It can mean I write every few days or that I write a lot. Depends on how the story reveals itself to me. The new one is developing in exciting ways already that I had not anticipated. I love that.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2192 on: August 30, 2021, 04:47:45 AM »
122 words, slowly making progress :)
Even if said progress is a rewrite of previous progress!
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2193 on: September 09, 2021, 07:19:28 AM »
Despite working on three stories, my daily word count slipped from an average of 392.58 words per day in July to 372.58 words per day in August.

I still have problems with the lame space opera.  I had a chapter of the lame space opera I started a while back.  Maybe two.  Then I had some other stories I thought I could merge into it and finish a novel in short order.  So, I had the start of the original lame space opera, three space stories, another short story, a fantasy short story and the start of another story I had forgotten where I was going with.  And, it seemed workable at the start.  Merging some characters together was more complicated than I had thought but eventually got it worked out.  But, while I've managed to work together the original space opera, the three space stories and the start of another story, the remaining two--from whence the villain comes--isn't pulling together well.  I thought I had a good handle on making it work, but it's just not coming together.  The villain, for example, is kind of a perv and becoming more so.  I'm considering maybe pulling those stories out and doing a standalone villain tale.  Don't know for sure yet.

Also, I've been experimenting a bit on what software I want to use for writing.  Though it shouldn't affect the writing, sometimes it does because it becomes a distraction.  Once I settle on something, hopefully that will remedy that.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2194 on: September 09, 2021, 10:35:18 AM »
I haven't done much writing lately, but I did finally start a newsletter, a reading group...and I'm creating a Payhip account for direct sales.  Eventually, I might even start writing again. LOL   :dog1:

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2195 on: September 09, 2021, 01:22:09 PM »
...I thought I had a good handle on making it work, but it's just not coming together.  The villain, for example, is kind of a perv and becoming more so.  I'm considering maybe pulling those stories out and doing a standalone villain tale.  Don't know for sure yet.


How is his being a perv a problem?  It sounds like a good quality to have in a villain.  You want a villain to be as unlikable as possible without sacrificing realism.  Think Baron Harkonnen and his myriad abhorrent qualities.  (I've got the Baron and other characters lingering near the front of my thoughts due to the upcoming Dune movie.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2196 on: September 10, 2021, 08:30:09 AM »
...I thought I had a good handle on making it work, but it's just not coming together.  The villain, for example, is kind of a perv and becoming more so.  I'm considering maybe pulling those stories out and doing a standalone villain tale.  Don't know for sure yet.


How is his being a perv a problem?  It sounds like a good quality to have in a villain.  You want a villain to be as unlikable as possible without sacrificing realism.  Think Baron Harkonnen and his myriad abhorrent qualities.  (I've got the Baron and other characters lingering near the front of my thoughts due to the upcoming Dune movie.)

Well, he talks a lot for one thing.  And he does and wants to do rather perverted things.  And, the good guys are supposed to stop him and I'm over 150k now and they haven't even encountered each other, primarily because the good guys got sidetracked and the villain basically stopped himself from what they were supposed to stop him doing.  And now they're going in two different directions.
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Dormouse

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2197 on: September 10, 2021, 08:33:18 AM »
Also, I've been experimenting a bit on what software I want to use for writing.  Though it shouldn't affect the writing, sometimes it does because it becomes a distraction.  Once I settle on something, hopefully that will remedy that.
I'm always interested in what software writers choose to use: why they decided on that and what alternatives they had considered. I'd enjoy reading anything you have to say about how that goes for you. I assume the experimenting is because of some deficiency in what you had been using previously.
 

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2198 on: September 10, 2021, 09:09:47 AM »
Also, I've been experimenting a bit on what software I want to use for writing.  Though it shouldn't affect the writing, sometimes it does because it becomes a distraction.  Once I settle on something, hopefully that will remedy that.
I'm always interested in what software writers choose to use: why they decided on that and what alternatives they had considered. I'd enjoy reading anything you have to say about how that goes for you. I assume the experimenting is because of some deficiency in what you had been using previously.

I'll put something together and start a thread for it.
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2199 on: September 23, 2021, 08:06:03 AM »
Finally back to work writing and editing.  Also creating the cast of characters for my next series! 
I haven't kept track of words, but it's definitely progress!  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2200 on: September 23, 2021, 09:50:25 AM »
If I maintain my current pace, I'll beat my August word count, so, yay!  Although writing three stories at the same time is not easy.  And the lame space opera is just dragging along.  I'm afraid to check the word count on the current chapter.

