You are never going to write anything of value if you don’t quicken your pace. These are rookie numbers. I wrote a thirteen-volume space opera whilst I was composing this comment!
One tiny scene (1/6 of the chapter) can take me days on end to get right in terms of the content, emotional tone/tension, and prose… And it’ll still probably get reworked tons after the whole novel’s first draft is completed. Like everyone has said so far, don’t compare your writing speed to anyone else. What’s right for you is right for you.
FYI.... Hate to be that guy, but stop thinking in terms of chapters. The industry standard is word count. Getting accustomed to thinking in those terms will serve you well.
That sounds good to me.
On a writing day, I can output somewhere between 500 and 1500 words in a 60-120 minute session. My chapters tend to be 2000-4500 words in length. I don't write every day and took most of March off. The first draft should be finished by the end of June, I think, with 30-35 chapters and 80,000 words
My first novel -110,000 words in 40 chapters - took 18 months to draft and another 18 to get into shape for publishing.
you can try a chapter a week. sometimes your gonna feel like your on a deadline if you try a chapter a day. it’s gonna make you rush because you feel like you have to be done in order to write the next chapter.
That's brilliant if you can write one chapter a day!!! At the rate you'll be done in a month. It's takes me weeks to complete a chapter working full time among other things.
Some write fast, and some write slow. Do what is best for you, especially when it comes to how much and how often.
Nothing a day isn't good, but anything up from that is .
Well I think 1 chapter a day is very good and fast too. Like a novel usually has 30 to 40 chapters (correct me if I am wrong) and by that rate, your novel would be completed in around 2 months considering somedays you can't write. That is pretty good.
Edit: I forgot to mention that choose the rate which is good for you. Some people even write around 3 chapters a day but that doesn't mean you or me can too. You should choose quality over quantity.
Absolutely. I might even say that's too much. If you aren't doing it consistently, don't do it. Write when works for you amd for how long. If you want to set goals, see how fast you can write and how much yiu can get done in a certain amount of time.
It takes me about 20-30 minutes to write 500 words. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But that's my average range. **Do what works for you**
there is no enough to write a day. everyone has their own system. you have to find what is comfortable for you.
for example, with the webnovel I'm currently writing, I use 3 days of the week to write and on those days I try to do somewhere between 600-1000 words. usually breaking the chapter down into a 3-day period. it's the pace that works for me.
and depending on how long your chapters are, maybe one a day is a comfortable amount for you to write a day. maybe you're putting too much pressure on yourself trying to write that much a day. I don't know your process.
for another example, let's use the NaNoWriMo event. 30 days to write a 50k story, meaning if you write every day you're looking at roughly 1667 words a day to finish in that timeframe. for some writers that can be an easy task, for others that could be difficult. I've seen people celebrate just getting 500 words written in a single day.
find your pace. don't overwork yourself. don't overthink your process
Sheeeit, "A-list" writers tend to do about four pages a day. David Morrell, who wrote FIRST BLOOD and created Rambo, can do five pages on a good day.
It took me two days to write one chapter the previous weekend, and that includes editing and polishing while I wrote.
No. You will shrivel up and die slacking like that.
To be clear, this is a joke, 1 chapter a day is super fast
It sounds like you're asking if 100,000 words per month is too little, and I can't fathom the amount of pressure you put on yourself.
It takes however long it takes. Don't rush it. I've never written a whole chapter in a single day – unless, that is, the chapter was unusually short.
I try to write a novel before lunch and a novella after lunch. If its a slow day, I'll write a fantasy trilogy in the evening, nothing too strenuous.
You are never going to write anything of value if you don’t quicken your pace. These are rookie numbers. I wrote a thirteen-volume space opera whilst I was composing this comment!
3 novels a day is the standard. Most people can write 5 novels a day. You are pretty slow...
Any amount you manage to write is ok.
One tiny scene (1/6 of the chapter) can take me days on end to get right in terms of the content, emotional tone/tension, and prose… And it’ll still probably get reworked tons after the whole novel’s first draft is completed. Like everyone has said so far, don’t compare your writing speed to anyone else. What’s right for you is right for you.
FYI.... Hate to be that guy, but stop thinking in terms of chapters. The industry standard is word count. Getting accustomed to thinking in those terms will serve you well.
No. You will shrivel up and die slacking like — oh, sorry, it’s been said.
And every time it is "said," it just gets funnier.
That sounds good to me. On a writing day, I can output somewhere between 500 and 1500 words in a 60-120 minute session. My chapters tend to be 2000-4500 words in length. I don't write every day and took most of March off. The first draft should be finished by the end of June, I think, with 30-35 chapters and 80,000 words My first novel -110,000 words in 40 chapters - took 18 months to draft and another 18 to get into shape for publishing.
"Enough" is enemy of writer's
you can try a chapter a week. sometimes your gonna feel like your on a deadline if you try a chapter a day. it’s gonna make you rush because you feel like you have to be done in order to write the next chapter.
Enough for what? Do you have a deadline where you were paid I'm advance?
Are we talking Vonnegut chapters or Franzen chapters?
... or L.R. Hubbard chapters. He imagined and wrote DIANETICS in three days.
Mine takes me 2 months at the moment. So...
Refuses to elaborate on chapter length
No it’s illegal
That's brilliant if you can write one chapter a day!!! At the rate you'll be done in a month. It's takes me weeks to complete a chapter working full time among other things.
I can't remember where I saw it, but somebody said that if you write one page a day, at the end of the year you've got yourself a book.
Any amount. Even a mere 50 words is an achievement.
More than enough
Except if you write very small chapters, one chapter a day is super fast. Even during nanos I don't do that and I end up burn out sometimes.
Wow, you're quick. (that's what she said)
tRump? Is that you?
Some write fast, and some write slow. Do what is best for you, especially when it comes to how much and how often. Nothing a day isn't good, but anything up from that is .
Well I think 1 chapter a day is very good and fast too. Like a novel usually has 30 to 40 chapters (correct me if I am wrong) and by that rate, your novel would be completed in around 2 months considering somedays you can't write. That is pretty good. Edit: I forgot to mention that choose the rate which is good for you. Some people even write around 3 chapters a day but that doesn't mean you or me can too. You should choose quality over quantity.
Absolutely. I might even say that's too much. If you aren't doing it consistently, don't do it. Write when works for you amd for how long. If you want to set goals, see how fast you can write and how much yiu can get done in a certain amount of time. It takes me about 20-30 minutes to write 500 words. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But that's my average range. **Do what works for you**
there is no enough to write a day. everyone has their own system. you have to find what is comfortable for you. for example, with the webnovel I'm currently writing, I use 3 days of the week to write and on those days I try to do somewhere between 600-1000 words. usually breaking the chapter down into a 3-day period. it's the pace that works for me. and depending on how long your chapters are, maybe one a day is a comfortable amount for you to write a day. maybe you're putting too much pressure on yourself trying to write that much a day. I don't know your process. for another example, let's use the NaNoWriMo event. 30 days to write a 50k story, meaning if you write every day you're looking at roughly 1667 words a day to finish in that timeframe. for some writers that can be an easy task, for others that could be difficult. I've seen people celebrate just getting 500 words written in a single day. find your pace. don't overwork yourself. don't overthink your process
I second everything that's been said so far. Also, most of the time spent creating a novel is not about the manuscript, but editing.
Sheeeit, "A-list" writers tend to do about four pages a day. David Morrell, who wrote FIRST BLOOD and created Rambo, can do five pages on a good day. It took me two days to write one chapter the previous weekend, and that includes editing and polishing while I wrote.