Thread: What's Your Word Count?

229,920 words. Oh, you meant for the nano thingamajig? Then that would be zero.

Fair play to everyone who's doing it, though.

805... still learning to use my screenwriting software as novel writing software. I keep getting distracted by all the little gidgets and gizmos. But I can generate a report telling me the amount of profanity I'm using. That's everyday life sort of useful...

10015, but I had to really push for my word count today. Worked til 10 last night, was back on the floor at 6am, worked all day, then had a meeting with a teacher after school. I felt like my head was full of fluff by this evening. The words just didn't want to come.

Still, I'm on track. No cushion, though. That's a first for me.

Is this your first time going for 100k Val or have you done it before?

(8265 for me.)

I'm at 7,000 words and upon reflection the most recent chapter I finished is BORING. But that's okay, moving on toward more exciting parts. I'm really trying to pace myself as I don't want to burn myself out either.

6230 now. About halfway through the incidents in the extended synopsis I posted a while ago. Not enough homages, inside jokes, and Milleresque subreferences to obscure scifi novels for me though. I shall have to pad.
My novel takes place in an election year...and "real life" is interfering as I have been watching television and keep writing political attack commercials which I have to delete as they're too current/topical (there went another 2000 words or so). Last night I watched the news and then football and was treated to 82 consecutive political ads (I counted), a full quarter of which were slams against the same area Dem.
That'll teach me to write social commentary/satire, I guess. Maybe I should go in for fantasy.
I saw someone in the forums who says they already have @90,000 words. Don't remember the name but that floors me...@23,000 words/day. Plus time to hang out in forums and such and write even more.

about 8,000 so far - hoping to make it 10,000 by the end of the day

Trying to stop thinking about a new idea I've had that I'm itching to research though. When I take breaks I'm scribbling out plot lines and character info for that lol

I'm totally loving this experience so far!

I'm at 5268 before starting to write today. I'm right where I need to be with a couple hundred words padding. I'm shooting for another 3600 words for today, adding to my cushion a little in case something happens like it did over the weekend and I can't write.

Originally Posted by Tiamat10

Is this your first time going for 100k Val or have you done it before?

It's my first time doing the 100k. Since I've done the 50k for the past 4 years, and never had a problem getting there, I thought I'd challenge myself to double it.

'Course, that also means twice as much editing will have to be done.

I have to do the proud Mama thing and also say that my two oldest spawnlings (they're doing NaNoWriMo's Young Writer's Program) are well ahead in their word counts. Woohoo!

That's cool that two of your kids are involved! Hope they find it a fun experience too

Yeah, NaNo has become a family affair for us. I love watching how excited they get when they talk about their stories. It's very inspiring.

I'm now at 13712 and can stop for the day. It's a very small cushion I have (roughly 400 words), but I'll take what I can get right now.

@ 2000 words and falling behind schedual rapidly.

C'mon Sen! There's still time to catch up.

I reached 10,125 just now and I think that'll do. I'm always excited when I get to multiples of 10,000.

14,742 at the present. Had to take a little break. I would have more, but ran into a snag on a scene. I should have skipped it and wrote a different one, but I was determined to get this one right!

At this rate, I'll have my story finished by the time I get to 30,000. I'll have to go through and do some (a lot) of padding. I'm used to writing short stories where you cut out all the fluff and unnecessary stuff.

And my stupid inner editor won't leave me alone! He keeps changing things and cutting words out. I need my words!!!

Even so, PS, I'm really amazed at how much you've done so far. Way to go!