Also, some of you may remember some of the drawings I've posted previously in the thread.  I have a special project I'm going to do and need some feedback as to which drawing should be used.  I have a poll in the Deep Space Infinity forum here and would appreciate votes/feedback/etc.  Thanks!
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2201 on: October 02, 2021, 04:02:26 AM »
I bested my August word count.  Went from under 400 words per day to just over 500.  This was primarily thanks to a last minute push yesterday to hit the 500 word average.  Otherwise, I would have been just under 500 which doesn't sound as impressive as just over 500.

I'm going to pause my superhero story this month and maybe come back to it sometime in the future.  At 20k words in, it's not going anywhere, probably because while I had an idea for the characters and basic story, I never had a real plot.  And plodding along isn't creating a plot either.  So, best to put it on the backburner until I figure something out.  Bummer is that it is a sequel of sorts to another story I wrote, which has not yet been published.  I planned on publishing it this year and this sequel-ish next year.  Don't know what I'll do there yet.  Maybe publish anyway and if there is or isn't a sequel, no big deal.

Will probably keep going on the lame space opera even though it, too, isn't going anywhere.

I am thinking that, using the terms often-used though not ones I particularly prefer, that I am a pantser when I am able to do humor but a plotter otherwise.  I need an outline otherwise it just goes off the rails which is fine for humorous stuff but not necessarily anything else.  When I was younger, I could plot things out in my head and that could be enough, but now if I do that I'll probably forget it by the end of the week, which is really problematic if it's a Thursday.  So, I need to write stuff down.  Prime example is the name and title of a project I am currently working on.  Was close to a name but that name was too close to something else.  So, I didn't write it down because I hadn't finalized it.  Well, when I got back to the project, I had forgotten both the name I had come up with and whatever it was that it was close to, which meant I had to start from scratch.  So, new name is fine, I think, but now there's that nagging feeling that maybe the first idea was a better direction.

On the drawing front, some of you may remember this one:
I still do a daily drawing as well.  Here is today's:



I show little to no improvement which is why this guy is an alien because his species, while appearing human with large eyes, also shares characteristics with fiddler crabs in that one hand is significantly larger than the other.  You would think he would carry his weapon in his smaller hand and use the larger hand for fighting off enemies, but the space military he serves with didn't design their weapons for people with tiny hands.  Some of his people protested, but they found themselves accidentally expelled from an airlock when they found themselves trapped after following some bad directions to the meeting room and their tiny hands were too small to press the emergency override button and their larger hands too big to press the same button.

Or not.  Regardless, I've been redoing and fine-tuning it.  The initial redo looked too boy-ish, so I tweaked it and now he looks more like a twelve year old than a seven year old, so I guess that's a step in the right direction.  The goal is that he look young, but like in his twenties not his teens.  Oy.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2202 on: October 02, 2021, 04:53:50 AM »
I don't think he looks like a teenager. I'd say early twenties fits him just fine. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2203 on: October 02, 2021, 05:07:40 AM »
I don't think he looks like a teenager. I'd say early twenties fits him just fine. :)

The redo is where he looks twelve.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2204 on: October 05, 2021, 11:42:05 AM »
I was feeling pretty confident in my redo until I did a better side-by-side comparison and--ugh--it's kind of better but much, much worse at the same time.

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2205 on: October 17, 2021, 02:41:13 AM »
I'm trying to restart a daily writing routine. I'll post word counts for some accountability. It's likely to be embarrassing for a while though. :)

Hahaha...

I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I've been editing a story I meant to publish two years ago and will start writing again today after I finish publishing. :) My last published work was 22.8 months ago. My burnout or whatever you want to call it finally seems to have come to an end. Thank you lord. I was kind of getting sick of myself. :D

(I've done some minor writing here and there this last two years, but I never could get any momentum up. I've always had cycles of 3-6 months where I just don't want to write at all, but never anything as long as this last one. For the women here, I actually think oncoming menopause really knocked me off my game far more than I expected, so I don't really believe it was burnout in the sense of being sick of writing. I had no idea the hormone changes would affect my mental state to such a degree.)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2206 on: October 30, 2021, 03:16:25 AM »
Published last week. I tried to start writing the next day but I've ended up spending my time doing tedious follow-up publishing stuff. :) However, today I think I'll finally get started writing again, because I think I finally got it all done.

