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Hariolor
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2500 today. Hooray for rainy saturdays. Almost makes up for a busy workweek.
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900 today. For me that's really good.
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It occurs to me, in retrospect, that all that crazy blogging I've been doing lately probably counts as writing. So, I've actually been hitting my goal without even realizing it.
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WIN each day this week and last (excluding weekends). 2.5 more chapters in the books. Only 760 words this morning because of an overeager puppy.
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2500 yesterday and 2800 today
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How do you track words for Revision? For me this is lots of cutting, rewriting and editing. Moving, adding, etc...

When your draft is done, do you still write a daily 500+ on top of revisions? For me, revisions is as long if not longer than the writing.


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1900 today

I still write new words on top of revising. I try always to have something current on the go .


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1100 today

Anyone else? This is starting to look like a personal word count log


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Getting consistent here

1100 yesterday and 1100 today.


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1000 today.
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First 'straight through' revision. 4 chapters today. 5 chapters yesterday, 5 on Monday.
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1200 today, about 5k-ish to go
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1300 yesterday. Just 400 today, but 1st draft finished

Now to edit the last one and plot the next one, whilst doing a short to fill in the gap.

[This message has been edited by pdblake (edited April 01, 2011).]


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Now all we need to do is make this thread real-time.

We can call it the "pdblake Wordcount Tracker" (which happens to be proportional to the "Wordcaster Envy-Level Tracker").


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I happen to have a bit of software that I wrote to track my wordcounts, targets etc.

This thread is just for showing off

Seriously though, I do find this thread incredibly useful. Since it was started I seem to hit my targets more and more.

[This message has been edited by pdblake (edited April 01, 2011).]


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I can't wait to join in the party.

Hit 600 words today, and didn't throw it away! I'm sure I'll edit it later, but . . . 600 words, and I did it without breaking a sweat.

Usually, I do these 3500 word stints, but then chucking the whole thing. So far, this is a net positive!

Gotta say I'm excited, and being able to post my 'happy happy' here is a big motivator. We'll see if the trend continues.


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1900 today.
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Did 1400 today.

On a roll.


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600 today
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I think if I could antibump this thread (i.e. Knock it down one line a day if I write 1000 words) it would give me some added motivation to meet my daily word count goals.

We would need two teams - the bumpers and the antibumpers - and the antibumpers would win if they knocked this thread to the next page. The bumpers would merely be playing defense.

I think I may have hit 1000 today, but I rarely count. But I think it is worthy of one antibump.

Aw crap, I just moved it one line the wrong way.


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500 again today
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You go, pdblake.

Keep up the good work, even if you seem to be the only one using this topic.


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Thanks KDW

500 today too.


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Wow, I forgot about this thread.

One of the best pieces of writing advice I've ever attempted to apply to my efforts was to pick a daily word count goal, then reach it daily. Prior to that, I've always written something---or performed some sort of task that contributed to one of my stories---every day, but my new word count was almost never a worthy accomplishment. My new daily word count goal has changed quite a few things with the way I'm performing my task, so, for obvious reasons, I'm quite fanatical when it comes to reaching it.

That said, consider me having hit at least 600 words a day for the last month. The next time I post here will be to announce I've upped my goal.

S!
S!


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1000 ish words today.
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Hey, who are all these people in my word count?

700 today

[This message has been edited by pdblake (edited May 18, 2011).]


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I started it, so it's MY word count. But since you like it so much, I'll let you play...
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Wheel of Fortune!

Haha sorry, whenever a poster ends with an ellipsis I always want to finish his sentence.


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Only 500 today. I didn't get to write much at work, which is actually where I do most of it lol
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Only 309 today, but the last two were "The End". So I think that counts as hitting target, along with a few hundred words character development
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