How much do you write in one go?

I can only write in 26-hour blocks from 6:00 p.m Friday night to 8:00 p.m. Saturday night. During that time I don't eat, drink only water and coffee, barely go to the bathroom and don't sleep. At the end, I'm a wreck, but I've written somewhere between 13,000 - 17,000 words.

 

Nope. Full time job here too.

 

Well...I rephrase/alter the content of whatever draft I'm on one or two paragraphs at a time, if i'm lucky. Maybe 200 words in an hour....sometimes the search for the perfect combination fries my brain completely.

I have the time to write full time. Perhaps not the stability in mood.

 

True, but then again - I can't be honest if I am not 'within' the generality I define now can I? So, I don't read too much too. I just can't. That was why I seriously go after the 'short text' option. If you can't tell it short, better not tell it at all - unless you are planning to garbage your life away founding a cult or something, that is.

And, with the 'anyways' - I don't use it always, and I am %100 sure that no one holds the monarchy over English anyway. It's so easy to go for hearts, when minds are accustomed with broken melodies and forced eating habits, thus, there are places to say things any way you like - when 'anyways' take so much hatred, it is wise to not to use so - unless I am going for a 'magnetification a la hatred' <-

Now I have the hearts, the king said -
I can rule them when they smile at me...
And when I take so they hurt - they will see it as a punishment they deserve,
For mistaking me as their Sun, for no excuse can save you against a right nerve.

 

17,200 words last weekend in 32 straight hours of writing.

 

Depends on the day and my mood I suppose. If it's in the week when I'm working then (for example today I've managed 800). On a bad day that might be as little as 500-600 words.

On a good day after work the most I've done is 2500. I barely sleep these days so I'm like a little writing night owl. (Only to wake up and find what I've written is only half legible) but that's a different matter!

If I'm off and at home (every weekend now, thanks Covid.) I can do as much as 7000-8000 over a period of 9-10 hours.

Depends how inspired I am too! I find its hard to muster energy at the moment. Having said that I've completed two novels since January and I'm onto a third.
(Yay me!)

 

I try to write as much as I can, for as long as I can, up until the point I feel like I'd really rather shoot myself in the head. That's as good a stopping point as any, I'd reckon.

 

I am always writing, but a lot of that has to do with Covid, being a teacher, and doing everything online right now.

That being said however, it is not always my best writing. Some is writing to put stuff on my Google Classroom which is boring, where as other stuff is class newsletters and more interesting writing, and then because of all the downtime, I sneak in some novel work while at work if I can. If I got a decent block of time, I might work on the novel itself, but if I am just bored and have very little time, I might work on a character trait chart, or inject a sentence or paragraph into my story that has some impact.

But on the weekends I write a lot on my novels, memoir (finished) or short stories.

 

I can knock out 4k in a session, if I'm really on, but I average a little over 2k. This semester, I only have my kid on weekends, which is killing me, but it frees up a lot of writing time on weekdays. On my current WIP, I knocked out the first 50k in five weeks.

 

For me, it depends on if I have something to say. Most of what I write are rants not really intended for publication. I have ADD, so cannot focus for long on anything that does not drive me. I cannot sit down, for example, to a writing prompt, and pour out words if I don't find it interesting to me. It took the NaNo thing to get me started on a novel a couple of years ago. It was a story I have had in me for a long time, so I actually worked pretty hard on it. I got stuck on resolving the crisis. For three years now I spend maybe 2hours a month on it. Retired now, I write as the spirit moves me. Anywhere from one to two hours at a sitting.

 

Same, I often just toss down thoughts and ideas in the moment and move around from there. Sometimes I get pulled into something and am motivated to pursue it. Today I managed to write a poem inspired by my random thoughts and musings.

 

Nowadays I'm writing averagely 1500 words day, 3000 words tops if I'm on a roll. No more than 3 hours a day per session.
Then I have to stop and regroup my thoughts.

 

Hmmm, I do not know how many words because I really don't count the number of words I write on one page (when I'm handwriting). But anyway, the most I have written is at least 5 pages in an hour.

 

I can usually write around 2k in a day as an average, whether I write by hand or on my laptop. The most I've managed was just under 5k in one session, but I've only managed it once.

 

Until the mind tires. Then I take a break. I try and write a few pages a day at least.

 

It depends on inspiration, my mood and how I feel as well as on what I am writing about. I pay much attention to the quality over quantity. Even though when I start writing I never want to stop. However, I would say it depends more on ideas and words that inspire my mind when I am writing and at what point the flow will stop.

 

Fully depends on the amount of words I need to get an idea on the page.
On my previous attempt, at the start of the first lockdown, I'd spend the entire day ramming down words, maxing out at 8k and change one day. I ended up with about 900 pages of breasts and drivel.
Now I'm around 1000 or 1,500 words per sitting and I try not to write all my idea in one go. Helps with getting started the next day, if I don't have to sit and think of what to write next.

 

I don't really track. I work until i feel like i dont have any more to give in that session. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a whole day. It all depends on how creative im feeling i suppose

 

I aim for at least 1000 an hour and at least an hour a day. As a very new writer my attention span is getting a little stronger so 1500 - 3000 over two sessions is where I am at most days at the moment, but as long as I write 1000 I'm happy enough.

 

I'm an easily distracted person, so my output wavers. But as of late I've been able to pump out 300-1.2k words a day, depending on whether a game has caught my interest.

 

Hi,

For me it depends mostly on how caught up in the novel I am. Last year when I was writing the Barton Villa books, I was absolutely lost in the world and the characters and I wrote three books, 80 to 90 k each in three months - and that even includes editing. So that's probably four or five k a day. But mostly it's a lot less as I edit as I write and so often end up deleting almost as much as I write on any particular day.

Cheers, Greg.

 

Is anyone using dictation, automated or manual, and if so what results have you seen.

I've used automated dictation in a work environment and had good results. Sometimes sitting back in a comfy chair, nice mug of coffee at my side, and eyes closed - the words flow. Of course I appreciate that in my work environment I had someone to correct the output

 

I have about two hours to write on the weekdays. My minimum goal is 1k, but my average minimum is probably more like 1.5k. On a good day I can hit 2-3k, but only on the weekends if I have the time. Something that has really helped me with momentum is that I NEVER end a day's writing at the end of the chapter/scene. I will always try to throw down at least a hundred or so on the next chapter/scene. I saw my ramp up time drop dramatically once I started to do that. Easier to get in the zone and find that momentum than just starting from a cold, empty screen.

 

When I'm writing a new project, I usually average 4k words a day, with about 4-6 hours of writing. When I was able to go to a coffee shop or library with no neighbor-noises (or my silly cats) to distract me, I could often reach 6k words a day.

I've found that the more time I'm able to set aside for each session, the more productive that time is. If I only have an hour or so, I'll usually do more planning or revising than actual new writing because my eyes will be glued to the clock. If I have a full free day, I'll usually just go and go and go until sleepiness or some other obligation distracts me.