But yay! I finally published something after a *very* long break! I was actually worried I'd fall back into that funk I've been in and not get it done this month.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2207 on: November 02, 2021, 01:57:16 AM »
I bested my August word count.  Went from under 400 words per day to just over 500.  This was primarily thanks to a last minute push yesterday to hit the 500 word average.  Otherwise, I would have been just under 500 which doesn't sound as impressive as just over 500.

Bested September's word count too.  Went from just over 500 words per day on average to an average of almost 1,300 words per day.  Also beat March's total word count which had been my best month of the year.

Downside is that a good chunk of words were for the lame space opera and I'm thinking it's possible a majority of them will end up being cut.  I have a chapter that's about 70k words which is mostly dialogue.  The first roughly 10k is a group of characters mostly arguing amongst themselves about what to do to stop the bad guy; the remaining 60k are two characters in a dialogue.  If it had a plot of its own, it could possibly be its own book.  Perhaps not a good one but a book.

Upside is that I have 31 short stories to polish up.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2208 on: November 02, 2021, 06:21:45 AM »
I have a chapter that's about 70k words which is mostly dialogue. 


I hope it has lots of asterisk breaks.   :icon_eek:

Seriously, though, Sanderson did this sort of thing--a novel-length chapter--in the last WoT book, and it was tedious as hell for this reader.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2209 on: November 02, 2021, 06:29:06 AM »
I hope it has lots of asterisk breaks.   :icon_eek:

Only between the 10k section and the 60k section.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2210 on: November 03, 2021, 07:03:55 AM »
783.

So basically I haven't written since I published in April. Big dud of a book. 600 page dud. I'm back in school now (Medical Billing and Coding certificate program) and I spent the time from April to July putting my first trilogy on Radish only to have that turn into a big old dud too. My plan had been to continue with my first trilogy on Radish, write up a full season over the summer and release once or twice a week while I wrote another season while going to school. But all the dudness messed with me and I haven't written anything.

So I got the bookbub on the trilogy and yesterday I went hiking with my friend and she basically yelled at me (nicely - she's good at that) to start writing again and I had all these plans for the trilogy characters so I'm going for it.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2211 on: November 03, 2021, 07:09:40 AM »
Big dud of a book. 600 page dud.

What genre?
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2212 on: November 03, 2021, 07:14:19 AM »
That was book 2 of my WWII book. Post war.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2213 on: November 03, 2021, 09:13:13 AM »
783.

So basically I haven't written since I published in April. Big dud of a book. 600 page dud. I'm back in school now (Medical Billing and Coding certificate program) and I spent the time from April to July putting my first trilogy on Radish only to have that turn into a big old dud too. My plan had been to continue with my first trilogy on Radish, write up a full season over the summer and release once or twice a week while I wrote another season while going to school. But all the dudness messed with me and I haven't written anything.

So I got the bookbub on the trilogy and yesterday I went hiking with my friend and she basically yelled at me (nicely - she's good at that) to start writing again and I had all these plans for the trilogy characters so I'm going for it.

Yay!!!  I'm so glad, Amanda.  I was hoping you'd embrace your writing again.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2214 on: November 03, 2021, 09:50:22 AM »
Thanks, Lorri.  :dog1:
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2215 on: November 03, 2021, 02:32:35 PM »
So I got the bookbub on the trilogy and yesterday I went hiking with my friend and she basically yelled at me (nicely - she's good at that) to start writing again and I had all these plans for the trilogy characters so I'm going for it.


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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2216 on: November 06, 2021, 01:03:48 AM »
616. Oof I'm a little rusty. Maybe some more later. I'm also doing read aloud on my screen play adaption of my first book for entry into a contest in January, that's kind of my top priority right now.

I will say I got my syllabus for one of my classes for my semester that starts next week and I am FREAKING OUT. Just like I freaked out at the beginning of this semester, but I got it done. I'm going to try to spend at least 15 minutes a day writing no matter what.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2217 on: November 08, 2021, 01:07:27 AM »
660 words yesterday

Best day I've had writing in almost a year. Which is scary but true. :D New book is moving along nicely. Woke up thinking about the story, which is another thing that hasn't happened in a good long time. :)

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2218 on: November 10, 2021, 06:54:50 AM »
669.  Not doing too great on my pledge to write 15 minutes every day so I have to try a little harder on that.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2219 on: November 16, 2021, 04:38:47 AM »
This last week was probably my best week of writing in nearly a year. That's not saying much so don't get excited for me. 1,710 new words.

