How long does it take you to reach 60k words?

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  1. yagr

    yagr Senior Member

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    Recent novel of 104K words - daily log to 60K:

    12-09 2436 2436
    12-10 1879 4315
    12-11 2317 6632
    12-12 1648 8280
    12-13 1621 9901
    12-14 2142 11522
    12-15 3079 14601
    12-16 2555 17156
    12-17 0 17156
    12-18 2328 19484
    12-19 3853 23337
    12-20 1000 24337
    12-21 726 25063
    12-22 0 25063
    12-23 5510 30573
    12-24 4906 35482
    12-25 0 35482
    12-26 4709 40198
    12-27 4569 44765
    12-28 8491 53256
    12-29 4301 57598
    12-30 3442 61040
     
  2. T.Trian

    T.Trian Overly Pompous Bastard Supporter Contributor

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    Remember that it's been aeons since we've actually sat down to write a new story; in our case, editing and injecting new bits into an existing piece is much slower than starting with a blank canvas. If we did start a new story, we'd have a lot planned already, and if we started on a weekend or holiday, we'd probably reach 60k in... well, it'd be measured in days, not weeks, but I can't give a more accurate estimate. We could do a count after we move on to the next story once we finish the current WIP. At least in the name of useless information if nothing else. :D
     
  3. JamesBrown

    JamesBrown Active Member

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    I'm at the 10k mark after a couple of months. That's included a lot of planning and mixed up with quite a bit of reading as well. I aim for between 500 words and 1k a day. Though I'm trying to bump that up as I get more into the story.

    I don't really do a 1st draft, and I won't do a 2nd draft. I just constantly polish and refine it as I go along. I honestly believe that's what most writers would have done in the 19th century if they'd have had a computer and Word.

    I'm coming back to writing after a break of many years. In my first attempts, I twice pumped out 70k drafts of a novel in six weeks, with another 6 weeks of revising each time. I'm rather dubious about their quality though and think I'd be pretty horrified if I ventured to dig out the floppy disc they're on and read them.
     

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