A Word on Daily Wordcount
August 14th 2010 17:52
Writing a novel of 50,000 words in 30 days means you should write 1,667 words per day. Better still, aim for 1,700 or 2,000 words a day. If you can, try to write twice as many words on Saturdays and Sundays (or any other days you're not busy working, at school, taking care of the kids etc.).
If you've never written longer fiction, 3,400 words may seem a lot. Why would you write more than necessary voluntarily?
In the past eight years, I've always had a few days when for some reason or another, I didn't make my daily wordcount (my daily weekday goal is 2k words and at least 4k on weekends). If I'd put up my feet after crossing the 1,667 words mark, I would have fallen behind on the first 147-word day. Every word I wrote on top of the bare minimum meant one word less I had to make up later. For some reason, I prefer being ahead even though it means I need to write more than 1,667 a day at some point.
If you've never written longer fiction, 3,400 words may seem a lot. Why would you write more than necessary voluntarily?
In the past eight years, I've always had a few days when for some reason or another, I didn't make my daily wordcount (my daily weekday goal is 2k words and at least 4k on weekends). If I'd put up my feet after crossing the 1,667 words mark, I would have fallen behind on the first 147-word day. Every word I wrote on top of the bare minimum meant one word less I had to make up later. For some reason, I prefer being ahead even though it means I need to write more than 1,667 a day at some point.
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