But it is good news. I'm writing almost daily again! Next goal is to write every day this week. Sun-Mon. Yesterday I wrote 140 words, but spent most of my time getting familiar with a wip again. :)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2220 on: November 17, 2021, 03:38:16 AM »
1281. Getting back in shape.

If I have jury duty on Monday I'll take the book with me and write like crazy. I really need to work on my college courses, but I don't want to take the lap top and the course I can get by without the laptop is literally 10 lbs of books so I guess I'll bring the new novel. But I would really like to not have jury duty.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2221 on: November 18, 2021, 02:06:54 PM »
Today was my highest word count day since 12/2/20, so the improvements continue. :) I'm happy that writing is going well. I mean, I still want to throw my laptop and pull out my hair about 3/4ths of the time, and I swear I'm writing about 100 words an hour, but I'm a lot happier when I'm writing versus when I'm not writing, so there's that. ;D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2222 on: November 22, 2021, 08:16:17 AM »
I have been busy with business rather than writing...but hope to get back to it next week.  I'm working on three related short (shorter) stories that I hope to have finished before Christmas.
Not sure of the word count, but somewhere between short story and novella.  Maybe novelette.  :dog1:

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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2223 on: November 30, 2021, 06:18:34 AM »
I love novella and novelette sized stories. And yet... every time I write a story I end up writing a damn novel. :D

(I do write some shorter fiction, but not nearly as much as I wish, not for lack of trying.)

This month's word count has been much better than the entire earlier part of the year by orders of magnitude. I've logged something every day since the 19th and wrote something most days since the 1st.

I've decided I'm going to write every day for a while. I think I'll try to do it for all of 2022, even if I'm doing other things. A ten or fifteen minute sprint should be plenty to make sure I don't fail.

I'm going to try to work my way up to a small quota for the daily writing, but I'll start with 50, since that's the title of this thread. :-)
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2224 on: December 02, 2021, 08:58:58 AM »
If I would have written 40 more words yesterday, I would have just beaten October's daily average and 1,314 more words total would have beaten October's daily word count.  As it is, my daily word count average was down from October by 0.10%.

Downside is that a lot of the words I've written this year are for the lame space opera and I suspect I will probably end up editing out a large portion of them.  So, my count of viable words is yet to be determined.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2225 on: December 09, 2021, 04:01:55 AM »
This last week was slower than the week before. I wrote fewer words and didn't succeed at writing every day, mostly because I forgot I was trying to write every day. :HB (I was doing some proofreading and cover design and they are both writing related so I didn't even think about the actual writing I wasn't doing.)

So...

I restarted the attempt to write every day as of Monday and I'm 3 for 3 right now. :)

Month-to-date: 1,551

So, my count of viable words is yet to be determined.

I track words daily but only publishable words. So if I delete 5,000 words from a story, I end up with a -5,000 word day. Definitely skews my averages. I finally gave up on them. I no longer track any averages at all. It feels pretty good!

By the time I'm done with a book, I can look at my spreadsheet and the number of words I wrote for a book match the number of words in the book. I'm very glad I can't see how many disappeared.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2226 on: December 09, 2021, 04:57:11 AM »
So, my count of viable words is yet to be determined.

I track words daily but only publishable words. So if I delete 5,000 words from a story, I end up with a -5,000 word day. Definitely skews my averages. I finally gave up on them. I no longer track any averages at all. It feels pretty good!

By the time I'm done with a book, I can look at my spreadsheet and the number of words I wrote for a book match the number of words in the book. I'm very glad I can't see how many disappeared.

My daily word count spreadsheet keeps tracks of words written per day.  If I write 50 words Monday, that gets listed as 50 words written for Monday.  If I write 100 words on Tuesday, but delete 50 previously written words, then that gets listed as 50 words written for Tuesday.

Now, if I scrap whole sections, then I base word counts on the new starting word count.  For example, if a story has 50,000 words and I delete 10,000 words, I don't record a -10,000.  Instead, I use a new word count base of 40,000.  Then, I count words added from there.  So, in that case, if I end up with 40,050 words at the end of the day, then that gets recorded as 50 words written rather than -9,950.  But the overall words written would still be at 50,050.

It's imperfect but it works for meeting my daily word counts.

