Wishing I could remember when I started writing this book. I may have set my sights a bit high but I won't know until the story is completely written whether or not that is true. When I started out I believed it would take 50,000 words, give or take, to tell this story. I still think that is accurate considering how far I am and how much I have yet to write. An outline may have given me a more realistic idea of what finished would look like but I am a "pantser" so the outline is not happening.
So my mantra for the month is 500 words a day regardless of what chapter they may fall into. I really want to get to a point where I can go back and polish it until it shines.
I did finally get a pivotal scene written which was a huge relief. The final scene, or nearly final scene is another one I have been picking at, seeing it in pieces. I guess that would be a good place to go next.
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I am seriously sending my internal editor on a long vacation. I cannot even get through a blog post without tweaking it at least a dozen times.
I tried NaNoWriMo once. Bowed out after five days XD
ReplyDeleteFive hundred words a day is a good goal. It doesn't sound like much, but hey, it all adds up--and the way you write, I know it'll be not only five hundred words, but five hundred quality words.
As for overall word count... well, that's kind of hard to guess. I know there's something you're supposed to aim for with a novel, but really I think it's unrealistic to slap a target range on a story before it's written. Some stories need more words. Some work better with less. There is no ideal word count.
Best of luck with the book. I know it'll be awesome :)
Goals are great, as are schedules. I never keep them. You already know I am a panster, it is how I work best, just sit and let it happen, when it happens. But that is not for everyone. Feel out what works best for you, and you will soon slip into a comfortable writing groove.
ReplyDeleteAnd high five for accomplishing what you have already. Astounding~
I does seem like a reasonable goal doesn't it? And thank you for that!
ReplyDeleteI set the 50,000 goal so I would have something I wanted to shoot for. If it ends up less, that's okay. Considering I am at almost 15,000 and I haven't even gotten to the meat yet, I have a good chance. I just don't want it to take all year o_0
Thank you!
Thanks ~Drew! There is a lot of editing to be done on what I have so far but I am patently refusing to go back and look until I am done. I already know I have made changes to the plot that will need to be addressed in the finished drafts but I can get caught up in "fixing" it...I need to keep pushing.
ReplyDeleteI need to set goals. I won't ever finish if I don't commit to them.