More importantly, I finished my YAGKYAS story and sent it off to beta.

[dira]

Also this happened tonight on the spreadsheet where I track how much I write each day:




I only started tracking daily word counts (as opposed to the final word counts of posted fic, for which I have had a spreadsheet for years) a little over a year ago, so I don't have any apples-to-apples data to compare this to. At the start of this year I figured that, from my experience of my writing, it wasn't unreasonable to expect to average about 25,000 words a month; I figured I would take January off from writing goals and try for 50,000 words in November, and--assuming I would be prone to falling short--I would hope to write between 250 and 300,000 words in 2012.

I also figured I would complete the GK wolf-verse before Yuletide got going and write an original novel and, uh, I guess Teen Wolf happened? In any case: I've done a lot of writing this year, I think probably more than in past years, and upon reflection that pleases me. :)

Comments

[glittertine]

I would wager it pleases every single one of your readers, too. :) It's amazing!

[dira]

*grins*

Thanks!

[sperrywink]

Damn, that's amazing!! Go you. I feel lucky when I write 5,000 words in a month.

[dira]

Thanks! My real life is pretty cooperative for writing, so that helps. *g*

[vass]

Excellent work. Do you have a set time that you spend writing each day, or a minimum daily word count, or something else?

[dira]

I use 750words.com intermittently--I set a goal of getting the badge for a 100-day writing streak in May/June/July, and the Nano badge in November, which contributed a lot to my writing. Otherwise it can be pretty haphazard. *g*

[everbright]

I think at this point the union has to induct you as an professional author on your merits. You not only write super engaging and well constructed things, you write ALL THE THINGS.

[dira]

Ah, well. I have a lot of friends who do original/professional/potentially professional writing, and I've dabbled in it myself, and it's a very different beast. I'm happy to be what I am: a prolific fic writer. :)

[everbright]

Well, we're all certainly happy that you're happy providing us with lovely, lovely fic. :D

[riverlight]

Yay, you! You rock!

[dira]

\o/

The downside is that now even though things are still very much In Progress, I'm like "...but I wrote all those words, can't I just be DONE now?" :)