I also have another spreadsheet that tracks completed works and WIPs with current word count, target word count and words remaining.  So, there, if I have a WIP with 50,000 words and then delete 10,000, the current word count gets recorded as 40,000.  When a work is published, the current word count becomes the final word count.  So, I do have a total of published words.

Sometimes I will have a negative for words remaining because the current word count exceeds the target word count.  If a WIP exceeds the target word count, those excess words do not count against my overall target words to be written which keeps my "words to go" count reasonably accurate.

When a book is published, I change the target word count to match the final word count.  That way, I can keep a fairly accurate count of how many words to go before my WIPs are complete.  At my word daily average, it will take me 21 years to finish all my WIPs.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2227 on: December 09, 2021, 07:39:06 AM »
That way, I can keep a fairly accurate count of how many words to go before my WIPs are complete.  At my word daily average, it will take me 21 years to finish all my WIPs.

Which is why I deleted all the tabs I had in my word count tracker for individual projects. Because I don't need to know that.

It was a cool set of sheets, that told me how many words I needed to write per day to reach a goal word count by a goal date, let me put in my daily word count for every wip I have (each wip had a tab) and even had a column for suggested cumulative word count for the project and the number of words it would take to get caught up if I'd fallen behind.

But the numbers never worked. I always wanted all of them to be finished asap and I would put in these crazy unrealistic dates and then when I would add up the numbers I would need to write like 15,000 words a day to get it all done on time. Sure.

I then went much smaller and just kept up a couple of columns for deadline and words per day on the main page of my spreadsheet which lists all my wips with their current word counts, but it was the same. Last night (literally) I deleted a section of it that showed I needed to write 9,813 words a day for the month of December to get the books I wanted done written by the dates I want them done.

I am just incapable of being realistic when it comes to this stuff.

Better for me to just track what's done and stop thinking about the rest.

I know this kind of stuff helps some people stay on track, but all it does for me is make me want to make ridiculous goals and set unrealistic expectations for myself.  :help
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2228 on: December 09, 2021, 08:38:03 AM »
That way, I can keep a fairly accurate count of how many words to go before my WIPs are complete.  At my word daily average, it will take me 21 years to finish all my WIPs.

Which is why I deleted all the tabs I had in my word count tracker for individual projects. Because I don't need to know that.

I only update that list every few months.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2229 on: December 09, 2021, 09:14:01 AM »
That way, I can keep a fairly accurate count of how many words to go before my WIPs are complete.  At my word daily average, it will take me 21 years to finish all my WIPs.

Which is why I deleted all the tabs I had in my word count tracker for individual projects. Because I don't need to know that.

I only update that list every few months.

I have the main list which gets updated with the total word count for a project every time I write something in a particular doc. That's how it calculates my daily word count.

So updating that daily is necessary for me, unless I have a string of zeroes, in which case I come back after a week or month and go  :icon_eek: and copy-paste a bunch in a row in my daily sheet so I'm all caught up.  :icon_redface:

The length of my books varies quite a lot and although I have rough ideas in my head of where I'd like them to end, that never seems to happen. I don't know why I keep trying to make projections based on that kind of thing. It's such a waste of time.

Some authors are really good at hitting specific word counts with their book lengths. Maybe I'll get there some day. Probably not.

I keep recreating these types of projections in my spreadsheets though, even though I know they're useless for me. I'm hoping this time my deleted extraneous data and projections will stay deleted. I need to retain what I can of my sanity. 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2230 on: December 09, 2021, 09:49:09 AM »
The length of my books varies quite a lot and although I have rough ideas in my head of where I'd like them to end, that never seems to happen. I don't know why I keep trying to make projections based on that kind of thing. It's such a waste of time.

I use it as a guide.  Like my space opera I had a target word count of 125k.  (I think I started at 80k, then 90k, then 100k, etc.)  But then I finished at just under 190k.  So, my spreadsheet shows the book is more than 150% complete.

It does mess up my estimated time to finish projections because if I calculate I need to write x number of words per day to finish my WIPs in y years, that goes out the window if I end up exceeding the target/estimated word count by a large amount.

And that is why I need to go back to doing outlines.  For humorous stuff, I only need an idea of where the book is going.  Tangents and whatnot are fine if they keep the humor.  But, for serious stuff, I need to stay on track.  And, with an outline, I can better hit my word targets.  I mean, a book ends when it ends, but if I have an outline, I can stay on track better and estimate better.  That is, if my goal is 50k, but I'm at 40k when I'm only 1/3 of the way through the outline, then I can adjust and either pare down to stay at around 50k or readjust my target word count to 120k.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2231 on: December 09, 2021, 11:34:50 AM »
The length of my books varies quite a lot and although I have rough ideas in my head of where I'd like them to end, that never seems to happen. I don't know why I keep trying to make projections based on that kind of thing. It's such a waste of time.

