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Accountability, author's timecard, word count written, feeling lonely out there?
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
I still have two chapters and an epilogue to go, because what I thought was the second-last chapter split. So 6kwords more today, ad still as many chapters to go as yesterday.
Kali:
I envy you your ability to consistently churn out wordcounts like that. I'm capable of bursts of large wordcounts, but generally only once in a long while. I've found 2k a day doable with a push of effort from time to time. More than that, and I burn out. My brain wants to do something else besides plot and type. When I hit a smooth patch where I know what's coming and I can see the scenes sharp in my head, I can sometimes blow past that but not by much.
That said 2k down today, the fights are taking shape, and I can see how this is going to end (badly). My only decision now is which sacrifice is better...
Enjorous:
The greater is more tragic, the lesser is happier.
belial.1980:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 09, 2010, 03:13:18 AM ---I envy you your ability to consistently churn out wordcounts like that. I'm capable of bursts of large wordcounts, but generally only once in a long while. I've found 2k a day doable with a push of effort from time to time.
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Likewise. I can crank out 2-3K a day (more on weekends) once I've found my groove. During the summer I hit a stretch of a month or so where I was consistently hitting 2K M-F and around 3000 on Saturdays and Sundays.
I finished draft of book 1 and started right away on the next one. Unforunately for the last 3 weeks or so I've been at an impasse. I wouldn't call it "writer's block" because that implies a lack of ideas. I have droves and droves of ideas. Problem is I'm having a hard time developing these individual ideas and turning them into a workable plot. (Actually more of a discovery writer so I don't need a tight outline, just a couple of main points of conflict to use as a starting point.)
So, for the better part of a month I'm just writing down ideas. Actually I'm just thinking aloud on the page and have written somewhere in the area of 200 pages worth of ideas, plot hooks, and background information. This has lead to a lot of quality world-building that was lacking before.
I've also come up with a strange smattering of ideas that are tied together and manage to fit into my story concept. It's not writer's block. It's a matter of herding cats. So, I just hope I can find a nice big cattle prod and get them all moving in the right direction.
Starbeam:
I've had a mindsplosion lately. Still typing it all up, but I'm writing it faster than I'm typing it, so I don't know the entire word count, yet. Over the weekend, not quite so good, even with it being really long--was around 3300. But I spent most of Saturday watching Doctor Who and Torchwood with my b/f. Still have something like 4 or 5 scenes to type up, and 2 or 3 that are wanting out, right now.
I've only been paying attention to word count in the last couple years, so never noticed before, but if I have a long chunk of time, and I know what I'm writing, I can get out several thousand words. If I'm not certain of the scene, it's less. But most of my writing time has been half my lunch hour, and an hour or two between work and dinner, and I can manage around 500-1000 at lunch, and about that, or double, at home. Mainly cause half that time is spent looking at websites and stuff instead of writing.
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