02-01-2013, 01:21 PM | #1 |
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What's the most words you've written in a month?
So I started my latest book on January 5th. 110,463 words later, on January 31st, I completed the first draft. I don't think I'll ever write another one that fast, but it was fun to go all out with every second of my spare time and quite a bit of my sleep time. I also wrote 10,000 words on another book the first four days of January for a total of over 120,000 words written. Pretty sure my family won't let me neglect them that much again. Providing they're still around. *looks away from the computer* Sweetie? . . . Kids? . . .
So I was wondering what's the most everyone else has written in a month. My previous best was 60,000 |
02-01-2013, 01:56 PM | #2 |
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Excellent. I did 53,000 words last May.
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02-01-2013, 06:58 PM | #3 |
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50,028 for NaNoWriMo a few yrs back.
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02-01-2013, 08:29 PM | #4 |
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During NaNoWriMo a few years ago I think I topped out at about 65k or thereabouts [I actually finished about a week early, though]. Also, it wasn't during a full month, but I hit 63k during a 4-week period.
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02-01-2013, 08:34 PM | #5 |
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I finished on Nov. 28th that year when I got my 50,028 and I'd gotten off to a slow start to boot.
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02-01-2013, 11:34 PM | #6 |
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I'm jealous! Looking back, I think I made about 40..45k words while writing the end of my second novel - but that seems like such a long time ago now, I'm happy when I make half that. Sometimes it's other commitments, sometimes it's just that it refuses to come (whatever "it" is).
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02-02-2013, 09:20 AM | #7 |
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Jeeze, I've been trying to track my output and thought I was doing reasonable at 15K for January, (even though that is only half of what I'd hoped -- am trying to crank it up). And it is divided among many different pieces both non-fiction and fiction.
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02-04-2013, 07:53 PM | #8 |
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I finished around 80,000 words last August. It was by far one of the biggest feats I have accomplished as a writer- and one of the most exhausting. But I love writing. When you truly get involved in something so deeply, it's hard to pull away. It turns into an addiction. And I think the words fit together more easily, when you're that involved. The story flows at a rate that barely allows you to think- yet alone second guess the plot you're creating. I enjoy it!
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02-05-2013, 02:04 AM | #9 |
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I think the most I've done for one story line was about 30,000. I try to find a balance between my writing, my kids, and my husband who wants me to play online games with him. It's not always easy, so my average is probably half that.
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02-06-2013, 09:14 AM | #10 |
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I mainly write short stories, but I think around 40,000 - I haven't written as much since.
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02-06-2013, 09:56 AM | #11 |
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I managed 61,100 for NaNoWriMo last November, but also wrote a short piece of 1,700 words in the month, so just under 63k in all. Great fun, but it was like a short circuit in my mind, which went pretty blank in December!
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02-06-2013, 10:27 AM | #12 |
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I did 50,300 (or so) in NaNoWriMo some 3 or 4 years ago though it did not come to anything in the end...
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02-06-2013, 10:29 AM | #13 |
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02-06-2013, 06:33 PM | #14 |
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