I use it as a guide.  Like my space opera I had a target word count of 125k.  (I think I started at 80k, then 90k, then 100k, etc.)  But then I finished at just under 190k.  So, my spreadsheet shows the book is more than 150% complete.

It does mess up my estimated time to finish projections because if I calculate I need to write x number of words per day to finish my WIPs in y years, that goes out the window if I end up exceeding the target/estimated word count by a large amount.

And that is why I need to go back to doing outlines.  For humorous stuff, I only need an idea of where the book is going.  Tangents and whatnot are fine if they keep the humor.  But, for serious stuff, I need to stay on track.  And, with an outline, I can better hit my word targets.  I mean, a book ends when it ends, but if I have an outline, I can stay on track better and estimate better.  That is, if my goal is 50k, but I'm at 40k when I'm only 1/3 of the way through the outline, then I can adjust and either pare down to stay at around 50k or readjust my target word count to 120k.

Same. I wanted my last novel to end around 50k and then wrote 115k+ for it. :D Although I'll never outline a novel again (probably, I hate to say never but I don't see it happening), it's easy to recognize that it would make hitting a specific word count for a project a bit easier. Especially if you're good at knowing about how many scenes a specific beat in the outline will take.

I just look at all the estimate and know they're in all probability wrong and that frustrates me. So I've decided to quit doing it. Fingers crossed it sticks this time. I need less stress in my life, no kidding.

I do occasionally add up all my wip words and subtract that from the hoped for totals and stare at that number and get even more frustrated when I realize that means finishing them in a year if I can write more than 3x more every day than I do now versus the 3 months I really want them done in and think what is wrong with me?

Haven't figured it out yet.

(Not that I did this now just to check because that would be craaazy, right? )
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2232 on: December 11, 2021, 06:07:40 AM »
406 words yesterday. About to start in on today's. I'm aiming for a couple thousand today, so we'll see how that goes. It's been slow to get my word counts up since I restarted. I've only had one day above 1000 since I restarted.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2233 on: December 12, 2021, 03:44:14 AM »
65 words yesterday. I had some reading to do and it took a lot longer than I guessed it would. I had to read parts of three different books for a story I'm writing. (The reading is also useful because I'm writing a novel in that series, too.) I did a little writing at the end of the day and that's it. Today will be better for the words.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2234 on: December 12, 2021, 11:04:42 AM »
71 words.  I'm really not in the mood to write, but at least I got something done.  I've been so caught up in building my store, starting a newsletter, getting my website updated...I think I've burned myself out for a little while. 
Maybe I'll take a few weeks off for the holidays, then start working on the next book.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2235 on: December 13, 2021, 05:28:35 AM »
492 words yesterday.

71 words.  I'm really not in the mood to write, but at least I got something done.  I've been so caught up in building my store, starting a newsletter, getting my website updated...I think I've burned myself out for a little while. 
Maybe I'll take a few weeks off for the holidays, then start working on the next book.  :dog1:

Holidays are a great time to take time off. They're already so busy anyway.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2236 on: December 14, 2021, 05:24:44 AM »
1,486 words yesterday.

Took me all day. :D But it's the best word count I've managed in a day in *ages*.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2237 on: December 20, 2021, 04:25:12 AM »
I've written every day lately except for two days spent on publishing. I wanted to start writing daily even when I have these other things going, but that'll have to wait until January when my daughter goes back to her apartment. I have too much going on, too many people underfoot, and I'm lucky I'm getting anything done at all.

Happy holidays. :D
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2238 on: December 21, 2021, 11:20:54 AM »
About 500 words today. Hoping to hit that goal every day from here to the end of the year, maybe taking Christmas off.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2239 on: December 22, 2021, 01:08:22 PM »
501 words today (plus one chapter of another writing edited)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2240 on: December 24, 2021, 01:48:07 PM »
572 words today to finish the first draft of chapter two
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2241 on: December 28, 2021, 09:10:57 AM »
763 words to wrap up chapter 3 :)
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2242 on: December 31, 2021, 12:54:48 PM »
230 words for the start of a new chapter in my main WIP but I also wrote a couple hundred words to wrap up chapter 7 in a side work
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2243 on: January 02, 2022, 12:59:42 PM »
344 new words today along with two chapters of an older WIP edited.
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2244 on: January 04, 2022, 12:37:49 PM »
240 words. 1 chapter done, kind of starting the next.
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2245 on: January 05, 2022, 12:47:03 PM »
103 words done although I'm not sure if I like the direction this new chapter is going.

