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Post by prolificwriter on Sept 17, 2018 7:17:36 GMT
And how did you do it?
My best day ever was over 10,000 words. Don’t remember the exact amount. Most of it (I think like 8k) was actually done with dictation and the rest was typed, so that’s why I could write so much. If I had to just use typing, I don’t think I’d ever write that much, but I guess I could challenge myself one of these days and see!
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Post by Jeff Tanyard on Sept 17, 2018 7:22:36 GMT
A little over four thousand. That's about my limit, too. Even with an outline, I have to just stop and think sometimes about how I want the scene to unfold. That's what eats up the time.
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Sept 17, 2018 7:37:47 GMT
One time when I was much younger, I had a very vivid dream and I woke up around 4 or 5 am, sketched out an outline, and then I sat down and handwrote my story. I didn't stop until around 9 pm when the story was finished. I have no idea how many words I wrote since it was pen and paper, but it was probably a lot. I did it by getting in flow and just having a really strong vision for what I wanted to write. I could see the characters and I could see them acting out the scenes, which is unusual for me, but because I dreamed it first I was able to truly see them.
And then one other time I just decided to write a lot and I believe I managed around 9,000 words, and that was also just by typing non-stop all day. Sadly, that story never did get finished.
When I get off my lazy butt and decide I need to write a new story, I can do 5,000 in a day and finish a short. But this has gotten harder and harder for me lately. But with 5,000 words a day I can at least take YouTube and forum breaks a lot. And I don't have to be in flow. My writing can be quite fragmented. It goes faster if I have an outline, or if it's a story that's been percolating in my head for a long time.
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Post by trafalgar on Sept 17, 2018 7:57:02 GMT
About 2K, I think. Normally I struggle to hit 1K a day. I spend far too long procrastinating and I can never get into the flow of a story. I'm having to stop every few sentences to work out what happens next - even with an outline. *Sigh* I put it down to my age and my fading brain. 
I entered NaNo back in 2010, and have done a few more since, including Camps, though I've only "won" it once. Hitting 1667 words a day is hard. |
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Post by prolificwriter on Sept 17, 2018 23:31:51 GMT
A little over four thousand. That's about my limit, too. Even with an outline, I have to just stop and think sometimes about how I want the scene to unfold. That's what eats up the time. When I’m typing, 4k has kind of been my limit. The only time I did more was when I was at the end of a book (I got around 6k that day). One time when I was much younger, I had a very vivid dream and I woke up around 4 or 5 am, sketched out an outline, and then I sat down and handwrote my story. I didn't stop until around 9 pm when the story was finished. I have no idea how many words I wrote since it was pen and paper, but it was probably a lot. I did it by getting in flow and just having a really strong vision for what I wanted to write. I could see the characters and I could see them acting out the scenes, which is unusual for me, but because I dreamed it first I was able to truly see them. That sounds like an awesome experience. I wish I had dreams like that! Most of the time I forget key elements when I wake up from an interesting dream, or they just don’t make much sense in the light of day. Do you still have that story? I used to keep dream journals (now I just record lucid dreams and OBEs) and it’s interesting to go back and read through them sometimes. About 2K, I think. Normally I struggle to hit 1K a day. I spend far too long procrastinating and I can never get into the flow of a story. I'm having to stop every few sentences to work out what happens next - even with an outline. *Sigh* I put it down to my age and my fading brain.
I entered NaNo back in 2010, and have done a few more since, including Camps, though I've only "won" it once. Hitting 1667 words a day is hard. Ah, procrastination! I know it well. The hardest part for me is just to sit down and start, but after that it usually gets a bit easier. I’m a pantser, so I usually don’t have a very clear idea what’s going to happen going in. As for NaNoWriMo, I think I entered that contest two or three times over the years and I failed every time! The strange thing is that most of my novels have been written in less than a month. |
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Sept 18, 2018 0:08:08 GMT
prolificwriter most of the times my dreams don't make sense, either, and I forget most of the them, but whenever I have a really startlingly clear one I type it out in my notes app on me ipod, if I wake up in time. This one was just one scene that really resonated with me. I had to come up with the rest of the story once I woke up, but it was just easy that day. And nope, I don't have it. I left it in a green basket in my old room when we moved across the ocean. It might still be there in storage somewhere or it might have gotten thrown out. I don't know. It was not a good story. I was a very conservative xtian at the time, so it was a story written to try and convert innocent children. *titters muchly* Luckily, there was no amazon back then and I didn't know anything about self-publishing. Although I have published a couple of short Christian romance stories on amazon because I needed cover books that I could actually tell my family and their friends about. 
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Post by prolificwriter on Sept 18, 2018 1:57:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 4:46:55 GMT
My best in a single day is somewhere around 5.5k words. I've tried to hit 10k words and failed every time.
Lately, though, I've found that a very modest word count, done consistently, produces surprisingly prolific results. From May to August, I averaged only 573 new words a day and still produced a publishable quality novel. During that time, I moved apartments, started and ended a full-time construction job, dealt with a family emergency, and got what amounted to an eviction notice from my new place. Still managed to write through all of that, mostly because I had a solid outline and my word count goals were small.
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Post by prolificwriter on Sept 18, 2018 7:30:32 GMT
@joevasicek, that’s a good point about consistency. I know I tend to be a binge writer. If I’m determined to finish a book, I can do it in a short time. But then I can go months without writing a word and then rinse and repeat. I’m currently trying to change how I work and it’s been working well so far. The real test will be how it affects things in the long term.
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Post by kateelizabeth on Sept 21, 2018 15:39:49 GMT
It's been rare, but I think that I've hit 2,000, especially when I was trying to write a chapter that I'd promised to show a friend. I'm extremely slow, and edit as I go along, so if I've done 500, I'm doing good. Plus, it takes me forever to write a sex scene, mainly because it annoys me.
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Post by thatwritergal on Sept 21, 2018 15:59:46 GMT
9/10k-ish? I can't do it all at once or I'll drive myself insane. Normally, if I'm trying to get a book out, I do at least 3 3k-1hr sessions throughout the day. When I wake up, before the midpoint of the day (could be noon or later, depending on when I wake up hehe), and before midnight to get my total for that day. If I'm up past midnight, I do another session. Write or Die keeps the pressure on.
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Post by gaylordfancypants on Sept 22, 2018 14:25:07 GMT
14,000 or so, I do 6-10k most days.
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Post by eleutheria on Sept 22, 2018 15:03:23 GMT
5k. My average is about 1k. Now I just need to be consistent. 1k, every day, is a third of a novel in a month!  |
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Post by prolificwriter on Sept 22, 2018 22:00:35 GMT
14,000 or so, I do 6-10k most days. That’s an impressive daily word count! If you don’t mind, could you share your process? (Besides BIC and hard work, of course! ) |
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Post by gaylordfancypants on Sept 22, 2018 22:05:23 GMT
14,000 or so, I do 6-10k most days. That’s an impressive daily word count! If you don’t mind, could you share your process? (Besides BIC and hard work, of course! ) Just focus -- anytime I find myself losing focus, I jump ahead to the next bit I know. I insist on spending zero time vacillating when I write, so if I come to a spot where I hesitate, I jump right past it. When I go back for another pass, I almost always find my hesitation is gone.
And I've been writing gay romance and erotica for years, so I can write that stuff on autopilot.
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