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Post by lmsands on Jul 12, 2014 14:07:21 GMT -8
Do you have a daily word count, page or hourly writing target? And, if so, what are some of the things that you do to accomplish that daily goal?
Recently, I've found that targeting 2,000 words between 6a-8a M-F works best for me. I plan to up that goal to 4,000 words per weekday soon, but I don't know if I can make it from 6a-10a or if I should break it up. Honestly, I don't trust myself with the latter. Once I start doing other things, it's hard for me to refocus.
What about you?
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Post by kipenci on Jul 12, 2014 14:51:21 GMT -8
I wish I did. Right now, I'm just trying to get myself to write consistently. My average is probably 300-500 for 2 hours work. However, I spend a ton of time editing previously written stuff, projecting story lines and just staring at the wall in front of me.
When I log off, I'm going to go write and see how much I get done.
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Post by siobhan on Jul 12, 2014 15:35:19 GMT -8
When I am focused and have an outline, I can do 1500 words an hour. When I am not focused, I can barely squeeze out 100 words. I used to have daily goals but my job is so stressful that it eats up so much of my energy.
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Post by shaynerutherford on Jul 12, 2014 16:00:08 GMT -8
Do you have a daily word count, page or hourly writing target? And, if so, what are some of the things that you do to accomplish that daily goal? Recently, I've found that targeting 2,000 words between 6a-8a M-F works best for me. I plan to up that goal to 4,000 words per weekday soon, but I don't know if I can make it from 6a-10a or if I should break it up. Honestly, I don't trust myself with the latter. Once I start doing other things, it's hard for me to refocus. What about you? I have a yearly goal - 200k - and then a daily and a monthly goal based on the yearly goal divided by 365. I don't usually worry about the daily goal too much - some days just don't go well, but other days go really well, so things average out okay - but I do my best to make sure I hit the monthly goals. I have a spreadsheet to keep track of my words/day, words/hour, and total words for the month. I also have a goal to write every day. I have a little grid thingy that I made up in an Excel spreadsheet (based on the Don't Break The Chain calendar from the Writer's Store). It has 365 little numbered squares, and each day that I write I get to put an X in that square. Seeing an unbroken chain of Xs is a really good inspiration to work every day. |
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