Also one chapter of older WIP edited.
 
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2246 on: January 21, 2022, 01:58:56 PM »
121 words to finally finish the rough draft of an episode
 
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2247 on: January 22, 2022, 07:55:21 AM »
Rocky start to the year, but I've managed to start writing daily again as of Wednesday.

500+ Wednesday
100+ Thursday
Don't rush me.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2248 on: February 26, 2022, 07:50:55 AM »
184 words.  It's a start...

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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2249 on: March 05, 2022, 12:52:55 PM »
56 words today...better than 0 right?

Might get a few more in if my tired brain cooperates
 
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Hopscotch

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2250 on: March 06, 2022, 05:22:55 AM »
Sixteen words today, after a lot of shouting at the laptop.  But that's better than James Joyce on his average day, so it's got to be okay.
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diisha392

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2251 on: March 07, 2022, 01:11:07 PM »
About 200 words today although the last 67 will definitely need some revision.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2252 on: June 19, 2022, 06:06:39 AM »
250 words.  Finally working on the next fairytale.  :smilie_zauber:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2253 on: July 16, 2022, 03:34:50 AM »
I've been averaging around 500 words per day so far this year.  Not necessarily good words though.  The one novel I'm working on I am pretty sure I will likely never publish, unless I both get my humor writing mojo back and also heavily edit this mess.

I also have a short story that's now around 40k words with no semblance of an actual plot and I've wound up with too many characters that don't have names, including three or four versions of the same nameless guy.

Have another novel-in-progress I was more excited about but haven't been able to finish the outline so I can finish the story.

And then, to top it off, remember this?

I was feeling pretty confident in my redo until I did a better side-by-side comparison and--ugh--it's kind of better but much, much worse at the same time.



Well, the artwork is still not done, although I did make further progress on his sidekick.  This was going to be part of an attempt at an animated series.  I've had the story for the first "episode" in mind since around the time I decided to redo the original artwork to make a character more suitable for animation.  I thought it was a pretty cool idea and one that I don't recall seeing anywhere before.  And it was like, yay!, this will be cool and different.

So, last night, I saw a clip from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season finale and I was like, what was that all about?  I don't do streaming, so I went to Wikipedia to read up on what happened in the first season.  Reading through the episodes, I read to my disappointment and horror my story idea was an episode in June.

I guess instead of an animation, I should have written this as a short story last year or the year before or whenever it was I first got the idea and published it.  Then I could be all like, "They stole my story!"  And maybe, you know, cha-ching.

Instead, nope.  Never published anywhere or even told anyone about it.  So, guess I'll need to figure out a different story so I don't look like a copycat.

I've got time.  Not like my drawing skills are improving in any noticeable manner.

I need to learn to write better and faster because this sort of thing seems to happen to me too often.  :icon_cry:
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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2254 on: October 20, 2022, 01:05:35 AM »
Started a new screenplay today. 91 words. I have a ways to go to get back to my 2000+ words a day, but it felt good.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2255 on: October 20, 2022, 04:17:56 AM »
I try to do 2,000 words, and generally I manage, though some days it's more, and some days it's less. I think it's normal for there to be some fluctuation.


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notthatamanda

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2256 on: October 21, 2022, 06:02:24 AM »
682 words today. I have a lots of scenes in my head for this screenplay, no idea what the order is or what it is going to add up to. Just getting them down, one scene at a time. Will move around later when it starts to make sense.
 
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2257 on: April 26, 2023, 06:29:09 AM »
Anyone writing?  I'm working on two fairytales at the moment and a spy sequel.  :catrun

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Hopscotch

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2258 on: April 26, 2023, 07:47:56 AM »
A spy sequel to a fairy tale?  I'd like to read that!  (Pardon me, I just couldn't resist :mhk9U91:)
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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2259 on: April 26, 2023, 08:44:24 AM »
A spy sequel to a fairy tale?  I'd like to read that!  (Pardon me, I just couldn't resist :mhk9U91:)

Maybe...quickly makes a note.  :dog1:

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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2260 on: April 27, 2023, 04:39:16 AM »
At the moment, I am trying to finish a book of poetry for release this week.  I've been planning to get this out for three years now (well, technically thirty years if you want to factor in my original plans to release a book of poetry).  I mean, no one cares and no one's going to buy it, but at least I can check "Release a book of poetry" off of my To-Do list.  As a bonus, I'm also throwing in all the song lyrics I've written over the years.

