How much do you write? - Page 2

Suzanne Tyrpak · 10-30-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke King

After losing a lot of stuff the last time my computer crashed, I have now become neurotic about backing stuff up. I email an updated version of everything I write to myself the minute I stop writing, and then back up on two different flash drives.

Thanks for the reminder about backing things up. Without having my computer crash, I've lost whole chapters just by forgetting to save! Gonna back up what I'm working on right now!

M T McGuire · 10-30-2010, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

I've learned the hard way that I have to be kind of strict about my writing. If I give myself wiggle room, months go by without any work.

That's interesting. I can't force it, I get a third of the way into a novel and may have to wait up to a year to sort out what happens to my liking. That said, I also think that if I was a kept woman (with no small people) and every day spread out before me like a leisurely vista, I probably wouldn't write much more. I thrive if I have to fight to write. It's too much of a fight at the moment 3 hours a week is not enough - but even so, my most productive time was just after junior was born and up until about two months ago when he dropped his mid day sleep.

Cheers

MTM

kennyc · 11-01-2010, 06:52 AM

Inspiring thread. Thanks everyone! I'm trying to prime the pump here..

Those of you that have word quotas per day, do you consider those "finished" words or "draft" which will come back and edit exclusive of the daily quota?

kennyc · 11-01-2010, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by williemeikle

In order of writing them, starting in 1998 I have the following novels :-
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The Invasion

So the one I'm on now is number 18. Blimey!

I also request that more than 250 short stories and ten screenplays also be taken into account :0)

That's what 1500 words a day, every day, can lead to :-)

Not to get too far off topic, but... William, just checked out The Invasion on Amazon. -- That is your most recent novel? Definitely grabs the reader for the first!

bobavey · 11-01-2010, 01:49 PM

Not nearly enough, and I seem to be getting slower rather than faster.

Cliff Ball · 11-01-2010, 01:57 PM

When I'm inspired, I can write about 1500 words a day, but, usually only 2 or 3 days at a time. There are days where I can only write one page, and sometimes only a week where I can write a page. Which is why I'm probably never going to do that NaNoWriMo thing, since I can't seem to write under pressure.

GeoffC · 11-01-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bobavey

Not nearly enough, and I seem to be getting slower rather than faster.

It's not the quantity, but the quality that counts, right? So you can excuse yourself if slower means the latter becomes true.

M T McGuire · 11-01-2010, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cliff Ball

When I'm inspired, I can write about 1500 words a day, but, usually only 2 or 3 days at a time. There are days where I can only write one page, and sometimes only a week where I can write a page. Which is why I'm probably never going to do that NaNoWriMo thing, since I can't seem to write under pressure.

I'll write 20,000 words in a weekend and then nothing for three months... but the characters never leave my head and keep pestering me.

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Originally Posted by bobavey

Not nearly enough, and I seem to be getting slower rather than faster.

Your standards are going up, that's all.

Cheers

MTM

doreenjoy · 11-01-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Inspiring thread. Thanks everyone! I'm trying to prime the pump here..

Those of you that have word quotas per day, do you consider those "finished" words or "draft" which will come back and edit exclusive of the daily quota?

Draft, but my drafts are fairly polished. I generally write new stuff at night and edit it the next morning.

Cliff Ball · 11-01-2010, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by M T McGuire

I'll write 20,000 words in a weekend and then nothing for three months... but the characters never leave my head and keep pestering me.

Your standards are going up, that's all.

Cheers

MTM

20k words on a weekend? That's some dedication.

Luke King · 11-03-2010, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Those of you that have word quotas per day, do you consider those "finished" words or "draft" which will come back and edit exclusive of the daily quota?

Yes, my word quota is definitely first draft stuff. I have a backlog of stuff to rewrite. I figure the longer I leave it before I look at it again, the better.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 11-03-2010, 12:05 PM

No quotas or schedules for me, as I have a wonderful life and a wonderful wife, and I don't want to push them aside just so I can write.

All the same, I've found the time to write over a dozen novels, as well as doing cover design, web design to sell them, and a tiny bit of time left over for promotion. I just create when I can, usually a few hours a day when I'm fully into a book... I don't track word counts, it depends on where I am in the project.

Right now, no books being written... but all of my books are being proofed, and possibly rewritten, for re-release on my new site.

bobavey · 11-03-2010, 01:50 PM

I used to write about a page a day, but I've come to the final chapters of my 3rd book and I've hit a wall. I can't seem to come up with an ending.

kennyc · 11-03-2010, 03:05 PM

What? Oh No! I feel for you. And not to make it worse, but surely you know you have to have the ending in mind before you write the first word!!!!

M T McGuire · 11-03-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bobavey

I used to write about a page a day, but I've come to the final chapters of my 3rd book and I've hit a wall. I can't seem to come up with an ending.

I sympathise, I have to wait ages sometimes for ideas to resolve themselves but I find they always do, if I'm prepared to hang around long enough. Don't stress - yeh, I know, easy for me to say.

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Originally Posted by Cliff Ball

20k words on a weekend? That's some dedication.

Not really, writing is something I love doing, it's the only thing I get to do with my intellect any more, I have to fight to do it and after enough time, so long as I'm not so knackered I can hardly stand I can bash off stupid amounts of stuff in a few hours because it's been stuck in my head for so long it's burned into my brain. It's like copy typing. I write because I have to, because I'll go insane and mental if I don't. Writing time, for me, is like unicorn sh*t. so if it comes, I fall into it with open arms and lose myself in the therapy.

Cheers

MTM
PS Not too melodramatic about that am I? ;-) Not enough time to write right now, me thinks...

11-01-2010, 06:52 AM	#18
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Inspiring thread. Thanks everyone! I'm trying to prime the pump here.. Those of you that have word quotas per day, do you consider those "finished" words or "draft" which will come back and edit exclusive of the daily quota? Last edited by kennyc; 11-01-2010 at 07:25 AM.

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bobavey Bob Avey Posts: 117 Karma: 501082 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Device: none	Not nearly enough, and I seem to be getting slower rather than faster.

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Cliff Ball Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 525420 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas Device: none	When I'm inspired, I can write about 1500 words a day, but, usually only 2 or 3 days at a time. There are days where I can only write one page, and sometimes only a week where I can write a page. Which is why I'm probably never going to do that NaNoWriMo thing, since I can't seem to write under pressure.

11-03-2010, 12:05 PM	#27
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	No quotas or schedules for me, as I have a wonderful life and a wonderful wife, and I don't want to push them aside just so I can write. All the same, I've found the time to write over a dozen novels, as well as doing cover design, web design to sell them, and a tiny bit of time left over for promotion. I just create when I can, usually a few hours a day when I'm fully into a book... I don't track word counts, it depends on where I am in the project. Right now, no books being written... but all of my books are being proofed, and possibly rewritten, for re-release on my new site.

11-03-2010, 01:50 PM	#28
bobavey Bob Avey Posts: 117 Karma: 501082 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Device: none	I used to write about a page a day, but I've come to the final chapters of my 3rd book and I've hit a wall. I can't seem to come up with an ending.

11-03-2010, 03:05 PM	#29
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	What? Oh No! I feel for you. And not to make it worse, but surely you know you have to have the ending in mind before you write the first word!!!!

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