After that, I'm torn between working on my horror-ish novel or the sequel to my space opera that no one buys anyway.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2261 on: April 27, 2023, 10:58:03 AM »
I've been planning to get this out for three years now (well, technically thirty years...).  I mean, no one cares and no one's going to buy it, but at least I can check "Release a book of poetry" off of my To-Do list....After that, I'm torn between working on my horror-ish novel or the sequel to my space opera that no one buys anyway.

It's a pleasure to see another writer investing a decade or two or three in a book, and a greater pleasure to know that the accomplishment means more to you than popularity or sales.  Because if you have to write, you have to write, and that's all there is to it.  And it is a noble thing.  :clap: 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2262 on: April 28, 2023, 03:09:35 AM »
Well, it's done.  On Amazon, it's "In Review."  Actually took longer to register the copyright than set it up on Amazon.  However, that was primarily because my password on the copyright registration portal had expired and I had to use the lost password feature to reset it which first required entering my name EXACTLY as it appears in my account and, after going through several variations, I was then presented with a security question which is one I had defined but that was probably fifteen years ago when I first set up the account and, after going through every answer imaginable (plus variations on capitalization because the answer had to be entered EXACTLY as originally typed), I finally stumbled on the answer when searching for a completely different possible answer and the actual answer is kind of ironic considering the whole thing.  Oy.  Also, the chance of a book of poetry selling enough copies to even cover the cost of copyright registration is pretty much slim to none.  But, on the other hand, should someone use a poem without permission, well, statutory damages and stuff so it's a good insurance policy.

Status just updated to "Publishing."
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2263 on: April 28, 2023, 05:08:04 AM »
Wow.  It's live.  I think that's the fastest I've ever had a book go live.
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Lynn

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2264 on: April 28, 2023, 06:33:34 AM »
Poetic.

;D
Don't rush me.
 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2265 on: April 28, 2023, 07:11:20 AM »
And it shows up as having been published yesterday.  What the heck time zone does Amazon use?  It seems like no matter what time I submit a book, it always shows the previous day's date.  My bookshelf shows I submitted it on April 27.  The store shows it was published on April 26.

:HB

I wish Amazon would fix that.  I use the correct date when I do my copyright registration and I always worry that Amazon showing a different date is going to one day cause a problem.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2266 on: April 28, 2023, 10:13:34 AM »
Amazon's is the pub date and what the US Copyright Office expects, I believe.  And the Zon does seem to live in its own time zone, yep. 
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2267 on: May 06, 2023, 03:42:12 AM »
It still boggles the mind that Amazon can be so screwed up.

I think what the U.S. Copyright Office expects is factually information.  When I submit a copyright application, I have to affirm that I am submitting accurate and factual information.  So, that's what I am going to provide.  If they question the publication date, I'll just show them a screenshot of my Bookshelf in Amazon where it shows the date the work was submitted.  They would hopefully realize that a work cannot be published on Amazon prior to being submitted to Amazon.  Plus, I have the eMail from Amazon showing when it went live.

:shrug
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2268 on: May 06, 2023, 06:00:54 AM »
I think what the U.S. Copyright Office expects is factually information.  When I submit a copyright application, I have to affirm that I am submitting accurate and factual information.  So, that's what I am going to provide. 


Good call.  Never lie on a federal form, not even for what you think is a benevolent reason.  That'll get you some time in Club Fed if they decide to come after you.

If Amazon can't get the date right, then that's no fault of your own.  Use the date that you sincerely believe to be the correct one.
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Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2269 on: May 06, 2023, 06:13:36 AM »
And I just noticed that the paperback dates are even wackier.  I have one paperback that was supposedly published two days before I submitted it.

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2270 on: February 10, 2024, 11:52:29 AM »
Working on a new series, first book...this one is going to be fun!  :dog1:

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Lorri Moulton

Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Reply #2271 on: February 11, 2024, 08:13:17 AM »
Prologue is finished!  :smilie_zauber:

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